L. Scaloni: "L. Messi is irreplaceable”

2026-11-13 18:52 © zumapress

Argentina’s national team faces its first international window without football legend Lionel Messi.

Head coach Lionel Scaloni did not hide the fact that he feels the loss of the best national team player of all time:

"I hope L. Messi is happy and continues playing. He is irreplaceable.

That is not only because of what he did on the pitch, but also because of everything that surrounded this player.”

"We were used to having players alongside him, and it is difficult when that is no longer the case.

Football moves on, and our job will be to find a way to play as we did with him.”

Lionel Messi played for Argentina’s national team from 2005 and scored 126 goals in 208 appearances.

With Argentina, he became a world champion and runner-up, as well as a two-time Copa América winner.