Leo Messi went to the first stop by selections with the very high head. Two goals in front of the Alavés and increasingly near of the record of Müller, that surely will fall this season. But the Argentinian has now between eyebrow and eyebrow a challenge: classify to his country for the World-wide of Russia 2018.
And the task will not be neither much less simple. Argentina is right now fifth in the classification of the group of Sudámerica, by what would owe to play a repechage -only achieve direct note the four first selections-. The albiceleste great 22 points, one less than Chile and Uruguay -23- and two less than Colombia -24-. Brazil, with 33 points, is already in another galaxy.
They remain four parties for contesting. In hardly 5 days, Argentina will measure to Uruguay -was- and Venezuela -home-, two always complicated rivals. In the case of the 'charrúas', a duel that can be determinant. If the ones of Messi win will have very near this note for the appointment mundialista. Of the contrary, would complicate them even more.
Later, in the month of October will play the two last meetings of the clasificatorio. In front of Peru -home- and in front of Ecuador -was-. These two would be commitments, a priori, simpler. That is to say, Sampaoli and Messi have a task complicated but a quite attractive calendar.
The leader of Argentina
Messi is the big reference of the selection albiceleste and the fans expect that it was motivated to carry in volandas to the team in a moment necessary. Argentina does not lose an appointment mundialista from the year 1970, that is to say, does already almost 50 years. And the Barcelona will have accompanying of luxury: Dybala and Icardi.