At Benito Villamarín, breathing has been held during the concentration of Giovani Lo Celso with Argentina over concerns that the same thing happened again as in his previous callwhen he returned in the dry dock with an injury to the semitendinosus of the rectus femoris of his left leg that forced him to miss up to six games. In fact, The Betic star did not reappear until the clash against Celta, just before the breakand immediately afterwards he left again with his team, which did not hesitate to summon him as soon as he was recovered for the matches against Paraguay and Peru.
After many days with our fingers crossed, Betis can now breathe easyWell, the midfielder You will return without any discomfort of any kind and with only a few minutes accumulated in your legsWell, finally Lionel Scaloni has respected his situation and It only took ten minutes.
Thus, after he remained on the bench for the entire match against Paraguay, only the second round against Peru remained, for which there was still concern in Heliópolis, because it was expected that he would enter the field at home. And, indeed, that was the case, but He only entered the field in the final stretch in the Albiceleste’s 1-0 victory over the Andeans.
In that way, Giovani Lo Celso stepped onto the pitch in the 82nd minute, when he was chosen by Scaloni to replace Rodrigo de Paul, already with an advantage on the scoreboard thanks to Lautaro Martínez’s goal in the 55th minute.
The green and white footballer, although he did not have much time, He showed enthusiasm and spark in Argentina’s generation of play. He understood with Messi, who played the entire game and was seen beyond the fact that in that time Argentina barely generated scoring chances, more concerned with preserving a result that keeps them at the top of the group in the South American qualification for the 2026 World Cup.
Thus, Lo Celso will return in the next few hours very healthy, although with the inevitable handicap of having traveled many kilometers and arriving with just enough time to prepare for Saturday’s match against Valencia in Mestalla.which starts at 2:00 p.m. It remains to be seen if Pellegrini uses it initially or, if not, as he usually does after international commitments, he reserves it for the second half. Absences in the midfield will probably force his ownership.