No one has scored more goals than Lionel Messi in South American World Cup qualifying.
Messi has scored 31 career goals in CONMEBOL matchups, but has yet to score against Brazil.
Messi, the World Cup champion and Inter Miami star in the MLS, has a chance to change that distinction in Tuesday night’s match between Argentina and Brazil at the iconic Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Argentina is fresh off its first loss in nearly a year, after falling 2-0 to Uruguay last Thursday. And Messi has not scored in his last three matches.
But Argentina won’t take a shorthanded Brazilian national team for granted. The Brazilians will be without stars Neymar (ACL tear), Vinícius Júnior (hamstring) and Casemiro (hamstring) in Tuesday night’s game.
“They have significant absences, but if you look at the team, they are all top level,” Argentine coach Luis Scaloni said during a press conference on Monday. “They have great players that are up to the task and it is Brazil, everyone knows what it means.”
How to watch Messi match in Maracanã, Argentina vs. Brazil in the U.S.?
The Argentina-Brazil match will begin at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast by Telemundo.
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