I remembered that I said earlier he won't. Argentina's fitness people have said Messi is tired, Messi have been overworked by Barcelona, and Maradona himself said that Guardiola never rested or subs Messi but does so for the rest of his squad.
Rather strange that someone will refuse to rest Messi if that's the evaluation of Messi's current fitness?
And if you noticed, Messi has not been subbed during the past 2 World Cup games. Shockingly not subbed during the 4-1 victory over Korea which he played so well. Normally when teams are clearly in the lead, and have an important fixture coming up, the best performing player or most important player, particularly if he is an attacker, will come off. But that didn't happen. This is particularly strange since the Argentinian camp have came out and said so often that Messi have been overworked during the season.
The reason why Maradona will not rest Messi (and I predict that more than half of the starting XI will be rested for the Greece game) or refuse to sub Messi, is because Maradona is jealous of Messi.
Marodona is particularly jealous of Messi because he fears that Messi would overtake his status in Argentinian football and doesn't like Messi getting all the attention he is receiving. There is plenty of evidence of this if you try to search the internet for it. And to play Messi in an absolutely unnecessary manner against Greece, with statements that his fitness is not satisfactory, the evidence is telling. But to not play Messi altogether , eg dropping him from the squad or have him sit the bench for games, would be ridiculous, so he plays him. And Maradona knows that the whole team depends on him. But to play Messi in every single game (and especially the Greece game) is more than ridiculous, its tragic.
He will play the poor boy against Greece, which is completely unnecessary and I think he will not sub Messi in that game. The poor boy will be playing the full 90 minutes of every single game Argentina will play in this world cup. The poor boy is being slaughtered for the world to see.
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