Lionel Messi had 20 minutes of gala with a goal and an assist for Luis Suárez, in the victory against Nashville that closed the series and classified him to the quarterfinals. At the start of the second half, he was replaced.
On Monday he should join the Argentine National Team for the friendly matches against El Salvador and Costa Rica. "He has an overload in the right back and I'm not going to take any kind of risk. We tried to see if he could last a little longer but it was bothering him, so we prefer that he leave the game," Martino said.