Argentina crush Bolivia in first match without Messi

According to L'Équipe, Argentina comfortably beat Bolivia in a friendly, for the first time without Lionel Messi.

Lionel Messi, joueur de football

Photo: Michael Bryan from Brussels, UK/Belgium — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (new window)

Argentina won its first match without Lionel Messi. According to L'Équipe, the team crushed Bolivia in a friendly match. The French daily reported a large victory, without giving a precise score.

German media kicker also reported this victory, headlining the team's first appearance without Messi and a demonstration against Bolivia. Both sources agree on the key point: Argentina managed to do without its emblematic captain for this friendly.

Sources

  1. L’ÉquipePour son premier match sans Lionel Messi, l'Argentine écrase la Bolivie en amical (new window)lequipe.fr
  2. kickerErster Auftritt ohne Messi: Argentinien fertigt Bolivien ab (new window)kicker.de