Serious injury… The Argentine star is in danger of missing the World Championship

One of the famous players got naked The Argentine national team suffered a serious injury, which may prevent it from participating in the 2026 World Cup.

As the Argentinian “tycsports” network reports, Leonardo Balerdi, the defender of the Argentina national team and the Marseille national team, suffered a muscle tear while participating in training today, Saturday, and coach Lionel Scaloni will have to decide in the coming hours whether to keep him on the roster or exclude him.

If the coach decides to rule out Balerdi, substitutions will be limited to the names on the 55-man preliminary list, with Marcos Senesi apparently the most popular candidate to replace him.

The Argentinian network noted that the defender of Marseille could not finish the training, and the medical examinations conducted by him confirmed the extent of the injury, which will require a rehabilitation period of no less than 21 days.

Argentina’s technical staff is in a time crunch as the first match of the World Cup, scheduled for June 16 against Algeria, approaches.

The 27-year-old defender’s injury is a major shock for the national team, which faced similar situations at the last World Cup in Qatar, with players joining the camp suffering from previous injuries such as Joaquin Correa and Nicolas Gonzalez.