Miami, Messi to play El Salvador in preseason

A bus crash killed two members of Algerian Ligue 1 side Mouloudia El Bayadh in the late hours of Wednesday, prompting the national football federation to postpone all games scheduled for this week across all divisions.

Lionel Messi was not in Argentina’s starting XI for their World Cup qualifier against Paraguay on Thursday, but he was included in the squad as a substitute.