Argentina vs. Peru live stream: Why isn't Lionel Messi playing? When will he return?

 Argentina vs. Peru live stream: Why isn't Lionel Messi playing? When will he return?

Argentina have already qualified for the knockout stage of Copa America but they won't have their coach for this match. Lionel Scaloni has been suspended due to his team coming out late after the half in their last game.

 This has long been an intimidation factor employed by Argentina to unsettle their opponents and it has even made its way to Inter Miami due to Lionel Messi and Tata Martino, but CONMEBOL has suspended Scaloni and fined the Argentina Football Association for it. Chile will also be without their manager Ricardo Gareca for similar reasons.

But Scaloni won't be the only Lionel missing from the match, at least from the beginning. Messi is nursing a hamstring injury in what was supposed to be a home match for him. He continued playing in the Chile match after suffering the injury, but is now listed as day-to-day. He was named to the bench to begin the game, however, so there is a chance he could play. If not, the expectation is for him to be good to go for the quarterfinals, as long as there are no setbacks.

"I felt some discomfort in my right hamstring at the beginning of the game. It was tight. It wasn't as loose as it should've been. But I was able to finish the game. We'll see how it goes," Messi said following the match. "In the first play, my adductor got hard. I didn't feel a puncture or a tear, but I did find it difficult to move freely."