Messi has three options on the horizon of the national team

Nobody believes – or wants to believe – that they come down from the albiceleste boat. What are the possibilities?

The drops were big. Many of them fall from the early Bronnitsy gray sky. The sad Sunday of the Selection after the elimination before France is combined with the rainy weather. Not a little sun delivered the first hours of the day to recharge a little energy after the blow of the elimination to Kazn. The duel of a wardrobe was already back to pure tear, but without reproach.

Lionel Messi was the most wounded. "It hurt me", without hesitation, described a source close to 10 in the albiceleste bnker. Visibly shocked, the Argentine captain did not open his mouth very much. He did not do it in front of the press and almost nothing among his companions. There was not much to say. Neither one nor the other had to add too much on Sunday morning, always full of anguish. The pain will continue for a long time in the heart of Leon and all the others who, even knowing that the context was not ideal, were puffed up with illusion after the miracle of Saint -Petersburg with this agnatic triumph over Nigeria

. Nobody blamed anything. They all understood that they went as far as the soul gave them and that they were clearly overcome by a French national team that in the middle of the pack in the individualities had a lot more than the Argentina from the midfield to the rear . Be prominent.

Between the rain, everything was greetings and goodbyes. Messi was one of those who have already left to reconnect with his family and start the rest. Most of those playing in the European leagues also left the Bronnitsy concentration yesterday. They are no longer in Russia : Javier Mascherano, Marcos Rojo, Ever Banega, Gonzalo Higuan, Gabriel Mercado, Eduardo Salvio, Sergio Agero, Cristian Ansaldi, Wilfredo Caballero and Franco Armani . they will leave as the hours go by. The technical body commanded by Jorge Sampaoli returns in flight chrter between tonight and the first hours of the morning. In this private plane will also fly to Buenos Aires the sparring that accompanied the first team since the preparation in Barcelona.

With the same attitude of sorry, Messi piss in the afternoon Barcelona. Dressed in the clothes of the AFA, Lionel arrived alone at the airport of the Catalan city with serious expression that accompanied him especially during his stay in Russia. Walking quickly, he went straight to the vehicle waiting for him at the airport, his mouth closed

.Those who expressed themselves chose social networks . Just Willy Caballero transmitted through his Instagram the atmosphere of the establishment, with a message of peace and gratitude to the fans. "Thanks to the fans who fill the stadiums in blue and white and the effort that entails, the team gave everything until the last second and I died standing, head up", said the guardian in his story.

Mascherano and Lucas Biglia were the first to announce that they were no longer part of the national team. What is Messi? The Rosario has not said anything about it, but no one believes – or does not want to believe – that they leave the boat albiceleste. He has three doors open in front of you. And only he should decide which one he wants to cross. The first shows him the path of continuity being the flag and the leader of the reconstruction of the elected in view of Qatar 2022.

Another option, that of the middle, might take a break from the national set for a time, that he arranges . The third door is one that no one claims that Leo chose: to definitely move away from the shirt of his country .

The concrete thing is that this time he did not make a burning decision on the 10th, as he did in 2016 after the third consecutive loss against Chile for the Copa America Centenario, when he resigned and a little later he regretted it.

From the inner circle of La Pulga they confided Clarn not to rush and that now there will be time to think and see how things are accommodated in a selection that should start from from below, but that if ultimately your choice is not to continue "this time there will be no turning back."

Truth be in the next call, to be cool on the date of October.