Lionel Scaloni confirms Lionel Messi will start on the bench for Argentina's final World Cup group match against Jordan at AT&T Stadium in Arlington to preserve the forward's fitness after a hamstring issue and heavy minutes earlier in the tournament.Messi leads the tournament with five goals and is chasing the Golden Boot, and Scaloni expects the captain to enter in the second half while other starters are rested, with Nico Paz and Giovani Lo Celso among the players likely to see substantial minutes.Argentina has already secured first place in its group, will maintain a high-pressing, midfield-controlled approach, and would meet the runner-up of Group H—possibly Cabo Verde,
Uruguay or
Spain—in the round of 32 in Miami.