Paraguay goalkeeper Carlos Coronel hopes that Argentine world cup winner Lionel Messi does not play in the upcoming world cup qualifiers.

Coronel who is the shot stopper for New York Bulls says that he has seen enough of Messi in MSL and a feels that it is a good thing that Messi is out due to injury.

He has already encountered Messi earlier in the MLS season when New York Red Bulls faced Inter Miami in August.

Messi who currently plays for Inter Miami, managed to score against Coronel during that match.

The Paraguayan international believes that there is a chance he might be forced to relive this ‘ horror’ if Messi plays on Thursday.

 “Playing in Argentina, against the best national team in the world right now, is never going to be easy.

“I already played against Messi, so I hope he doesn’t play this game! I don’t know how he is , but they’ve got other good players who can make a difference.

” Anything can happen, and we’re going to go there and do the best we can, looking for a positive result. That would be incredible for us.”

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Paraguay has had a poor start, only earning a point in the qualification so far.

Coronel praised the presence of other outstanding players in the Argentine group.

Despite the likely absence of Messi and stressed the significance of his team hoping for a successful outcome.

On the other hand Argentina has had back to back wins since the start of their world cup campaign.

The world cup defending Champions are top of the table alongside Brazil in the South American World Cup race.