Argentina injury news: Lionel Scaloni delivers Cristian Romero injury update after World Cup win over Austria

Argentina caput manager Lionel Scaloni has admitted helium is unsure astir the grade of Cristian Romero's wounded pursuing Monday's 2-0 World Cup win implicit Austria.

Lionel Messi starred successful Argentina's palmy outing successful Arlington, scoring his 4th and 5th goals of the tourney to occurrence his state into the knockout rounds.

The Argentina skipper besides celebrated becoming the leading scorer successful World Cup history with 18 goals successful 28 appearances successful football's biggest tournament.

While it was different palmy World Cup outing for Argentina, determination volition beryllium concerns astir Romero's carnal presumption aft helium was forced disconnected successful the opening stages of the 2nd period. 

Speaking aft the game, Scaloni confirmed that an wounded saw him regenerate Romero with seasoned defender Nicolas Otamendi conscionable earlier the hr mark. 

Scaloni issues Romero wounded update

"We don't cognize the grade of the issue. It is, of course, thing helium had already been dealing with," Scaloni told the media. 

"Let's anticipation it's nothing, not conscionable due to the fact that helium is an important player. Even if helium isn't there, whoever steps successful volition bash a bully job, but it is ever amended to person everyone available.

"We don't cognize yet. He'll acquisition tests time oregon the time after."

Romero missed the last six games of Tottenham's Premier League endurance combat with a genu issue.  

The centre-back appeared to shingle disconnected the contented successful the lead-up to the World Cup, but the latest setback suggests Romero is inactive dealing with a persistent issue. 

Who could regenerate Romero successful starting lineup?

Argentina present look a tense hold to larn the grade of Romero's injury, though helium is improbable to beryllium risked successful the last radical crippled against Jordan adjacent if helium proves his fittingness successful clip for Sunday's fixture. 

Otamendi is successful rod presumption to regenerate Romero successful a cardinal antiaircraft concern with Manchester United's Lisandro Martinez.

Alternatively, Scaloni could crook to Marseille's Facundo Medina and caller Spurs defender Marcos Senesi, who was called up arsenic a replacement for the injured Leonardo Balerdi.