Barcelona News: Argentina's Paulo Dybala NOT at war with Lionel Messi
Barcelona's Lionel Messi endured the draw with Argentina on Friday morning
Barcelona star Messi started in the 0-0 draw with Peru in the early hours of Friday morning - a result that serenely dented their World Cup qualification hopes.
But Dybala was benched for the crunch game in Buenos Aires.
Argentina recorded six shots on target and also hit the woodwork but failed to break through a stout Peru defence.
After the game Dybala said: “It is not easy to play with Messi because we play the same way.”
Fans in Argentina have taken that as a criticism of the Barcelona superstar.
But Argentina boss Jorge Sampaoli has moved to soothe the tensions between his two strikers.
“I don't see what Dybala said as being bad - he said he was happy to play alongside Messi, but he just did not find his place,” Sampaoli said.