Argentina national team's results in the absence of Lionel Messi
Messi has been a crucial player for Argentina for quite some time now.
This makes it important for us to look at certain facts to determine how the whole team performed with and without him.
In his international career, Messi has missed 54 games for Argentina since his debut.
Keeping that in mind, we take a look at how Argentina performed in each of those international games since Lionel Messi's debut wherein the PSG star wasn't in the team.
2005: England 3-2 Argentina
2007: France 0-1 Argentina
2007: Argentina 0-0 Chile
2008: Egypt 0-2 Argentina
2008: Belarus 0-0 Argentina
2008: Scotland 0-1 Argentina
2009: Argentina 3-1 Panama
2009: Russia 2-3 Argentina
2009: Argentina 2-0 Ghana
2010: Argentina 3-2 Costa Rica
2010: Argentina 2-1 Jamaica
2010: Argentina 4-0 Haiti
2010: Argentina 5-0 Canada
2011: Argentina 4-1 Venezuela
2011: Argentina 2-2 Ecuador
2011: Argentina 4-2 Paraguay
2011: Nigeria 4-1 Argentina
2011: Poland 2-1 Argentina
2011: Argentina 0-0 Brazil
2011: Brazil 2-0 Argentina
2012: Brazil 2-1 Argentina
2012: Argentina 2-1 Brazil
2013: Italy 1-2 Argentina
2013: Argentina 3-1 Peru
2013: Uruguay 3-2 Argentina
2013: Ecuador 0-0 Argentina
2013: Bosnia 0-2 Argentina
2014: Germany 2-4 Argentina
2015: Argentina 5-0 Bolivia
2015: Argentina 0-2 Ecuador
2015: Paraguay 0-0 Argentina
2015: Argentina 1-1 Brazil
2015: Colombia 0-1 Argentina
2016: Venezuela 2-2 Argentina
2016: Peru 2-2 Argentina
2016: Argentina 0-1 Paraguay
2017: Bolivia 2-0 Argentina
2017: Singapore 0-6 Argentina
2017: Nigeria 4-2 Argentina
2018: Italy 0-2 Argentina
2018: Spain 6-1 Argentina
2018: Guatemala 0-3 Argentina
2018: Colombia 0-0 Argentina
2018: Iraq 0-4 Argentina
2018: Brazil 1-0 Argentina
2018: Argentina 2-0 Mexico
2018; Argentina 2-0 Mexico
2019: Morocco 0-1 Argentina
2019: Chile 0-0 Argentina
2019: Mexico 0-4 Argentina
2019: Germany 2-2 Argentina
2019: Ecuador 1-6 Argentina
2022: Chile 1-2 Argentina
2022: Argentina 1-0 Colombia
As of Friday, February 4:
Argentina matches missed by Messi: 54
Out of those 54 games:
Argentina won: 30 games
Argentina lost: 12 games
Argentina drew: 12 games
Stats Courtesy: Transfermarkt