The Argentina national team, playing without Lionel Messi , beat Venezuela 1-0 on Friday in a friendly at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.

Messi was pictured at the stadium watching the match from the stands with his family.

Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni teased the possibility of experimenting with the lineup in the match against Venezuela when addressing media on Thursday but never completely ruled out the captain's participation.

"Yes, we've spoken with [Messi], as we've spoken with everyone. We haven't decided on the team yet. We'll decide until late in the last training session," said Scaloni on Thursday. "It's true that these are games to try out and to see, as I said the other day, and that's what we're going to do. But we'll talk with him and decide today. It's obvio

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