Messi out of Scots game
Argentina's Lionel Messi will not face Scotland in a friendly next month after his club side Barcelona successfully lobbied for him to be withdrawn.
SFA officials had arranged for the full Argentina team to play in the November 19 match but Messi will now not figure.
A spokesman for the Argentinian FA said: "We must take care of Messi. It is commonsense. He is the only one who will be given permission not to play."