The youth Valentin Carboni He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will miss the next three dates of the South American Qualifiers with the Argentine national team in the remainder of the year.
The playmaker had already been withdrawn from the squad for the match against Venezuela due to discomfort in his knee, but after carrying out the corresponding studies, the 19-year-old confirmed the torn ligaments that will sideline them for approximately nine months.
In addition to missing this Tuesday’s duel against Bolivia at the Monumental, and the following two dates in November against Paraguay as a visitor and Peru as a local, the attacker will not be able to continue playing the current season of the French Ligue 1 with Olympique de Marseilles.
Carboni was gaining ground in the coach’s consideration Lionel Scaloni for the future of the team thinking about the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
This would have been his first call-up in the current South American Qualifiers, although it was not going to be his debut in the Argentine national team.
At the end of March 2022, Carboni was called up for the first time in the senior team for the duels against Venezuela and Ecuador but he would not have his debut until a year later in the friendly against Costa Rica with a 3-1 victory.
The youth was part of the squad for the 2024 Copa América in the United States, where he only played one game – the 2-0 victory against Peru on the last date of the group stage – but it was enough for him to win his first trophy with the team. Argentine team in its short 19-year career.
Source: Ambito
