Nicolas Tagliaficoside of the Argentine national teamwas ruled out for the double date of Eliminatory rounds facing Chili and Colombiadue to a calf injury that prevents him from playing regularly.
He Olympique Lyon and the national team itself decided that the player will not play the next matches with the “Albiceleste” because he is still getting into the rhythm of the game after the ailment that affected him after the 2024 United States Copa Americaaccording to those close to the footballer.
This did not allow him to have a full preseason in France.
In this way, the technical director Lionel Scaloni suffered an unexpected loss from his list of players just days before the matches against Chili and Colombiawhich will be contested September 5th and 10threspectively.
This generated a controversy about who would be the player to replace the former Banfield player, and although several names came up as possibilities, the two with the most chances of wearing the Argentine shirt in this double date of Eliminatory rounds are Marcos Acunaof Riverand Lautaro Blancoof Mouth.
There are also left-back variants. Valentin Boat or the defender Lisandro Martinez.
Likewise, the technical team is analyzing the possibility of adding Acuna either Whitethe first of them being the one who has the most chances.
Another loss was that of the defender Leonardo Balerdiwho suffered a muscle injury in the Olympique de Marseille and, for this reason, it was decided to remove him from the list of called-up players.
Even so, the news is expected to be officially confirmed by the “Albiceleste” coaching staff.
Scaloni’s complete squad list for the Qualifiers:
- Archers: Emiliano Martinez, Walter Benitez, Geronimo Rulli and Juan Musso.
- Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel, Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, German Pezzella, Nicolas Otamendi, Lisandro Martinez and Valentin Barco.
- Midfielders: Leandro Paredes, Guido Rodríguez, Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernández, Giovani Lo Celso, Ezequiel Fernández and Rodrigo de Paul.
- Forwards: Paulo Dybala, Nicolas Gonzalez, Alejandro Garnacho, Matias Soule, Giuliano Simeone, Valentin Carboni, Julian Alvarez, Lautaro Martinez and Valentin Castellanos.
Source: Ambito
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