The most emblematic shirt of the selection will be in the hands of the former River, who of adding minutes could be the youngest in history to use it.
The Argentine National Team will face Ecuador on Tuesday 9 in Guayaquil, in its last commitment to the South American Qualifiers towards World Cup 2026. With the first position of the insured table, Lionel Messi will rest and not travel with the delegation, so the number ’10’ will remain in the hands of the young man Franco Mastantuono.
Thus, the young soccer player of real Madrid will become the fourth player to use the ’10’ during the cycle of Lionel Scaloni. Before they did Giovanni lo Celso In 2020, Angel Correa on three occasions and Paulo Dybalawho dressed it in the 3-0 victory over Chile in September 2024.
Mastantuono 10 Argentina
However, in addition to the honor that requires wearing the mythical shirt he knew Diego Armando Maradona And whose owner is Messi years ago, Mastantuono could take over an important record in case of adding minutes: He would be the youngest footballer to carry the number ’10’ shirt of the Argentine National Team.
The young man emerged from River is one of the great jewels that Argentine football has. In August of this year he became a new Real Madrid footballer, who paid A record sum of 45 million euros To get the player.
While at first it was rumored that it would be Thiago Almada Who would carry the iconic dorsal against Ecuador, finally and in surprise the AFA confirmed that it will be the young man born in Azul who takes the ’10’ of Messi.
The players who used the 10 of the Argentine National Team in the absence of Messi
- Walter Erviti (1)
- Federico Insúa (1)
- Ariel Ortega (1- in his farewell to Haiti in 2010)
- Maximiliano Moralez (1)
- Enzo Pérez (2)
- Nicolás Gaitán (2)
- Héctor Canteros (2)
- Lucas Mugni (1- Friendly against Brazil in 2012, did not enter)
- Walter Montillo (1)
- Sergio Aguero (7)
- Javier Pastore (1)
- Angel Di María (2)
- Ever Banega (1)
- Ángel Correa (3- did not enter the crossing against Colombia for the qualifiers in 2022)
- Paulo Dybala (2)
What time Ecuador vs Argentina play
Hours: 20
Where to see Ecuador vs Argentina
TV: TyC Sports/Telefe
Formations
Ecuador: Hernán Galíndez; Joel Ordoñez or Ángelo Preciado, Willian Pacho, Piero Emphapié, Pervis Estupiñán; Moisés Caicedo, Alan Franco, Gonzalo Plata, John Yeboah or Nilson Angulo; Kevin Rodríguez and Enner Valencia. DT: Sebastián Beccaces.
Argentina: Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina or Gonzalo Montiel, Leonardo Balerdi, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico or Marcos Acuña; Rodrigo de Paul or Exequiel Palacios, Leandro Paredes, Alexis Mac Allister; Nicolás Paz, Giuliano Simeone, Julián Álvarez or Lautaro Martínez and Nicolás González. DT: Lionel Scaloni.
Source: Ambito
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