Innova preselection
Late on Sunday, the Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni decided to give the list of 44 shortlisted for the window against Venezuela and Ecuador (March 29), where the return of Lionel Messi stands out but the surprising list of seven youths with dual nationality, under 20 years of age, who play in European clubs and who have not yet debuted in the first division. Several of these players were even on the radar of other European teams. To beat them to the punch, Scaloni made the decision to summon Matías Soulé (Juventus) and Luka Romero (Lazio) again, and add Franco and Valentín Carboni (Inter youth players, sons of Ezequiel), Tiago Geralnik (former River player, who currently plays for Villarreal), Alejandro Garnacho (17-year-old winger who plays for Manchester United) and Nicolás Paz (17-year-old attacking midfielder, son of former player Pablo Paz and who plays for Real Madrid). Alejandro Garnacho and Nicolás Paz are two players trained in Spanish football who are closely followed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). Garnacho is one of Manchester United’s most promising full-backs, who did not hesitate to buy him from Atlético de Madrid. Born in the Spanish capital, Garnacho has been essential in the UEFA Youth League (Champions League in the youth category), where he was essential in the group stage of the competition, with two goals and an assist.Nicolás Paz is a “pearl” that emerged of the Real Madrid Factory. He was born in Tenerife and is already part of the Sub-19 squad of the Merengue team. In fact, he already had minutes up to three times with the “subsidiary” of the white team. Despite being a central midfielder, his goalscoring ability stands out. Scaloni has in mind that the youth act as sparring partners for the senior team. In addition, it is also planned by the AFA that they complete several training sessions with the U-20 team directed by Javier Mascherano, who recently began their player selection process at the beginning of February. The possibility of the senior team is also being considered do some training with the youth and even a scrimmage to see the youth in action. The objective of the Argentine coaching staff and the AFA is to closely monitor all players with dual nationality who may be called up to form the different national teams.
Concern
A few hours after having given the Scaloni payroll, news arrived from Spain that set off the alarms in Ezeiza. During what was the great victory of Atlético Madrid over Real Betis for date 27 of the Spanish League, Ángel Correa had to leave the match 26 minutes into the first half due to a blow generated in a divided ball in which collided with Aitor Ruibal. Although initially it was indicated that it was only a blow, yesterday morning the medical staff of the Colchonero club confirmed in a statement that Correa suffered “a severe bruise on his foot, as a result of direct trauma ”. This injury puts him in doubt for the match that the team will play against Venezuela in 15 days.
The payroll
Scaloni did not have to maintain the expectation or take extreme care so that names would not be leaked that later will not be cited in the final cut and named these 44 goalkeeper soccer players: Emiliano Martínez, Franco Armani, Gerónimo Rulli, Juan Musso and Esteban Andrada. Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel, Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Juan Foyth, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Germán Pezzella, Lisandro Martínez, Nehuén Pérez, Nicolás Tagliafico, and Marcos Acuña. Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso, Exequiel Palacios , Manuel Lanzini, Guido Rodríguez, Roberto Pereyra, Emiliano Buendía, Alejandro Gómez, Alexis Mac Allister, Lucas Ocampos, Nicolás Paz, Alejandro Garnacho, Tiago Geralnik, Franco Carboni and Valentín Carboni. Forwards: Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez, Nicolás González, Ángel Correa, Paulo Dybala, Ángel Di María, Julián Álvarez, Joaquín Correa, Matías Soulé, Giovanni Simeone, Lucas Boyé and Luka Romero.
Source: Ambito
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