The Tottenham Hotspur defender with Lisandro Martinezfrom Manchester United, were processing the access visa to the United States in Buenos Aires since the beginning of the week, since they could not do it previously in England as a result of the administrative leave arranged in Great Britain for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
Both went this Wednesday to the United States Embassy in Buenos Aires to collect the visas, but they found that only Martínez’s was available, who from there moved to the Ezeiza airport and boarded a direct flight to Miami. .
As long as the former Belgrano, from Córdoba, in principle will only have his on Thursday and will travel immediatelyaround noon, so he will be arriving in the United States late on Thursday, a few hours before the game, which will prevent him from being able to play at night.
Both Romero and Martínez have been working in recent days with the U17 team at the AFA site in Ezeiza, but the trip and the few hours of rest between arrival and the game could pose a risk to the “Cuti” physique. , which in fact has been quite persecuted by injuries in recent times.
This situation provoked Scaloni’s anger, since Romero is the undisputed starter for him and he just wanted to line up the “ideal” team in that first match against the Hondurans.
That is why responsibilities were sought, especially considering that Emiliano Martínez also plays in England (Aston Villa) and he did have the visa. The AFA administration and to a lesser extent in this case the players themselves, were within that framework.
The day then was not as positive as the coaching staff would have liked, because they also had to delay the start of practice for an hour at Inter’s Pink venue in Miami, where they went to greet the Gonzalo Higuaín delegation, which is performing in the local team that is fighting for a spot in the Major League Soccer (MLS) playoffs for the first time in its five years of existence.
The reason for the delay was heavy rain that fell from the early afternoon on that area of Fort Lauderdale, something common at this time of year that is known there as “hurricanes.”
Later, already in training, Scaloni stopped the team that in principle will start against the Hondurans, making some adjustments during the development of that soccer practice behind closed doors that yielded many certainties and few doubts.
Germán Pezzella will replace Romero, Nicolás Tagliafico has more shares than one of the “headdresses” like Marcos Acuña, and the great novelty is the possibility that the other, Giovani Lo Celso, will leave his place to the debutant Enzo Fernández.
In this way, the probable Argentine formation for Friday is the following: Emiliano Martinez; Nahuel Molina, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi and Nicolás Tagliafico or Marcos Acuña; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes and Enzo Fernández or Giovani Lo Celso; Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez and Angel Di Maria.
The information that emerged this Wednesday also revealed that captain Messi will be the starter in the two games, the one on Friday and the one next Tuesday against Jamaica, also from 9:00 p.m. in Argentina, at the Red Bull Arena, in New Jersey, towards where the Selection will travel the same Monday, since until then it will continue working in Miami.
As to Nicholas Gonzalezthe versatile Fiorentina midfielder will be the other way around, as he is undergoing a recovery process with the squad from an injury to his right heel that kept him away from the pitch for a month and only returned for a few minutes at the end last week, when he even scored the second goal against Hellas Verona in a 2-0 win.
Scaloni had told him that to be on the tour it was necessary for him to play again before giving the list of 28 summoned, but since he didn’t do it by then he left him out, but as “Nico” he pushed himself thoroughly and was able to do it “last ” Last weekend, which led the coach to summon him urgently.
By October 21, Scaloni must submit to FIFA a preliminary list of 35 summoned for the World Cup, which must be updated reduced to 26 on November 14, when Argentina is already installed in Abu Dhabi, where the 12th will arrive, that is, four days before the last preparatory friendly against the United Arab Emirates directed by the former Boca Juniors coach, Rodolfo Arruabarrena.
That is why Scaloni has already warned the players that he will work until the last minute with a roster of between 32 and 34 footballers, since when the competitions in all the leagues finish practically a week before the start of the World Cup (November 20), the possibility of last-minute injuries will force “in extremis” changes in the final list and these must inexorably arise from the 35 referred to on October 21.
A particularity of those summoned is that it will have only one footballer who plays in the Argentine championship and that is goalkeeper Franco Armani. For the first time, an Argentine National Team will take only a component of the local competition to a World Cup, which is also not a field player.
For now, the squad will return to training on Thursday from 6:15 p.m. at the Inter Miami stadium, where half an hour before Scaloni will offer the traditional pre-match press conference. And there will also be cleared all doubts about the lineup to face Honduras, the penultimate match before debuting on November 22 against Saudi Arabia in the World Cup in Qatar.
Source: Ambito
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