The technical director of the Argentine national team, lionel scalonisummoned 32 footballers this Thursday for the start of the South American Qualifiers for him World Cup 2026expected in a week with the match against Ecuador in the stadium River.
The roster has some returns like Franco Armaniwho had not been in the last summons due to the commitments of Riverand Angel Correaworld champion of very good moment in Atletico Madrid. But there are also absences of weight: due to injury he is not Paulo Dybala and they were not called Giovani Lo Celso and Joaquin Correa.
Scaloni’s nod to Mascherano for the Under-23 team:
The roster has several players Under-23which were cited by scaloni but with the intention that their teams release them so they can play a friendly against Bolivia for the Under-23 selection who drives Javier Mascherano.
The idea is that this team prepares for the pre-olympic that will award places for the Paris 2024 Games. they are Lucas Beltran, Alan Velasco, Bruno Zapelli -who recently played for youth Italy– and Lucas Esquivel.
All the players mentioned by Scaloni:
Archers (4): Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa, England) Juan Musso (Atalanta, Italy), Walter Benitez (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Franco Armani (River Plate).
Defenders (10): Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham Forest, England) Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid, Spain), German Pezzella (Betis, Spain), Christian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur, England) Nicholas Otamendi (Benfica, Portugal), Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth, England) Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United, England) john foyth (Villarreal, Spain), Nicolas Tagliafico (Olympique de Lyon, France) and Lucas Esquivel (Athletico Paranaense, Brazil).
Midfielders (8): Leandro Paredes (Rome Italy), Rodrigo DePaul (Atletico Madrid) guido rodriguez (Betis), Facundo Bonanotte (Brighton, England) Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea, England) Alexis MacAllister (Liverpool, England) exequiel palacios (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany) and Bruno Zapelli (Athletico Paranaense, Brazil).
Forwards (10): Lucas Beltran (Fiorentina, Italy), Nicholas Gonzalez (Fiorentina), Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid) Lautaro Martinez (Inter, Italy), Julian Alvarez (Manchester City, England) Alexander Garnacho (Manchester United, England) angel di maria (Benfica), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami, United States), Alan Velasco (Dallas, United States) and Thiago Almada (Atlanta United, United States).
Source: Ambito
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