The Argentine National Team prepares to face Uruguay and Brazil for a new double date South American Qualifiersand Lionel Scaloni will add two surprise names to the squad list: Francisco Ortega and Pablo Maffeo.
The losses of Gonzalo Montiel and Juan Foyth on the right side force the coach to implement another alternative for who today seems to be the team’s starter, Nahuel Molina.
The novelty is Ortega, formerly Vélez, a left back who arrived at Olympiakos from Greece in August and has been a starter since then.
The 24-year-old defender has a long history in youth teams, since he played in the 2019 Poland U20 World Cup, alongside Julián Álvarez, and with the U23 team he played in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, with Thiago Almada and Alexis Mac Allister.
With the senior team it will be his debut and he is expected to arrive in Argentina next Monday to be available with the rest of the squad.
Maffeo, for his part, is a right back from Barcelona but with an Argentine mother and is another of those who joins the squad.
The 26-year-old defender is currently a player for Mallorca in Spain. Although Maffeo played in all the youth categories of his native team, but never in the senior team, so there were no problems with his summoning.
Initially, the procedures for his nationalization had been complicated but finally the Mallorca full-back will be part of the Argentine team for the FIFA double date.
Argentina will host Uruguay on Thursday, November 16 at 9 p.m. in La Bombonera and on Tuesday the 21st they will visit Rio de Janeiro to face Brazil at the Maracaná stadium.
Source: Ambito
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