The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) chose the South American ideal team for the 2023 seasonwith the presence of Lionel Messi and five other Argentines as members.
These are five world champions with the Argentine National Team in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: in addition to Messi, Nicolás Otamendi, Cristian “Cuti” Romero, Alexis MacAllister and Lautaro Martínez appear.
In turn, the sixth Argentine is the Fluminense forward German Canochampion of the Copa Libertadores in the final against Boca played at the Maracaná stadium.
The complete team, meanwhile, is as follows: the Brazilian Ederson (Manchester City of England); the Uruguayan Ronald Araújo (Barcelona of Spain), Romero and Otamendi; the Uruguayan Federico Valverde (Tottenham), MacAllister and Messi; the Brazilian Vincius Jr (Real Madrid of Spain), Martínez, Cano and the Uruguayan Darwin Núñez (Liverpool of England).
Source: Ambito
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