Guido Rodríguez and Nicolás Valentini They joined the delegation of the Argentine National Team in the United States and coach Lionel Scaloni already has all his squad to face the friendlies against El Salvados and Costa Rica.
Both footballers were summoned at the last minute due to the absences suffered by the original call-up. The Boca defender will have his first time with the senior team due to the injury he suffered Marcos Senesi playing for Premier League side Bournemouth, while the world champion midfielder will take the place of Exequiel Palacios.
The agenda of the national delegation will continue tomorrow with a new training and a press conference of Scaloni, in which the coach is expected to give indications of the team and clarify its future situation a little more, since in November after the victory against Brazil in the Qualifiers, he questioned its continuity before the media.
The duels against El Salvador and Costa Rica will be the last tests for the coach thinking about the 2024 Copa América that will take place in the United States, and in which Argentina will seek to defend the crown it obtained in the 2021 edition. In addition, this contest will mark the farewell of Ángel Di María in the national team and it could be the same for Lionel Messi and Nicolás Otamendi.
Two schemes
Scaloni prepares the team for the friendly against The Saviorwhich will be this Friday in Philadelphia: the coach analyzes two schemes and thinks about how to rebuild the attack without Lionel Messi.
The coach would have decided to use the majority of the starters in the first friendly of the national team on the tour of the United States, but he still hasn’t chosen which scheme to use: 4-3-3 or 4-4-2.
In midfield, everything indicates that Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernández and Alexis Mac Allister have their place guaranteed. If you are inclined to add a midfielder, who would enter is Giovani Lo Celso. The coach is thinking about starting him in one of these two games and he could be the fourth midfielder, as he was in the last victory against Brazil at the Maracaná in the Qualifiers.
The main doubts in the formation of the Argentine National Team for the friendly with El Salvador are from midfield forward, taking into account the absence of Lionel Messi (disaffected by a muscle injury).
Counting Lo Celso, The coach is thinking of three other players for only two positions: Lautaro Martínez, Julián Álvarez and Nicolás González. The coach will begin to define the team from training this afternoon, two days before the Albiceleste’s first friendly in 2024.
For the moment, the probable serious training with Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernández, Alexis Mac Allister; Ángel Di María, Lautaro Martínez (or Julián Álvarez) and Nicolás González (or Giovani Lo Celso). DT: Lionel Scaloni.
Source: Ambito
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