The coach of the two-time American champion team presented his squad to play against Chile and Colombia in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. He highlighted the absence of Messi and some surprises.
Lionel Scaloni presented the list of those called up for the Argentine national team for the next double date of Eliminatory rounds with many surprises.
For the matches against Chili (5/9) and Colombia (10/9), the coach of the national team did not call up either Lionel Messidue to injury, nor to Angel Di Mariawho announced his retirement.
In addition, after being crowned two-time champions of America, Scaloni did not include in the list Franco Armani nor to Marcos Acuna. They will not be there either Exequiel Palacios neither Paulo Dybala.
Meanwhile, Scaloni’s big surprises are Ezequiel Fernandez (who after playing in the Olympic Games left Boca to play for Al Quarash in Saudi Arabia), Giuliano Simeone, Matías Soulé, Leonardo Balerdi, Valetín Barco and Valentin Castellanos.
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Those called up by Scaloni for the Qualifiers:
- Archers: Walter Benítez, Gerónimo Rulli, Juan Musso, Emiliano Martínez.
- Defenders: Nahuel Molina, ,Cristian Romero, German Pezzella, Leonardo Balerdi, Nicolas Otamendi, Lisandro Martinez, Nicolas Tagliafico, Valentin Barco.
- Frills: Leandro Paredes, Guido Rodríguez, Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernández, Giovani Lo Celso, Ezequiel Fernández, Rodrigo De Paul.
- Forwards: Nicolas Gonzalez, Alejandro Garnacho, Matias Soule, Giuliano Simeone, Valentin Carboni, Julian Alvarez, Lautaro Martinez, Valentin Castellanos.
Source: Ambito
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