Argentina U23 pre-Olympic team announced for September trainings

Javier Mascherano has announced his team of Argentina U23 players for the September trainings.

Mascherano has announced 20 local based players and four players not from the local league for his U23 team. The four players were announced earlier on Thursday when Lionel Scaloni’s team for the September World Cup qualifying matches were announced.

Lucas Esquivel and Bruno Zapelli of Athletico Paranaense, Alan Velasco of FC Dallas and Lucas Beltrán of Fiorentina are the four players which were announced earlier. Here are the players announced by Mascherano for September:

Leandro Brey (Boca Juniors)
Facundo Sanguinetti (Banfield)
Joaquin Blazquez (Platense)
Santiago Simon (River Plate)
Gonzalo Lujan (San Lorenzo)
Julian Malatini (Defensa y Justicia)
Marco Di Cesare (Argentinos Jrs)
Kevin Lomonaco (Tigre)
Nicolas Valentini (Boca Juniors)
Kevin Zenon (Union)
Cristian Medina (Boca Juniors)
Juan Nardoni (Racing)
Rodrigo Villagra (Talleres)
Juan Sforza (Newell’s Old Boys)
Pablo Solari (River Plate)
Lautaro Giaccone (Rosario Central)
Luciano Gondou (Argentinos Jrs)
Abiel Osorio (Velez)
Pedro De La Vega (Lanus)
Santiago Pierotti (Colon)

Lionel Scaloni announced his list for the matches against Ecuador and Bolivia:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Juan Musso (Udinese)
Walter Benítez (PSV)
Franco Armani (River Plate)

Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham Forest)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth)
Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Lucas Esquivel (Athletico Paranaense, U23 team)

Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)

Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Bruno Zapelli (Athletico Paranaense, U23 team)
Thiago Almada (Atlanta United)

Forwards:
Nicolás González (Fiorentina)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Ángel Di María (Benfica)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Alan Velasco (FC Dallas, U23 team)
Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina, U23 team)