The preliminary Argentina national team list for the World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil has been announced and both Lionel Messi and Claudio Echeverri are included.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has announced his preliminary list for the March World Cup qualifiers. The reigning World Cup champions will play Uruguay away and Brazil at home. Lionel Scaloni has called up 33 players. Here are the players called-up to the team:
Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Gerónimo Rulli (Olympique Marseille)
Walter Benítez (PSV Eindhoven)
Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Germán Pezzella (River Plate)
Leoanrdo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Facundo Medina (Lens)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Francisco Ortega (Olympiakos)
Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis)
Máximo Perrone (Como)
Forwards:
Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
Benjamín Domínguez (Bologna)
Thiago Almada (Lyon)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Nicolás González (Juventus)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Nico Paz (Como)
Claudio Echeverri (Manchester City)
Paulo Dybala (AS Roma)
Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Santiago Castro (Bologna)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Ortega over Bernabei? That’s odd. What else does Bernabei needs to do to get a call. Also, I can think of several players that I would pick ahead of Perrone: Varela, Barrenechea, Hezze.
Glad to see Bologna duo to get a call on the list preliminary list, a recognition of their current form.
Echeverri is a bit of a surprise, the kid is super talented, but given our positional needs, e.g. LB, I’d rather see Barco, Soler and Bernabei on the list than Echeverri.
Anyhow, some names will be cut, maybe Lo Celso (injury) and Angel Correa, Perrone and Pezzella. We’ll see.
Notice that Guido and Acuna have not been called…so there’s at least some generational shift.
Pezzella and montiel shouldn’t be in the list. glad to see likes Perrone, Paz, santiago castro, B. Dominguez, G. Simeone, i hope cuti Romero is fit to play and I think Pezzella will go after those Derby matches because of his experience, I’m sure will see much more different squad in jun
I hope to see Simeone over Garnacho to get some minutes in senior team. He is very special. Happy to see A Correa as well.
Yeah Angel Correa is very underrated, he’s a fantastic supersub who would be very useful playing on the right side. If he maintains his current form until next year I would like to see him go to the WC.
Nice list overall, really glad to see Perrone and Castro get a mention (even though they’ll both get cut from the final list).
The one name that is missing is Alexandro Bernabei because this list is light on legit leftbacks, otherwise it’s solid.
It is about time Foyth steps up and take charge! He has the potential to be a solid CB who can also play as a RB equally well! Molina has been very inconsistent this season, had a short run of form but is forced back on the bench by a makeshift RB in Lorente. Montiel is simply average! My only concern with Foyth playing as a RB is I haven’t really seen his offensive side!
So many young player in MF and FW. But not a single in Defence. Again Pezzella and montiel is selected. Scaloni is very insecure person I’m sure.