Lionel Messi is out of the Argentina national team for the two World Cup qualifying matches against Uruguay and Brazil.
Messi has not made the final list of players for the two World Cup qualifiers. The 37 year old misses out due to an injury.
The Argentina national team will play Uruguay on March 21 and Brazil on March 25 in Buenos Aires.
Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Gerónimo Rulli (Olympique Marseille)
Walter Benítez (PSV Eindhoven)
Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Germán Pezzella (River Plate)
Leoanrdo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Facundo Medina (Lens)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Máximo Perrone (Como)
Forwards:
Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
Benjamín Domínguez (Bologna)
Thiago Almada (Lyon)
Nicolás González (Juventus)
Nico Paz (Como)
Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Santiago Castro (Bologna)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
I really don’t understand scaloni, both foyth and molina will struggle against wingers …. Maffeo is having great season still, i think eventually we will see him play for italy NT.
I don’t mind Maffeo, I think he’s decent, but if he wants to play for Italy, so be it, let him. However, I don’t think he is necessarily better than Di Lorenzo, Bellanova and Cambiasso. And in Spain they have Carvajal, Llorente, Porro.
Following players should play few minutes.
Paz should start against brazil.
Almada
Dominguez
Castro ( italy NT after him )
Nico Paz, Almada and simeone. There 3 players will be crucial in next few years. Next 2 matches will be tactical. So experienced players need to be used.
This would have been a great opportunity to for Dybala, but he is once again injured.
Nico paz and thiago almada have a huge chance to start since messi is out of injury
Is Máximo Perrone going to return to Man City? If he’s not in Guardiola’s rebuild plan, then this just tells he is a mid talent.
Our defenders are extremely weak except for C.Romero. Pezzela and Otamendi should retire and Molina is washed. Our defense will only get worse if Scaloni is not willing to develop young talents.
It’s not the job of a national team coach to develop young talents. You know who appears to be washed right now? Ironically Pep Guardiola…
True pep Guardiola is run out of ideas 😆
National team coach does not build talents. He can inspire and build great combinations out of resources provided to him. He is limited to resources created by club coaches. It is unfortunate that we do not have a next level ready for some of the positions. As far as Messi’s absence is concerned, this was bound to happen some day and it has been happening in the last 2 years. Scaloni now knows 4 days in advance that we are not going into the two classicos with our best team. We are also missing the icing on the cake. Let’s see if he is ready for the challenge – biggest since the World Cup.