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Argentina line-up for World Cup qualifier vs. Chile, Nico Paz starts

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has announced his line-up for Thursday’s World Cup qualifying match against Chile and Nico Paz starts.

Lionel Scaloni starts Leonardo Balerdi, Exequiel Palacios, Thiago Almada and Nico Paz against Chile. Lionel Messi starts on the bench with Cristian Romero as captain. Here is the starting eleven:

Emiliano Martínez; Molina, Romero, Balerdi, Tagliafico; Simeone, De Paul, Palacios, Almada; Nico Paz and Julián Álvarez.

The bench:
1: Walter Benítez
12: Gerónimo Rulli
2: Juan Foyth
4: Kevin Lomónaco
5: Enzo Barrenechea
8: Emiliano Buendía
10: Lionel Messi
15: Facundo Medina
19: Valentín Barco
20: Franco Mastantuono
21: Ángel Correa
22: Lautaro Martínez

Mariano Troilo and Giovani Lo Celso do not make the bench for Argentina.

16 Comments

  1. Good to see youngsters incorporating… Though South American matches are tough, real test will be against Spain in Finalissma.
    Regarding this match… Too many back passes… Not liking it.
    Good thing is we are already qualified for WC.

  2. Perfecto. Almada was like messi. Floating & reaching everywhere. That goal was a textbook counter & credit also for a ball playing CB like balerdi. Except molina’s one mispass which was eventually saved by dibu, everything went as per plan. Happy to see youth getting good opportunity & hoping to see Paz capitalize this in 2nd half. Simeone energized runs shld have got us atleast to 2.0 at halftime.
    Only bad news of day is mastantuno going to real. Psg wld have been better.

  3. Will be intresting to see later on who will be coming in as subs… i reckon Messi will come in first if and hopefully no injuries… Barrenechea might have a good chance to get some minutes in this game…maybe Foyth, Medina/ Barco and Correa too, though would not mind Mastantuono

  4. Exciting young line-up. I knew Scaloni would integrate young players slowly. With 1 year to go this is the perfect time. I always believed in him since Copa 2021. If your favorite player is not in the line-up, its because Scaloni does not think so.
    Best of luck Albiceleste.
    Vamos

    Prediction
    2-1 we win. Hope Alvarez scores.

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