The preliminary Argentina national team has been announced for September’s World Cup qualifiers.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has named his preliminary team for the two matches against Venezuela and Ecuador. Enzo Fernández is not included as he is suspended.
Lionel Scaloni has not called up Agustín Giay of Palmeiras or Matías Soulé and Paulo Dybala of AS Roma.
Here are the players:
Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Walter Benítez (Crystal Palace)
Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille)
Defenders:
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate)
Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Marcos Acuña (River Plate)
Julio Soler (Bournemouth)
Facundo Medina (Marseille)
Midfielders:
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Alan Varela (FC Porto)
Leandro Paredes (Boca Juniors)
Thiago Almada (Atletico Madrid)
Nico Paz (Como)
Rodrigo De Paul (Inter Miami)
Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis)
Forwards:
Claudio Echeverri (Manchester City)
Franco Mastantuono (Real Madrid)
Valentín Carboni (Genoa)
Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
Ángel Correa (Tigres)
Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid)
Nicolás González (Juventus)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
José Manuel López (Palmeiras)
Soùle is a must! He is a more complete winger than G.Simeone who is still raw and more specifically his finishing is horrible! We only have one proper winger and that is Nico Gonzalez. He is having an extended poor club season but his national team performance is again why Juventus took a chance on him! Garnacho is another dreadful finisher! His crosses are still better than G.Simeone’s but again Garnacho hates to supply crosses!
Excited to see so many young players. Hopefully, they all see a bit of match time since qualification is already secure
WHY montiel,Acuna,parades, loselso, cores?? Not Matias sule?
Soulé is indeed missing
Locelso is understandable, but the other 3 is unacceptable especially acuna.