Marcos Senesi and Cristian Romero are both rumored to be starting for the Argentina national team against Venezuela on Friday.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni spoke at a press conference on Thursday. He stated that the games against Venezuela and Puerto Rico were games where they will try out different options in the match.
Senesi is back in the Argentina national team for the first time in over three years and could be starting against Venezuela. According to TNT Sports, Senesi and Cristian Romero will both start Friday’s friendly match. Here is the rumored eleven:
Emiliano Martínez; Nicolás González, Senesi, Romero, Montiel; Mac Allister, Paredes, Enzo; Julián Álvarez, Lautaro Martínez and Nico Paz
Why everyone is critizising Mastantuno.I think he is a terrific technical player after Messi era Arg got blessed with that type of hugetalent Remember he is just18. I m confident Scaloni and xabi make him worldclass with one season. I think Lamin is not very good in his first season .He is ready in his second season. We can wait for MAstantunos potential
I fully support members posting as frequently as they like, provided their contributions are constructive and tangible. However, this guy maxilopez830 is repeatedly posting what I consider to be irrelevant and annoying content, specifically bizarre and nonsensical line-ups. Furthermore, he constant focus on players they deem “undeserving” is becoming a significant nuisance.
At this point, I believe this guy’s posts are negatively impacting the community’s experience. I strongly urge Roy and the administrative team to review this user’s recent activity and consider taking appropriate action.
Yes we have had our share of such posters in the past.. I remember a guy called Anuparno who would always say negative things but he is not to be seen much after our b2b wins, then we have this undisputed 12 who seems to have a personal grudge on scaloni and of course maxilopez coming up with young kids playing in local leagues saying the team should always have an average age of 19.
I am happy that some people here think that Masta does not deserve to be called up because I saw similar reactions when Mac was getting his call ups and same with Almada while some even claiming that he is a fraud. In the meantime even in the last match Masta got an ovation from the madrid fans in the stadium and its only some studips like Xabi alonso, scaloni, aimar, ayala etc who find him good. That, I guess is not good enough as none of them are mundo members. I have now learnt to ignore these and feel happy that I will be watching the world cup just to enjoy it this time for the first time in my life.
The numbers simply don’t favor Mastanuono at the moment. Echeverri has outperformed Mastanuono in the South American Championship, FIFA Club World Cup, and the Olympics. In the UEFA Champions League, it was his cross that led to an own goal. So why does Mastanuono deserve a callup?
I don’t want to advertise 3rd party news articles here. But here goes:
“Marcelo Gallardo expressed disappointment over Franco Mastantuono’s move to Real Madrid, and slandered the modern-day pratice of early transfers.”
Source: news18.com/football/fans-dont-enjoy-it-river-plates-gallardo-laments-mastantuonos-move-to-real-madrid-ws-dl-9396833.html
““He rushed his departure, he wasn’t ready, he’s still very green,” as per quotes from Cadena SER.
“He scored a great goal against Boca Juniors from a free kick and suddenly he’s worth $50m.”
Source: football-espana.net/2025/08/17/franco-mastantuono-not-ready-real-madrid
No Mastantuono is already better in first 2 months than Vinicius and Rodrygo were in first 2 whole Real seasons. The brazilians were laughing stocks at 20 years old too then what happened? They were much greener than Mastantuono but i didnt hear the crying. Masta ceiling is simple way higher than Soule’s and even the Vinicius Rodrygo combo.
100% agree Godin…
Fun fact:
Scaloni has called up over 60 players to the NT post the world cup win, but only 13 of them actually got playing time the rest were called up to take pictures with Montiel, Molina, Acuna, Parades and Otamendi.
Lautaro Martinez, apart from the Copa America, has scored only 7 goals (including Honduras, Canada and Guatamala) in like 30 games and yet Scaloni has been adamant to try other number 9s.
Montiel, Acuna and Molina have played more games for the NT than for their clubs since the World Cup.
Time is running out for Scaloni to try and fill huge gaps In more than 5 positions.
Real fans are slowly starting to realise that they got scammed by Meda hype and YT videos into coughing out 45 mil for Mastantuono and not Scaloni not only starts him for the NT but hands hi. the number 10 shirt. Scaloni gives players a call if they play for a big team. That’s his benchmark. There is no merit.
Yes you are right .Though scaloni won a world cup ,he still made lots of mistakes .as I say before the best team may not win if they don’t have luck .We had luck ,we have messi and of course a super dibu . Actually our world cup wasn’t won easily as Spain or France .Now 4years later ,our team doesn’t improve alot at the same time Spain, England,Portugal improve a lot .thats the difference. If scaloni go to real madrid, he will be GOAT using the least player winning the most .I am finger crossed how many player will be available next year .Actually he only rely on 17,18 players .others are called up for training only.
don’t look at how many Trophy he won ,look at the whole process .I strongly believe Placente is far more better than Scaloni though placente won nothing .he doesn’t have messi ,luck ,dibu and other Europe u20 players but he has build up a decent team utilize our limited resources and really know our kids
realistically, I don’t believe we can defend the world cup title it isn’t easy for many years .I just don’t want to see our team follow the footprint of Spain and Brazil .That’s why I think a new era should begin at least after next world cup .Time is limited this year ,scaloni won’t make a big change at this stage .But after world cup do we need a new team ? does scaloni really capable of using new faces ?He is too persevative.
Today’s tycsport report about why Soule wasn’t called .It is hypocritical to say there are so many other players who are highly regarded such as Alvarez ,Mastantuano,Garnacho,Bounanotte,Messi ,Carboni ,Almada,Gonzalez …they all can play the same position as Soule . the coaching staff is saying so many good players are better than Soule, as result we don’t invite him .
IMO ,it is disrespect to an up and coming player . statistc show Soule is better than garnacho ,Bounanotte,Carboni, Mastantuano or even Gonzalez . Actually they never consider Soule ,all are excuses .They are haters whom I believe no matter you score how many goals you are still considered not good enough . that’s why I think Soule has no chance unless scaloni quit . There are some conflicts between each other for sure
These conflicts were common in the national team in the past。Zanetti was abandoned ,Riquelme was not used by Bielsa. Redondo wasn’t used by pasarella. Nowadays Soule is closed the door and Retegui was given to Italy. In future don’t know how many teenagers will be wasted .
Someone by the name of Dolon Biswas who used to post 20 different lineups in every single day was part of this community. I think that was 8-10 years ago. Then a guy called Romance King who was the stupidest person ever on this forum popped up right after the 2018 WC. Now, this Maxilopez guy has been all over the place lately and made the whole forum a messy place. There is always that person who never fails to disappoint us.
Yes, Dolon Biswass was harmless though, silly line-ups and could never spell the names of our players correctly lol
Romance King was a horny stupid loser, never added any value, quite the opposite. The latest character is often clueless, let’ see if he crosses any lines…
I am not surprised nico paz may not be that good if scaloni using him to replace di Maria or messi .He is not a winger or number 10. he looks like a player between no.10 and no.8 .That means he should replace either de Paul or mcallister. Mastantuono is the same ,they are two similar player but Mastantuono is more raw and unexperience. if scaloni using De Paul, Enzo ,Mcallister combination, he needs two true wingers or at least one proper winger .We only have Maher Carrizo on the right .Soule is messi type a proper no.10 but can be a winger also .Carboni is the same to Soule .Simeone is another Gonzalez .Let’s see what happen tomorrow .Both Mastantuono and paz don’t convince me at all.
I am not saying paz isn’t good but his better position should be no.8 .Scaloni try to find out the best right winger ,he only have one simeone whom I believe can be used but not that good enough at this stage or he can use Gonzalez on the right ,Almada on the left .Now he is trying paz and Mastantuono. he tried carboni before and carboni performed quite well. Actually I think soule will not be considered unless scaloni quits .ironically soule is the most suitable one to replace messi and di Maria
tomorrow is very important to nico paz .Weeks ago scaloni preferred mastantuono rather than paz .Now he trys nico paz ,if he failed ,I am not sure he will have a place next year . to be honest I think scaloni ‘s plan
No.9 :Lautaro ,Alvarez with a tall no.9 Jose lopez or maybe panichelli later .Taty Castellanos may not be his choice
Left Wingers : Almada(Gonzalez)
Right wingers : Simeone (Mastantuono or paz)
No.10: Messi only ,scaloni prefers not to call any player in case messi get injuries ,he want to use two fast wingers instead
Midfield De paul( Palacios),Mcallister (Lo celso),Enzo(Paredes plus a DM Equi or Barrenechea or Varela or moreno )
LB : Tagliafico (Acuna)
RB ; Montiel(Molina)
CB: Romero(Foyth)
Otamendi(Balerdi plus senesi or licha or livero )
Scaloni is looking for a right CB to partner along side Romero! Licha has been out for back to back seasons now! Ballerdi is okay but he isn’t Licha and Otamendi is old! I feel like Senesi will do great in a tean with fantastic chemistry. If Foyth can stay fit then he could easily be our third CB ahead of Ballerdi and Otamendi! Injury prone but very underrated!
Yes Foyth is very good this season .Balerdi is not reliable .Senesi is the most reasonable choice .Licha martinez never convinced me as a CB .Nahuel Perez is another choice if he recovers .
Rivero is too young ,no experience and just moderate at local league .Otamendi is too old .I would pick Romero ,Foyth ,Senesi, Perez . After world cup should promote Matias Moreno.
LB : Gonzalez should be a good choice then promote Teo Pagano from U20 together with Lucas Esquivel .
RB : promote Giay and Gorosito not many choice .
Dm: Equi fernendez ,Barrenechea, Tomas Perez ,Nardoni
No.8 : Enzo fernandez ,Cristian Medina ,Paz (he is a no.8 rather than 10),Barco
Attacking midfield : Soule ,Valentin carboni ,Almada
Wingers : Maher Carrizo ,Benja Dorminguez, Zeballos(he needs to get more playing times ,I believe he has potential )
Striker : Alvarez ,Jose Lopez, Panichelli, Sarco
Goal Keeper: Dibu ,Barbi ,Fabricio Iacovich
For me the new team we can try
#####Dibu
Giay#Romero#Perez#Gonzalez
######Barrenchea
###Carboni ####Cristian Medina
Soule##############Almada
##########Panichelli
LOL last 8 level team (at Olympics). Barrenechea who was not good enough to play in Juventus then not good enough to play in Aston Villa, Carboni who is a benchwarmer in weak Genoa now and Medina who is not good enough to transfer to Europe. That midfield, commedy.
Barrenechea improves a lot this season .Carboni is definitely a talent .he is very sharp though he is at genoa. Cristian medina is a player I really like ,fast ,can make a balance between attack and defense . Maher carrizo will be our best winger in future .