Marcos Acuña was substituted out for River Plate with a hamstring problem.
Acuña started River Plate’s Apertura match against Belgrano but was substituted out with an injury. The 34 year old appeared to tweak his right hamstring, the same hamstring where he has had fitness issues.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni is expected to announce his list of players for the World Cup between Thursday and Friday.
Very few players maintain the same intensity, and hunger after returning from Europe to their domestic leagues. Acuna served Argentina exceptionally well in the last World Cup, but that doesn’t mean, like someone in this blog suggest, that Scaloni should turn the next World Cup into a farewell tour for the old guard instead of going there to defend the title.
34 years old, injury-prone, playing in the Argentinian league, should be nowhere near the national team.