Thiago Almada and Juan Foyth are both out of the Argentina national team.
Almada and Foyth were called up to the Argentina national team for the three friendly matches against Bolivia, Burkina Faso and Benin but are both out because of muscle injuries. Here is the updated list of players:
Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez
Juan Musso
Gerónimo Rulli
Santiago Beltrán
Defenders:
Agustín Giay
Leonardo Balerdi
Cristian Romero
Lisandro Martínez
Facundo Medina
Nicolás Tagliafico
Nicolás Otamendi
Tomás Palacios
Román Vega
Valentín Gómez
Midfielders:
Enzo Fernández
Alexis Mac Allister
Valentín Barco
Giovani Lo Celso
Exequiel Palacios
Rodrigo De Paul
Nico Paz
Ezequiel Fernández
Santiago Simón
Tobiás Andrada
Forwards:
Franco Mastantuono
Matías Soulé
Giuliano Simeone
Nicolás González
Gianluca Prestianni
José Manuel López
Santiago Castro
Julián Álvarez
Lautaro Martínez
Lionel Messi
🚨 JUST IN: Lionel Scaloni says De Paul and Lo Celso weren’t called up by him because of his personal decision ⛔️🇦🇷
“It’s a good time for a generational change, just like we did in 2018. We work for the national team, and it’s something we had to do. It could pay off, and the new players could earn their place and stay.”
“Initially, De Paul and Lo Celso won’t be with us for the first two friendlies because we want to take a look at other players. The door is obviously not closed for them.”
“It’s a good time for a generational change…”
The rebuilding process should have started about two years ago, when Argentina were virtually guaranteed to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. By the time the tournament arrived, only Messi, Nico Paz and Barco seemed to enter the World Cup in good form. Many of the other senior players arrived exhausted, out of form, or having just returned from injuries.
Scaloni had plenty of opportunities to test a new system and give different players meaningful minutes, yet he continued relying heavily on the same core of players.
The 2026 World Cup final will go down as one of the most disappointing and boring finals Argentina have played, and what a terrible way for Messi to end his World Cup career.
It was disappointing cause Argentina had no clue how to deal with spain type hyper possessional team… Give spain vs Argentina game again and Argentina will play way better. Again its totally on stupid tapia and his inability to arrange quality games against Stronger teams. He had the chance to play the finalissima but he would rather play with Guatemala to get more revenue shares. Argentina fa never in history looked so pathetic.
Why Foyth again? Hes always injured..just like Dybala..
Thiago Almada’s chapter should be closed..Prestianni is ready and many youngsters are playing well in that position..
Youth I had to laugh
He was a talent that was destroyed by injuries 8 yrs ago like wow fourth is out YA DONT SAY. WOW Stating the frigging obvious
Dybala is not picked WOW I didn’t know that thanks fir the update
As fking retarded as Messi starts as a article lead
Argentina should stop calling foyth again and again. His time with Argentina is over. We have new defender like Tomas Palacios, Ivando, Trolio, Moreno etc. We must use them.
Likely no relacements but Scaloni should take a look at Alan Lescano from Vasco da Gama.