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A message: Changes to Mundo Albiceleste, reduced ads, new design

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Hello everyone,

Since the start of the new year, we have been experimenting with different ads and locations across the Mundo Albiceleste website. And if we are being completely honest, it was time for a permanent change.

We have also been hearing and reading all of your feedbacks and are happy to announce what we believe are significant changes. The number of ads on the website have been reduced (we believe significantly) and ultimately, while the ads do help in keeping up with the maintenance of the website, we still want every one to enjoy viewing and reading the content.

Mundo Albiceleste was built by Argentina fans and for Argentina fans, which is why we believe that should remain the priority and will remain the priority.

Should you have any comments or suggestions, please, do let us know in the comments below or email us at mundoalbiceleste10@gmail.com. Our aim is to continue to improve and to provide more content (which we will continue to be doing and will be introducing new sections throughout the year) than we ever have before. And to aim for quality over quantity.

As always, your feedback is strongly appreciated. Mundo Albiceleste has been around since 2006 and we would not be where we are without the Mundo Albiceleste family.

Thank you,

Argentina World Cup winners not part of preliminary team

Six Argentina players that won the World Cup in 2022 are not part of the preliminary list of 55 players for the World Cup.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni named on Monday his preliminary list of 55 players for the World Cup which starts next month. Franco Armani, Juan Foyth, Ángel Di María, Ángel Correa, Alejandro Gómez and Paulo Dybala are not included in the preliminary list.

Franco Armani was the second choice goalkeeper at the World Cup and has since retired from the Argentina national team. Juan Foyth has been out injured since January with an Achilles tendon rupture.

Ángel Di María has retired from the Argentina national team and Ángel Correa, with Tigres UANL, was not selected. Alejandro Gómez is playing with Padova in Italy’s second division.

Paulo Dybala, with AS Roma, has not been selected by coach Lionel Scaloni.

Twelve players from local league in Argentina included in preliminary World Cup list

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has included 12 players from the local league in the preliminary list of 55 players for the World Cup.

Lionel Scaloni has announced his preliminary list of 55 players for the World Cup and that includes 12 players that play in Argentina, four of them are World Cup champions. Scaloni has included Facundo Cambeses and Gabriel Rojas of Racing.

Six River Plate players are included as Santiago Beltrán, Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Germán Pezzella, Marcos Acuña and Aníbal Moreno are part of the team. From Boca Juniors, Lautaro Di Lollo, Leandro Paredes, Milton Delgado and Tomás Aranda are in the preliminary team.

Argentina national team preliminary list of 55 players for the World Cup announced

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has announced his preliminary list of 55 players for the World Cup.

Goalkeepers:

Emiliano Martínez – Aston Villa

Gerónimo Rulli – Olympique de Marsella

Juan Musso – Atlético de Madrid

Walter Benítez – Crystal Palace

Facundo Cambeses – Racing Club

Santiago Beltrán – River Plate

Defenders:

Agustín Giay – Palmeiras

Gonzalo Montiel – River Plate

Nahuel Molina – Atlético de Madrid

Nicolás Capaldo – Hamburgo SV

Kevin Mac Allister – Union Saint Gilloise

Lucas Martinez Quarta – River Plate

Marcos Senesi – Bournemounth

Lisandro Martínez – Manchester United

Nicolás Otamendi – Benfica

Germán Pezzella – River Plate

Leonardo Balerdi – Olympique de Marsella

Cristian Romero – Tottenhman

Lautaro Di Lollo – Boca Juniors

Zaid Romero – Getafe

Facundo Medina – Olympique de Marsella

Marcos Acuña – River Plate

Nicolás Tagliafico – Olympique de Lyon

Gabriel Rojas – Racing Club

Midfielders:

Máximo Perrone – Calcio Como 1907

Leandro Paredes – Boca Juniors

Guido Rodríguez – Valencia

Aníbal Moreno – River Plate

Milton Delgado – Boca Juniors

Alan Varela – FC Porto

Ezequiel Fernández – Bayer Leverkusen

Rodrigo De Paul – Inter de Miami

Exequiel Palacios – Bayer Leverkusen

Enzo Fernández – Chelsea

Alexis Mac Allister – Liverpool

Giovani Lo Celso – Real Betis

Nicolás Domínguez – Nottingham Forest

Emiliano Buendia – Aston Villa

Valentín Barco – RC Strasbourg

Forwards:

Lionel Messi – Inter Miami

Nicolás Paz – Calcio Como 1907

Franco Mastantuono – Real Madrid

Thiago Almada – Atlético de Madrid

Tomás Aranda – Boca Juniors

Nicolás González – Atlético de Madrid

Alejandro Garnacho – Chelsea

Giuliano Simeone – Atlético de Madrid

Matías Soulé – AS Roma

Claudio Echeverri – Girona Fútbol Club

Gianluca Prestianni – SL Benfica

Santiago Castro – Bologna FC

Lautaro Martínez – Internazionale de Milán

José Manuel López – Palmeiras

Julián Álvarez – Atlético de Madrid

Mateo Pellegrino – Parma Calcio

Nahuel Molina with a tear, set to miss three weeks

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Nahuel Molina is out with a tear and is set to miss three weeks.

Molina will be out for three weeks with Atletico Mdarid. Molina was substituted into the match for Atletico Madrid in their 1-0 loss against Celta Vigo but after the match, it was revealed that he suffered a tear.

The 28 year old is expected to miss three weeks and while the Argentina national team will play their first match at the World Cup in June 16, it would mean that Molina would be arriving to the World Cup without much form.

Lionel Messi and Rodrigo De Paul score for Inter Miami in 4-2 win vs. Toronto FC

Lionel Messi delivered another memorable performance for Inter Miami, scoring once and providing two assists in a 4-2 away win over Toronto FC in MLS. The Argentine forward also became the fastest player in league history to reach 100 goal contributions.

Inter Miami entered the match looking to bounce back after their dramatic 4-3 loss to Orlando City, where they had blown a 3-0 lead. This time, the Florida side responded with a valuable victory in Canada to move into second place in the Eastern Conference.

Messi was involved throughout the match and nearly opened the scoring midway through the first half with a dangerous free kick that narrowly missed the target. Minutes later, he came close again after receiving the ball inside the box and firing just wide of the post.

The breakthrough finally arrived in the 44th minute through Rodrigo De Paul. After a failed clearance following a free kick, De Paul reacted quickly and struck a volley into the corner to give Inter Miami a 1-0 lead before halftime.

Messi continued to create problems after the break. In the 58th minute, he assisted Inter Miami’s second goal with a precise pass after spotting space in the Toronto defense. Later in the second half, the Argentine combined again with De Paul in a quick attacking move before receiving the return pass and calmly finishing to make it 4-0.

Toronto scored twice late in the match to make the final scoreline closer, but Inter Miami still secured an important away victory. With the result, the team now sits just behind Nashville SC in the Eastern Conference standings.