Gonzalo Montiel is injured and is out of the Argentina national team for the two matches.

Montiel will miss both of the Argentina national team’s matches against Mauritania and Zambia. The 29 year old felt some discomfort in his hamstring following River Plate’s match on Sunday and Montiel is out of the Argentina national team due to the injury. Here is the updatedc list of players for Argentina:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez
Gerónimo Rulli
Juan Musso

Defenders:
Nahuel Molina
Cristian Romero
Lucas Martínez Quarta
Marcos Senesi
Nicolás Otamendi
Tomás Palacios
Nicolás Tagliafico
Marcos Rojas
Marcos Acuña

Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes
Máximo Perrone
Alexis Mac Allister
Enzo Fernández
Valentín Barco
Rodrigo De Paul
Exequiel Palacios

Forwards:
Lionel Messi
Nico Paz
Gianluca Prestianni
Nicolás González
Giuliano Simeone
Thiago Almada
José Manuel López
Julián Álvarez
Franco Mastantuono
Joaquín Panichelli

Nicolás Tagliafico has commented on the Finalissima match not being played.

Tagliafico has been called up to the Argentina national team for the two matches against Mauritia and Zambia. With the match against Spain in the Finalissima not being played, Tagliafico spoke to DSports about the match. Here is what he had to say:

“As a player, one always wants to play the big matches. It was going to be a big match because Spain are very good, they’re in great form. We are also good.

“It would have been nice. But well, these are things in football. There was no deal and unfortunately, we might just meet at the World Cup.

“If we put aside the title and the Finalissima, it was going to be an important match because you’re facing a team you know has a shot to fight for the World Cup too. That helps you, it sets a benchmark for you. It shows you where we can be, if there are things to improve.

“There are always things to improve but matches like this are good. That’s it. Now we have to think about what is coming up.”

Argentina have another change in their squad ahead of the friendlies against Mauritania and Zambia. Leonardo Balerdi is out due to injury and did not travel to Argentina.

The Olympique de Marseille defender joins a growing list of absences. Lisandro Martínez, Lautaro Martínez, Giovani Lo Celso, and Juan Foyth are also unavailable.

With Balerdi now unavailable, Scaloni has turned to a familiar name. Lucas Martínez Quarta has been called up as his replacement. The River Plate defender, who was part of Argentina’s Copa América 2024-winning squad, returns to the national team setup for these friendlies

Alexis Mac Allister has spoken about the Finalissima not taking place.

Mac Allister has been called up to the Argentina national team for the two matches against Mauritania and Zambia. Argentina were initially set to play against Spain in the Finalissima but that match is not taking place. Mac Allister is in Argentina for the two matches and spoke to ESPN Argentina about the Finalissima. Here is what he had to say:

“It’s a shame because it would have been a nice match. It wasn’t to be, now we will focus on the friendly matches.”

The Argentine also commented on Claudio Tapia’s comments about the team being champions as Spain refused to play the match:

“The matches are won on the pitch, we are players and we want to win. I would like to play it in the future, we all would like to play it.”