Facundo Medina and Ángel Correa are the two players which have been cut from the preliminary Argentina national team.
Medina missed Olympique Marseille’s match against Paris FC due to an ankle injury. He was part of the preliminary Argentina national team for the World Cup qyalifying matches against Venezuela and Ecuador but was did not make the final list.
Ángel Correa of Tigres was also part of the preliminary team but did not make the final team. Argentina will ppay Venezuela on September 4 and Lionel Messi has spoken about the match potentially being his last in Argentina.
On September 9, the team will play Ecuador. Here are the names that have been called up for the World Cup qualifying matches:
Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Walter Benítez (Crystal Palace)
Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille)
Defenders:
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate)
Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Marcos Acuña (River Plate)
Julio Soler (Bournemouth)
Midfielders:
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Alan Varela (FC Porto)
Leandro Paredes (Boca Juniors)
Thiago Almada (Atletico Madrid)
Nico Paz (Como)
Rodrigo De Paul (Inter Miami)
Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis)
Forwards:
Claudio Echeverri (Bayer Leverkusen)
Franco Mastantuono (Real Madrid)
Valentín Carboni (Genoa)
Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid)
Nicolás González (Juventus)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
José Manuel López (Palmeiras)
Correa was expected. I thought Soler will be cut.and keep Medina, may be he’s left out because of injury.
Soler should play regularly, then only he has chance in WC. He has a more balanced profile.
Now that he is at Tigres in Mexico, Angel’s ship has sailed with so many talented youngsters that can now be brought as supersubs.
Balerdi can play LCB instead of Medina even though he is right footed, and Soler can be the back-up for LB.
Who do you think is better? Soler or Bernebei (Since Barco now plays mostly as a left midfielder)? Bernabei has been performing regularly for the club whereas Soler hasn’t proven himself in the EPL.