Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has made changes to the original call-up list for the match against Angola.
The Argentina national team will play Angola on Friday in a friendly match and Lionel Scaloni has called-up Kevin Mac Allister of Saint-Guilloise to the team. Leandro Paredes of Boca Juniors has also been called-up, as has Emiliano Buendía who will join the team.
Lionel Scaloni will be without Enzo Fernández, who stated that he will not join the Argentina national team for the match. Scaloni will be without the Atletico Madrid trio of Julián Álvarez, Giuliano Simeone and Nahuel Molina as they will miss the because having not completed in time the health procedures to the yellow fever vaccine which is required to enter Angola. Here are the players that have been called-up to the match:
Goalkeepers:
Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille)
Walter Benítez (Crystal Palace)
Defenders:
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Valentín Barco (Racing Strasbourg)
Kevin Mac Allister (Union Saint-Gilloise)
Midfielders:
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Rodrigo De Paul (Inter Miami)
Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis)
Thiago Almada (Atlético Madrid)
Máximo Perrone (Como)
Nicolás Paz (Como)
Leandro Paredes (Boca Juniors)
Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa)
Forwards:
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan)
Nicolás González (Atlético Madrid)
José Manuel López (Palmeiras)
Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica)
Joaquín Panichelli (Racing Strasbourg)
Odd that Alvarez, Molina and Simeone to miss this call up while their friends Gonzalez and Almada will report. Maybe refusal to get the vaccine? Thoughts?!
Wish Lautaro and Alexis had dropped out too. Scaloni always calls up new players but rarely gives them a real chance or just 30–45 minutes at most. Alexis needs rest, his form with Liverpool has been worrying.
I’d love to see Nico Paz, Panichelli, López and Barco play the full 90 minutes.