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Argentina squad for October announced, Emiliano Martinez of Arsenal, Erik Lamela of Tottenham inluded

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The Argentina squad for the month of October has been announced for the friendly games vs. Germany and Ecuador.

Emiliano Martinez of Arsenal, who was rumored to make the team has been included as has Erik Lamela of Tottenham. Juan Foyth who has just returned from injury is also included. Here’s the team along with the Argentina U23 squad.

Goalkeepers:
Agustin Marchesin (FC Porto)
Juan Musso (Udinese)
Emiliano Martinez (Arsenal)

Defenders:
Juan Foyth (Tottenham Hotspur)
Renzo Saravia (FC Porto)
Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City)
German Pezzella (Fiorentina)
Marcos Rojo (Manchester United)
Walter Kannemann (Gremio)
Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax)
Leonardo Balerdi (Borussia Dortmund)

Midfielders:
Guido Rodriguez (Club America)
Matias Zaracho (Racing Club)
Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain)
Nicolas Dominguez (Velez Sarsfield)
Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese)
Marcos Acuna (Sporting Lisbon)
Roberto Pereyra (Watford)
Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)
Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur)

Forwards:
Matias Vargas (Espanyol)
Nicolas Gonzalez (Stuttgart)
Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
Paulo Dybala (Juventus)

As reported a few days ago, no players from Boca Juniors or River Plate are included due to their Copa Libertadores clash.

Argentina and Argentina U23 team for October.

Emiliano Martinez: “Hopefully I could make the Argentina national team”

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Arsenal goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez recently gave an interview with Jogo Bonito where he discussed the Argentina national team and staying in contact with some of his friends from the youth team.

Despite never being capped for the senior Argentina side, Martinez has played for the Argentina U20 team. Martinez commented on the rumors circulating regarding a potential call-up to the Argentina team:

“I played in the youth teams, I’m at a big club and I’m always preparing myself to be in the senior team. Hopefully I could be in the Argentina national team. It arrives at the best time of my career.

“I’m always in contact with players I played alongside with in the youth teams like Tucu (Roberto) Pereyra, (Erik) Lamela, (Nicolas) Tagliafico and (German) Pezzella. We don’t talk much about the national team but about life. We’ve known each other for a long time.”

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni will be announcing his squad for the October friendly games on Friday.

Gonzalo Higuaín: “I lived a lot of things with the Argentina national team”

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Gonzalo Higuaín spoke about his decision of retiring from the Argentina national team, the team itself and more.

Former Argentina and current Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuaín recently gave an interview with Fox Sports. The number 9 has played for the biggest clubs in the world and has broken silence on retiring from the Argentina national team. Here’s what he had to say:

“With the Argentina national team, I lived a lot of things. I took it as a big learning experience. It’s my country but many different motives got me to arrive to that decision. And now I’m enjoying it from the other side and I’m always looking forward.

“In most cases, the people which come across me in Argentina have good words to say to me and thankful for what I did with the national team. The decision I made wasn’t because of them. When I played, it was always with the greatest of desires, I left it all. At times, things are good and other times bad. Taking this decision has done me well, it made me calm, I now enjoy other things. I started to value things which I couldn’t see before.”

On the 2019 Copa America:

“I would watch at times because I was enjoying other things. I saw Leo (Messi) very good, determined. What he said was magnified because of what he represents. I think he spoke from the heart, he said what he felt. They can judge him good or badly but Leo is extraordinary.

“From what I could see, Lautaro is maturing. He plays with a big club in Italy. The number 9 is the one who is most often criticized because he is there to score goals. He has started a career which I hope will be extraordinary. The advice I would give me is to always look to be better and to be strong for when the bad moment comes. Hopefully it goes great for him, that he enjoys the Argentina national team and from there hope that things go well for Argentina and I see good things are coming.”

Higuaín also spoke about Diego Maradona coaching in Argentina:

“I didn’t speak with him but he is a world icon. Any stadium he goes to or he passes to, the people go crazy. The other day, the people of Talleres gave him a lovely welcoming. Diego does that. He’s the one that called me to the Argentina national team, he took me to the World Cup (in 2010) with very minimal matches played in the qualifiers and I will always be thankful. It makes me very happy that he’s in football and hopefully things can go well.”

Angel Correa of Atletico Madrid to make Argentina team for October

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Angel Correa will reportedly make the Argentina national team squad for the month of October.

Per a report by TyC Sports, the Atletico Madrid forward will make Lionel Scaloni’s team for the games against Germany and Ecuador. Correa last played for Argentina prior to the 2019 Copa America, where he scored the match winner in a 1-0 win vs. Morocco.

Lionel Scaloni will announce his squad on Friday.

Lionel Messi discusses Argentina national team, Copa America, Diego Maradona, FC Barcelona, more

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Lionel Messi recently gave an interview to where he discussed the Argentina national team, the Copa America and much more.

The best player in the world has stated that his priority this season is to win the league and the Champions League with Barcelona and the Copa America with Argentina. Speaking with FIFA.com, here’s what he had to say:

The Argentinian national team are undergoing a major transformation too. Have any of your team-mates surprised you in particular?

“I wouldn’t say they’ve surprised me because I knew them already and I know what they’re capable of. I see them with their clubs and I knew about the new breed coming through. Where they have surprised me, though, is as people. There were a lot of them that I didn’t know personally, and it was a lovely surprise to be able to share a Copa America with them and see that aside from being great players they’re very normal and down-to-earth people too.”

Lionel Scaloni has just been given the Argentina job on a permanent basis. How would you describe him?

“He’s a coach who has things clear in his head, who knows how to watch football and is very good at getting things across. He’s easy to understand, he’s good at his job and he knows how to handle the players. I think they got it right in giving him the job permanently and the space and time he needs to work with the national team.”

La Liga, the Champions League and the Copa America: what is Lionel Messi’s main objective this season?

“All of them. It’s been four years since we’ve won the Champions League and we really want to win it again. We know, though, that if we don’t do the job day in day out, then we won’t make it. And as for the Copa America, I’m really looking forward to having the opportunity to go for it yet again. I’m really excited about this year’s Copa.”

To read the full interview, click here.

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