Paulo DYBALA has confirmed that he will not eb going to the Olympic games with Argentina.
Paulo Dybala has stated himself that he will NOT be going to the Rio Olympics with Argentina. Juventus told him about it a month ago. Paulo Dybala had this to say:
“I was hoping to be on the list for Copa America because Juventus told me a month ago that I wouldn’t be going to Rio”.
Gerardo MARTINO has released his list of players for next month’s Copa America. And there are some names missing. Here’s the list of players for next month:
Goalkeepers:
Sergio ROMERO
Nahuel GUZMAN
Mariano ANDUJAR
Defenders:
Gabriel MERCADO
Facundo RONCAGLIA
Victor CUESTA
Marcos ROJO
Ramiro FUNES MORI
Nicolas OTAMENDI
Jonathan MAIDANA
Midfielders:
Javier MASCHERANO
Lucas BIGLIA
Matias KRANEVITTER
Augusto FERNANDEZ
Ever BANEGA
Javier PASTORE
Erika LAMELA
Forwards:
Angel DI MARIA
Lionel MESSI
Sergio AGUERO
Gonzalo HIGUAIN
Ezequiel LAVEZZI
Nicolas GAITAN
No Paulo DYBALA, Angel CORREA, Ezequiel GARAY, Geronimo RULLI, Mateo MUSACCHIO or Carlos TEVEZ.
With Tata MARTINO expected to announce Argentina’s list of players for the Copa America on Friday (May 20), rumors in Argentina have already started circulating about who could make it and who could miss it.
Carlos TEVEZ’s name is being thrown around as someone who could end up not getting called-up for Argentina. TEVEZ could miss out with Paulo DYBALA getting included in the team.
DYBALA’s inclusion would be a surprise considering Tata came out a few weeks ago saying that the only players who will play both the Copa America and Olympics are Ramiro FUNES MORI, Mateo MUSACCHIO and Matias KRANEVITTER.
Martin DEMICHELIS appears to be another person who has a question mark next to his name regarding the Copa America. But with all the injuries to defenders, he may still make it.
With the number of injuries growing for Tata MARTINO’s men, the AFA has apparently sent in a special request to FIFA.
It seems as if the AFA has asked FIFA if they can include more players to their list of 40, meaning including a player in the final 23 who wasn’t in the initial list of 40 players.
It remains to be seen who Tata MARTINO is thinking of taking with that request.
Gerardo MARTINO is expected to announce his team for the Copa America this Friday, May 20.
Tata MARTINO will have to make cuts from his preliminary list of 40 (with 4 already injured) and bring it down to 23. Looking at the list, three defenders are out injured (ZABALETA, VANGIONI and PINOLA) and one goalkeeper (MARCHESIN). Here’s the preliminary list of 40 players.
Goalkeepers:
Sergio ROMERO
Geronimo RULLI
Nahuel GUZMAN
Agustin MARCHESIN (injured, out)
Mariano ANDUJAR
Defenders:
Pablo ZABALETA (injured, out)
Facundo RONCAGLIA
Gabriel MERCADO
Jonatan MAIDANA
Nicolas OTAMENDI
Ezequiel GARAY
Mateo MUSACCHIO
Ramiro FUNES MORI
Marcos ROJO
Leonel VANGIONI (injured, not confirmed out)
Javier PINOLA (injured, out)
Emmanuel MAS
Martin DEMICHELIS
Gonzalo RODRIGUEZ
Milton CASCO
Leonel VANGIONI
Midfielders:
Javier MASCHERANO
Matias KRANEVITTER
Augusto FERNANDEZ
Enzo PEREZ
Lucas BIGLIA
Javier PASTORE
Ever BANEGA
Angel DI MARIA
Erik LAMELA
Roberto PEREYRA
Guido PIZARRO
Forwards:
Lionel MESSI
Ezequiel LAVEZZI
Nicolas GAITAN
Sergio AGUERO
Gonzalo HIGUAIN
Paulo DYBALA
Angel CORREA
Carlos TEVEZ
Lautaro ACOSTA
