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BAUZA’s squad for Argentina’s upcoming World Cup Qualifier

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Argentina’s National Team manager has named his preliminary squad of 26 players for the upcoming CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers.

Not much of a surprise for anyone who’s been following BAUZA’s statement lately. No room for Inter captain Mauro ICARDI, as was recently stated by the coach himself. A few call-ups from South America including Lucas PRATTO, Julio BUFFARINI and Marcos ACUNA. Ezequiel LAVEZZI, currently in China, receives a call-up. Here’s the squad:

Goalkeepers:

Mariano ANDUJAR (Estudiantes, Argentina)
Nahuel GUZMAN (Tigres, Mexico)
Sergio ROMERO (Manchester United, England)

Defenders:

Gabriel MERCADO (Sevilla, Spain)
Pablo ZABALETA (Manchester City, England)
Julio BUFFARINI (San Paulo, Brazil)
Facundo RONACGLIA (Celta de Vigo, Spain)
Emmanuel MAS (Trabzonspor, Turkey)
Marcos ROJO (Manchester United, England)
Nicolas OTAMENDI (Manchester City, England)
Mateo MUASCCHIO (Villarreal, Spain)
Ramiro FUNES MORI (Everton, England)

Midfielders:

Javier MASCHERANO (FC Barcelona, Spain)
Lucas BIGLIA (Lazio, Italy)
Guido PIZARRO (Tigres, Mexico)
Ever BANEGA (Inter, Italy)
Enzo PEREZ (Valencia, Spain)

Forwards:

Angel DI MARIA (Paris Saint-Germain, France)
Angel CORREA (Atletico Madrid, Spain)
Marcos ACUNA (Racing Club, Argentina)
Ezequiel LAVEZZI (Hebei Fortune, China)
Lionel MESSI (FC Barcelona, Spain)
Paulo DYBALA (Juventus, Italy)
Sergio AGUERO (Manchester City, England)
Gonzalo HIGUAIN (Juventus, Italy)
Lucas PRATTO (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Ezequiel Lavezzi remains on the Argentina team
Ezequiel Lavezzi remains on the Argentina team

Argentina will play Chile at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on the 23rd of March followed by a trip to the altitude of La Paz to face Bolivia on the 28th of March.

Argentina list for Qualifiers to be announced

Roy Nemer
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Argentina’s list of players for this month’s World Cup Qualifiers is expected to be announced by Monday.

As Argentina prepare to take on both Chile and Bolivia in this month’s South American World Cup Qualifiers, there are a few names which come to mind. We already know that the likes of Lucas PRATTO and Gonzalo HIGUAIN will be called-up while Mauro ICARDI will not be on the team. What remains to be seen is if there will be any new faces which will make it.

Mauro Icardi Inter
Mauro Icardi will not be on the Argentina team this month

Argentina’s two matches

The team will play against Chile in Buenos Aires on March 24 before playing Bolivia on March 29 in La Paz.

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Argentina to face Russia in November

Roy Nemer
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Argentina will face Russia in November, according to reports.

To celebrate the inauguration of the Luzhniki stadium in Russia, Argentina will play the hosts of the 2018 World Cup. The match, which is expected to take place on November 11, will take place at the same stadium which will host the 2018 World Cup final.

Lisandro Lopez scoring against Russia
Lisandro Lopez scoring against Russia

Argentina vs. Russia

Nikolai Guliaev, the head of the department of sport in Moscow had this to say:

“The Luzhniki will be ready for use in June. The official inauguration will be a match between Russia and Argentina and the preliminary date is November 11th.”

The stadium has been revamped and was the host of the 2008 Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea.

Gabriel MERCADO, Hernan BARCOS and more score

Roy Nemer
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Goals from Gabriel MERCADO, Hernan BARCOS, Alexander SZYMANOWSKI and Martin MANTOVANI make the list for this weekend.

Spain:

In Spain, it was the Seville derby as Jorge SAMPAOLI’s Sevilla travelled to play against Real Betis. It was the home team which scored first but it was Gabriel MERCADO who scored the equaliser for SAMPAOLI’s men before they went on to win 2-1 and get the three points. Along with MERCADO, Nicolas PAREJA and Franco VAZQUEZ started for Sevilla while Joaquin CORREA and Matias KRANEVITTER were substituted. For Betis, former River Plate man German PEZZELLA played the full 90 minutes.

Still in Spain, Leganes had two Argentine players score for them in their 4-0 win against Deportivo. Alexander SZYMANOWSKI and Martin MANTOVANI both scored while German Lux was the goalkeeper for Deportivo.

Ecuador:

In Ecuador, Hernan BARCOS scored twice for LDU Quito in their 4-0 win against River Ecuador.

Gabriel MERCADO’s goal:

Alexander SZYMANOWSKI and Martin MANTOVANI’s goals:

Hernan BARCOS’ goals:

Mateo MUSACCHIO close to joining AC Milan

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Mateo MUASCCHIO is reportedly close to joining AC Milan.

According to a report from TyC Sports, Villarreal defender Mateo MUSACCHIO is close to a move to the Italian giants. The reported fee is that of €25 million. MUSACCHIO would join the team in the summer.

Mateo Musacchio with Villarreal
Mateo Musacchio with Villarreal

MUSACCHIO with Villarreal:

The 26 year old, who joined Villarreal B from River Plate in 2009 was promoted to the main team in 2010 and has been capped four times for Argentina.

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