With Lionel MESSI and Javier MASCHERANO both retiring from the Argentina National Team, more names are being rumored to leave.
Along with MESSI and MASCHERANO, rumors of Gonzalo HIGUAIN, Sergio AGUERO, Ezequiel LAVEZZI, Angel DI MARIA, Ever BANEGA and Lucas BIGLIA retiring from the National Team have surfaced.
ESPN Argentina is reporting that those players will retire within the coming hours to days.
Breaking news developing out of New Jersey. Along with Lionel MESSI, Javier MASCHERANO has also quit the Argentina National Team.
Regarding the retirements, Sergio AGUERO had this to say:
“I don’t know what the other players are thinking but what I saw today… I’ve never seen before.”
Lionel MESSI has retired from the National Team. Here’s what he had to say following the team’s loss.
“I think it’s good for everyone. First for me and then for everyone else. I believe there are a lot of people who want that. That’s already 4 finals. I’ve tried a lot. It’s what is most wanted. For me, it’s done.”
The line-up has been announced.
Both Angel DI MARIA and Ever BANEGA start for Argentina. Here’s the starting line-up:
ROMERO; ROJO, OTAMENDI, FUNES MORI, ROJO; BANEGA, MASCHERANO, BIGLIA; DI MARIA, HIGUAIN, MESSI
Ever BANEGA was back training with the team today after training seperately yesterday.
While BANEGA trained with the team today, he felt some muscle discomfort and he could be a doubt for the match.. This is according to Martin AREVALO who is with the team in New Jersey.
As of now, it remains to be seen if he would start or not.
