Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni spoke at a press conference before the World Cup qualifier against Bolivia.

The Argentina national team will play Bolivia on Tuesday in a World Cup qualifier. The team drew 1-1 against Venezuela on Thursday and coach Scaloni spoke at a press conference on Monday. Here is what he had to say:

“We are considering the possibility of Lautaro (Martínez) and Julián (Álvarez) playing but a lone striker can also play. We are open to all possibilities.”

Lionel Scaloni also spoke about calling up players for the October World Cup qualifiers:

“This was a difficult call up, we could not count on some players. But we are not complaining. We are fine and we are facing the situations.”

Scaloni commented on his time as coach:

“Back in 2018 we didn’t think we would make it this far. This is a beautiful position, but we know what it means to be sitting here. We are proud of how we have carried out this process, magnified by the titles.”

Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez and Julián Álvarez could all start for Argentina.

Messi, Lautaro and Álvarez could be the three strikers up front against Bolivia on Tuesday. According to ESPN Argentina, Lionel Scaloni is considering starting the three together in Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni started both Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez against Venezuela on Thursday, Lautaro was substituted into the match.

Alexis Mac Allister could be in the starting eleven for Argentina vs. Bolivia.

Mac Allister missed Argentina’s 1-1 draw vs. Venezuela due to injury but he is doing better from his injury. According to Gastón Edul, the Argentine has a good chance being int he starting eleven.

The Argentina national team staff will evaluate him more during Monday’s training.

Lionel Messi and Nicolás Otamendi are the two leading goal scorers for Argentina in the 2026 South American World Cup qualifiers.

Messi did not score for Argentina in their 1-1 draw vs. Venezuela on Thursday but it was Otamendi who scored the goal for Lionel Scaloni’s team. It was Otamendi’s third goal in the 2026 South American World Cup qualifiers, tying him with Lionel Messi, also on three goals.

For Lionel Messi, he scored in the first match of the qualifiers against Ecuador and he scored two against Peru. For Nicolás Otamendi, he scored against Paraguay at home, Brazil away and Venezuela.

Nicolás González is in third place with two goals. He scored against Bolivia and Colombia.

Both Messi and Otamendi are second in the 2026 South American World Cup qualifiers, only behind Darwin Núñez of Uruguay who has five goals.