Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala, Alejandro Garnacho and more players were cut from the Argentina team for the two World Cup qualifying matches.
Messi is the big name that was part of the preliminary Argentina team but did not make the final team for the two matches against Uruguay and Brazil. The 37 year old misses out due to injury.
Paulo Dybala is another big name for Argentina and he is out after being substituted with an injury for AS Roma in their last league match. Alejandro Garnacho does not make it as reports state that Benjamín Domínguez has won a place in the team over Garnacho.
Gonzalo Montiel is also cut from the team, as are Gio Lo Celso and Claudio Echeverri. Here are the players that have been called up:
Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Gerónimo Rulli (Olympique Marseille)
Walter Benítez (PSV Eindhoven)
Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Germán Pezzella (River Plate)
Leoanrdo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Facundo Medina (Lens)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Máximo Perrone (Como)
Forwards:
Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
Benjamín Domínguez (Bologna)
Thiago Almada (Lyon)
Nicolás González (Juventus)
Nico Paz (Como)
Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Santiago Castro (Bologna)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
