Valentín Barco, Leo Balerdi and Ángel Correa are the three players that were cut from the Argentina team for the Copa America

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has announced his team for the Copa America and three players were cut from the provisional team.

Lionel Scaloni announced his 26 players and the three that were cut were Valentín Barco, Leo Balerdi and Ángel Correa. Of the three players, only Ángel Correa played in any of the two friendly matches this month, having come on as a substitute against Ecuador.

Here is Argentina’s Copa America team:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez
Franco Armani
Gerónimo Rulli

Defenders:
Gonzalo Montiel
Nahuel Molina
Cristian Romero
Germán Pezzella
Lucas Martínez Quarta
Nicolás Otamendi
Lisandro Martínez
Marcos Acuña
Nicolás Tagliafico

Midfielders:
Guido Rodríguez
Leandro Paredes
Alexis Mac Allister
Rodrigo De Paul
Exequiel Palacios
Enzo Fernández
Giovani Lo Celso

Forwards:
Ángel Di María
Lionel Messi
Valentín Carboni
Alejandro Garnacho
Nicolás González
Lautaro Martínez
Julián Álvarez

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has announced his team for the 2024 Copa America.

Lionel Scaloni has announced his team on Saturday morning. Here are the players:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez
Franco Armani
Gerónimo Rulli

Defenders:
Gonzalo Montiel
Nahuel Molina
Cristian Romero
Germán Pezzella
Lucas Martínez Quarta
Nicolás Otamendi
Lisandro Martínez
Marcos Acuña
Nicolás Tagliafico

Midfielders:
Guido Rodríguez
Leandro Paredes
Alexis Mac Allister
Rodrigo De Paul
Exequiel Palacios
Enzo Fernández
Giovani Lo Celso

Forwards:
Ángel Di María
Lionel Messi
Valentín Carboni
Alejandro Garnacho
Nicolás González
Lautaro Martínez
Julián Álvarez

The players that were cut from the provisional list are Valentín Barco, Leo Balerdi and Ángel Correa.

🚨 ARGENTINA TEAM FOR THE COPA AMERICA! 🏆🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/V0Avh82Nz6

— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) June 15, 2024

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has confirmed that Alejandro Garnacho will be at the Copa America.

Lionel Scaloni spoke at a press conference after Argentina’s 4-1 win vs. Guatemala on Friday. When talking specifically about Alejandro Garnacho, here is what he had to say:

“Alejandro Garnacho will be there (at the Copa America)”.

Garnacho did not play for Argentina in their two matches against Ecuador and Guatemala this week.

Lionel Messi spoke about the 2024 Copa America saying that they are going to try to win it again.

Messi scored twice for Argentina in their 4-1 win vs. Guatemala. Messi spoke to the media about Valentín Carboni’s future with the team. He also commented on the 2024 Copa America. Here is what he had to say:

“We will keep giving our best to continue achieving things. It’s going to get harder, nothing is going to be easy for us. But we are going to try again.”