Leandro Paredes, Gonzalo Montiel and Nahuel Molina are the three players that are not fully fit for the Argentina national team.
The three players did not play for Argentina in their 2-0 win against Honduras and are the players who are not yet for. According to Gastón Edul, they are the three players left that have fitness issues.
Nico Paz was one of the players that had fitness issues but trained with the Argentina national team and will be available for the match against Iceland on Tuesday.
Nico Paz trained with the Argentina national team and he will be available for the friendly match against Iceland.
Paz took part in the training with the Argentina national team for the first time since his injury. According to Diego Monroig, Paz trained with the team and is going to be available for Argentina against Iceland on Tuesday.
The 21 year old did not take part in Argentina’s 2-0 win against Honduras due to injury.
Nicolás Tagliafico has made Argentina national team history.
Tagliafico started for Argentina in the 2-0 win against Honduras, reaching 76 matches with Argentina. At 76 matches, he has overtaken Juan Pablo Sorín as the left back with the most matches with the Argentina national team.
The 33 year old has played 24 South American World Cup qualifying matches, 24 friendly matches, 17 Copa America matches, 10 World Cup matches and one Finalissima.
With the Argentina national team, Tagliafico has won one World Cup, two Copa America’s and one Finalissima trophy.
Juan Pablo Sorín played 75 matches with Argentina, 31 of them in South American World Cup qualifiers, 23 friendly matches, nine Copa America matches, seven World Cup matches and five Confederations Cup matches.
Santiago Beltrán, Tomás Aranda, Nicolás Capaldo and Joaquín Freitas all made their Argentina national team debuts.
The four players were substituted in for the Argentina national team in the 2-0 win against Honduras. Lionel Scaloni substituted in the 21 year old goalkeeper Santiago Beltrán for Juan Musso.
Tomás Aranda, the 19 year old midfielder, was substituted in for Exequiel Palacios while 27 year old Nicolás Capaldo was substituted in for one of the goal scorers, Giuliano Simeone.
Joaquín Freitas was the last substitution of the match for Argentina as the 19 year old replaced Nicolás Otamendi.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni spoke about Leonardo Balerdi, Nico Paz and the injuries to the players.
Lionel Scaloni will be without Leonardo Balerdi for the World Cup due to injury. It was announced that Balerdi suffered an injury in training and will miss the World Cup.
The Argentina national team won 2-0 against Honduras and Lionel Scaloni spoke at a press conference after the match. Here is what he had to say about Leonardo Balerdi and his injury:
“When I sat down yesterday at the press conference, we had hope that it would not be what everyone was thinking. It was confirmed that Balerdi has a problem in the soleus and we had to take him out of action, unfortunately. It was too risky.
“The replacement isn’t there yet. I don’t want to alarm anyone because we’re not at 100% with several players. Maybe that decision doesn’t just depend on a center back.
“We’re going to wait and draw conclusions based on what the team needs. The misfortune of Balerdi means we have to rethink situations with other team mates.
“We have the opportunity of one more match to draw more conclusions and not rush things. We’re not going to make a decision until Tuesday and see how other guys are. We’ll wait.”
Scaloni also spoke about Nico Paz and Julián Álvarez:
“Nico Paz is available and we are calm with Julián. We will not have problems.”
