Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has named his starting eleven for the match against Mauritania and Thiago Almada starts.
Lionel Scaloni’s team will play Mauritania and Scaloni has made some changes to the team. Lionel Messi starts the match on the bench and Thiago Almada starts. Here is the starting eleven:
Emiliano Martínez; Molina, Romero, Senesi, Acuña; Enzo, Mac Allister, Nico Paz, Nicolás González; Almada and Julián Álvarez
Argentina have dropped to third place in the latest FIFA rankings.
The Argentina national team are now third in the FIFA rankings, behind Spain who are first and France who are second. England are behind Argentina in four and Portugal place five in the standings with Brazil six.
Netherlands are seven with Morroco eight, Belgium nine and Germany in ten.
Lionel Scaloni’s team will play Mauritania on Friday and Zambia on Tuesday.
Joaquín Panichelli has suffered an injury and is set to miss the World Cup with Argentina.
Panichelli injured himself while training with the Argentina national team and underwent tests on Friday. The 23 year old has suffered an ACL injury to his right knee and is set to be out for several months.
The Argentine would miss the World Cup.
Joaquín Panichelli has suffered a ligament injury.
Panichelli suffered a knee ligament injury while training with the Argentina national team on Thursday. According to Gastón Edul, Panichelli is undergoing tests and the injury is to the ligament.
It would be in the same leg where he tore his ligaments two years ago.
Julián Álvarez and Nico Paz are both shaping up to start for Argentina against Mauritania with Lionel Messi possibly coming off the bench.
Álvarez and Paz could both be starting for Argentina against Mauritania on Friday. According to Gastón Edul, both players have big chances to start the match for Lionel Scaloni’s team.
Lionel Messi is set to play in both matches against Mauritania and Zambia but could start the match against Mauritania on the bench. He would come on as a substitute.
