Lucas Beltrán and Alan Varela will play at the Olympics with Argentina.
Javier Mascherano will have both players in Paris. According to Gastón Edul, Lucas Beltrán will be with the team and FC Porto have authorized Alan Varela to play at the Olympics.
The Olympic team will consist of three players over the age of 23 years old. Beltrán is 23 and Varela is 22 years of age.
Four players who won the World Cup with Argentina are not part of the preliminary team for the Copa America.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has announced his preliminary team for the Copa America and there are four World champions that are missing. Scaloni has not selected Juan Foyth of Villarreal, Alejandro “Papu” Gómez, who is banned for two years, Thiago Almada of Atlanta United and Paulo Dybala of AS Roma.
Juan Foyth has only played in 12 league matches with Villarreal, having missed the majoriy of the season due to injury. Alejandro Gómez is banned for two years due to a failed drug test.
Thiago Almada is not included as he will be selected for the Argentina U23 team for the Olympics, which will take part after the Copa America. The surprising name that is missing is Paulo Dybala.
The 30 year old has had a good season for AS Roma and there is no report yet as to why he was not included.
Here are the 29 players which have been picked and will be with the team for the matches against Honduras and Ecuador before the Copa America in the United States.
Goalkeepers:
Franco Armani (River Plate)
Gerónimo Rulli (Ajax)
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Defenders:
Gonzalo Montiel (Notting Forest)
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United)
Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Valentín Barco (Brighton)
Midfielders:
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur)
Forwards:
Ángel Di María (Benfica)
Valentín Carboni (AC Monza)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Nicolás González (Fiorentina)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has announced the preliminary team for the Copa America and there is no Paulo Dybala, Marcos Senesi or Walter Benitez.
Lionel Scaloni has picked 29 players for the preliminary team which will play against Honduras and Ecuador before the Copa America. Leonardo Balerdi, Lucas Martinez Quarta, Valentin Barco, Valentin Carboni and Angel Correa all return and remain with the team.
Here are the 29 players:
Goalkeepers:
Franco Armani (River Plate)
Gerónimo Rulli (Ajax)
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Defenders:
Gonzalo Montiel (Notting Forest)
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United)
Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Valentín Barco (Brighton)
Midfielders:
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur)
Forwards:
Ángel Di María (Benfica)
Valentín Carboni (AC Monza)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Nicolás González (Fiorentina)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Of these 29 players, three would be cut to make the final list of 26 players for the Copa America in the United States.
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Gerónimo Rulli is expected to be called up for the Argentina national team before the Copa America.
Rulli will be returning to the Argentina national team after a year. According to Gastón Edul, Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will be calling up Rulli to the team for their two matches before the Copa America in the United States.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will be calling up four goalkeepers for the matches against Ecuador and Guatemala on June 9 and June 14, respectively. Those four being Emiliano Martínez, Franco Armani, Gerónimo Rulli and Walter Benítez, with one of them being cut for the Copa America.
The last time Rulli was called up for Argentina was in June 2023 for an end of the season tour in Asia. The goalkeeper got injured for Ajax during their first game of the season and was out for three months and eventually lost his starting spot in the team.
Rodri spoke about Julián Álvarez, stating that for him, he is one of their players of the season.
Manchester City lifted a fourth consecutive Premier League title on Sunday in their 3-1 win vs. West Ham United. During the celebrations, Manchester City player Rodri spoke to ESPN Argentina about Julián Álvarez. Here is what he had to say:
“Julián came last year and has already had an incredible performance, it’s not easy to adapt. He is one of the best forwards in the world and this year he has been one of the most important.
“With the loss of Kevin (De Bruyne), he appeared in a position that he was not used to and gave an incredible performance to the team.
“For me, he is one of the players of the season and above all, for the years to come at this club.”
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