Marcos Senesi has big chances to start for Argentina against Mauritania.

Senesi could be in the starting eleven for the Argentina national team against Mauritania on Friday. According to Leandro Alves of ESPN Argentina, the 28 year old is emerging as a possible starter for the match.

The Argentina national team will play Mauritania on Friday and qill play against Zambia on Tuesday.

Argentina could play against Honduras and Serbia before the World Cup.

The Argentina national team is negotiating to play against two teams before the World Cup in June. According to Maximiliano Grillo, Argentina are negotiating to play against Honduras on June 6 in Texas and Serbia on June 9 in Alabama.

The Argentina national team trained on Tuesday as coach Lionel Scaloni had all of the players available.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will speak at a press conference on Thursday before the team’s match against Mauritania on Friday. According to ESPN Argentina, here is the rumored eleven:

Emiliano Martínez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul, Enzo, Mac Allister; Almada, Messi and Julián Álvarez

Agustín Giay has been called up to the Argentina national team.

Giay is part of the Argentina national team following the injury to Gonzalo Montiel. The 22 year old is a regular starter as right back for Palmeiras. Here is the updated list of players for Argentina’s matches against Mauritania and Zambia:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez
Gerónimo Rulli
Juan Musso

Defenders:
Nahuel Molina
Cristian Romero
Lucas Martínez Quarta
Marcos Senesi
Nicolás Otamendi
Tomás Palacios
Nicolás Tagliafico
Marcos Rojas
Marcos Acuña
Agustín Giay

Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes
Máximo Perrone
Alexis Mac Allister
Enzo Fernández
Valentín Barco
Rodrigo De Paul
Exequiel Palacios

Forwards:
Lionel Messi
Nico Paz
Gianluca Prestianni
Nicolás González
Giuliano Simeone
Thiago Almada
José Manuel López
Julián Álvarez
Franco Mastantuono
Joaquín Panichelli

Julián Álvarez has spoken about the World Cup, the Finalissima and the Argentina national team.

Álvarez arrived to Argentina and will be joining the Argentina national team for the two matches against Mauritania and Zambia. The 26 year old spoke to ESPN Argentina and here is what he had to say:

“We are very happy to come back to the country and be together with the group. We would have liked to have played the Finalissima.

“We have to focus on ourselves, to continue to grow as a group and strengthen the idea. Hopefully we can have a great World Cup.

“The group has a good dynamic, we get along well, always good faces, a lot of joy. One always wants to be here representing these colors.”