Nicolás Otamendi and Leonardo Balerdi are both set to start for Argentina against Peru on Tuesday.
Otamendi and Balerdi are expected to start for Argentina, with Nicolás Tagliafico and Gonzalo Montiel as the left and right backs. Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will be without Cristian Romero and Nahuel Molina for the match.
Argentina will play Peru on Tuesday in a World Cup qualifier.
The Argentina national team needs a victory against Peru this Tuesday to maintain its position at the top of the FIFA Rankings.
Due to France’s 3-1 win over Italy last Sunday in the UEFA Nations League, Les Bleus would take over the top spot in the FIFA Rankings if La Albiceleste fails to secure a win today.
Here is the current top 10, updated as of October 24, 2024:
1. Argentina: 1889.02 points
2. France: 1851.2 points
3. Spain: 1836.42 points
4. England: 1817.28 points
5. Brazil: 1772.02 points
6. Belgium: 1768.14 points
7. Netherlands: 1759.95 points
8. Portugal: 1752.14 points
9. Colombia: 1738.72 points
10. Italy: 1726.31 points
Ángel Di María has stated that he has started to take the course to be a coach.
Di María has retired from the Argentina national team and speaking on ClankMedia, he has revealed that he could be a coach after he retires. Here is what he had to say:
“I am taking the course to be a coach. I am doing it just in case. From the age of 30 I started to see football differently and analyze it. I started to see it not only from the player’s side, but also how a coach can see it.
“I will see it later. I know that the coaching side is much more difficult because it takes much more time. As a player you go, train and go home. As a coach you have to keep watching videos, looking at things and spend much more time.
“When I retire, I would like to enjoy my family for a while. Later on, maybe it can happen”.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni speaks on the players that will be called up.
Lionel Scaloni spoke at a press conference on Monday about the players that are being called up to the Argentina national team. Speaking at the press conference, here is what he had to say:
“In these 6 games we brought the base of players that gave us the Copa America and there was no time to call other players but from now on (March 2025) we need them to play in their clubs and we will decide by their football level. We always did it this way except this time when we decided in some cases to continue bringing them because they are important.”
Gonzalo Montiel and Leonardo Balerdi could both start for Argentina on Tuesday.
Montiel and Balerdi could be in the starting eleven against Peru. According to Gastón Edul, the two players are emerging as starters for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifying match.
Nahuel Molina and Cristian Romero are both out of the team due to fitness problems.
