Cristian Romero and Nicolás Otamendi will both start for Argentina.
Romero and Otamendi are going to start for Argentina against Paraguay on Thursday. According to Gastón Edul, they will start in front of Emiliano Martínez.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has not decided on if he will play with four midfielders or with three forwards.
Lisandro Martínez will miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifying matches.
Martínez will miss the two matches against Paraguay and Peru. According to Gastón Edul, the 26 year old will miss the two games due to a knock he suffered while with Manchester United.
Nicolás González is also out for Argentina due to injury, as is Germán Pezzella for the two matches. Facundo Medina has been called up for the two World Cup qualifying games.
The Argentina national team will play Paraguay on Thursday and Peru on Tuesday. Here are the players that have been called-up:
Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez – Aston Villa
Gerónimo Rulli – Olympique Marseille
Walter Benítez – PSV Eindhoven
Defenders:
Gonzalo Montiel – Sevilla
Nahuel Molina – Atlético Madrid
Cristian Romero – Tottenham Hotspur
Leonardo Balerdi – Olympique Marseille
Facundo Medina – Lens
Nicolás Otamendi – Benfica
Nehuén Pérez – Porto
Nicolás Tagliafico – Lyon
Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes – AS Roma
Alexis Mac Allister – Liverpool
Rodrigo De Paul – Atlético Madrid
Exequiel Palacios – Bayer Leverkusen
Enzo Fernández – Chelsea
Giovani Lo Celso – Real Betis
Enzo Barrenechea – Valencia
Thiago Almada – Botafogo
Nicolás Paz – Como 1907
Facundo Buonanotte – Leicester City
Forwards:
Alejandro Garnacho – Manchester United
Lionel Messi – Inter Miami
Lautaro Martínez – Inter Milan
Julián Álvarez – Atlético Madrid
Valentín Castellanos – Lazio
Facundo Medina has been called up to the Argentina national team to replace the injured Lisandro Martínez for the upcoming double matchday against Paraguay and Peru.
The 25-year-old left-footed center-back from Lens has played 70 minutes with the Argentina senior team, always coming off the bench. He featured in two games during the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and one friendly match.
With this confirmation, another left-footed center-back who was rumored as a potential replacement, Marcos Senesi of Bournemouth, will not be included in coach Lionel Scaloni’s squad.
Nicolás González was also confirmed days ago to be out of the squad due to injury, and it appears he will not be replaced.
Here is the updated list of players called-up for the two World Cup qualifiers:
Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez – Aston Villa
Gerónimo Rulli – Olympique Marseille
Walter Benítez – PSV Eindhoven
Defenders:
Gonzalo Montiel – Sevilla
Nahuel Molina – Atlético Madrid
Cristian Romero – Tottenham Hotspur
Leonardo Balerdi – Olympique Marseille
Facundo Medina – Lens
Nicolás Otamendi – Benfica
Nehuén Pérez – Porto
Nicolás Tagliafico – Lyon
Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes – AS Roma
Alexis Mac Allister – Liverpool
Rodrigo De Paul – Atlético Madrid
Exequiel Palacios – Bayer Leverkusen
Enzo Fernández – Chelsea
Giovani Lo Celso – Real Betis
Enzo Barrenechea – Valencia
Thiago Almada – Botafogo
Nicolás Paz – Como 1907
Facundo Buonanotte – Leicester City
Forwards:
Alejandro Garnacho – Manchester United
Lionel Messi – Inter Miami
Lautaro Martínez – Inter Milan
Julián Álvarez – Atlético Madrid
Valentín Castellanos – Lazio
The Argentina national team trained for the first time in November for their World Cup qualifying match against Paraguay.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni had most of his players available on Monday and the team trained for the first time ahead of their match on Thursday. Scaloni was without Nicolás Tagliafico, Alejandro Garnacho, Lautaro Martínez, Nehuen Pérez, Valentín Castellanos and Nicolás Otamendi, who will be joining the team on Tuesday.
Scaloni’s team will play Paraguay in a World Cup qualifying match on Thursday and will play Peru on Tuesday.
World Cup champions Argentina are back in training! 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/fEQqkRDmBf
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) November 12, 2024
Germán Pezzella is out of the Argentina national team.
Pezzella will not be with the team for Argentina’s two World Cup qualifying matches. No reason has been given for Pezzella leaving the team.
The Argentina national team will play Paraguay on Thursday and will play Peru on Tuesday in South American World Cup qualifiers.
