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Lionel Messi and Emiliano Martínez short listed for World 11 FIFA FIFPro

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Lionel Messi and Emiliano Martínez short listed for World 11 FIFA FIFPro

Lionel Messi and Emiliano Martínez have been short listed for the World 11 FIFA FIFPRO.

Messi and Martínez are the only two Argentine players to make the short list of 23 players. Messi was named as the Best FIFA Men’s Player last year and was also included in the FIFA Best World 11 team.

Emiliano Martínez also won an award last year, winning the Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper award. Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni was named the Best FIFA Men’s Coach and Argentina fans won the FIFA Fan award.

Here are the players that have been short listed:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez
Thibaut Courtois
Ederson

Defenders:
Rúben Dias
Virgil van Dijk
Éder Militão
Antonio Rüdiger
John Stones
Kyle Walker

Midfielders:
Jude Bellingham
Kevin De Bruyne
İlkay Gündoğan
Luka Modrić
Rodri
Bernardo Silva
Fede Valverde

Forwards:
Lionel Messi
Karim Benzema
Erling Haaland
Harry Kane
Kylian Mbappé
Cristiano Ronaldo
Vinicius Junior

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni and Lionel Messi to meet on Wednesday

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Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni and Lionel Messi to meet on Wednesday

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni and Lionel Messi will meet in Rosario on Wednesday.

Lionel Scaloni made headlines late last year when he spoke about his future as Argentina coach. Scaloni put in doube his future with Argentina.

Since making those comments, rumors began circulating about his future. According to Leo Paradizo, he will meet on Wednesday with Messi and one has to think it would be about his future at the helm of the national team.

Argentina U23 team named for training, Olympic qualifiers begin this month

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Argentina U23 team named for training, Olympic qualifiers begin this month

The Argentina U23 national team has been named for training with the Olympic qualifiers beginning this month.

Argentina U23 national team coach Javier Mascherano has named 23 players to train at the Lionel Andrés Messi complex. Two of the 23 players play outside of the country.

Thiago Almada of Atlanta United in the United States makes the list as does Lucas Esquivel who plays in Brazil with Paranaense. The qualifying tournament for the Olympics will run from January 20 until February 11 in Venezuela. Here are the 23 players named by Javier Mascherano:

Marco Di Cesare (Argentinos Juniors)
Luciano Gondou (Argentinos Juniors)
Federico Redondo (Argentinos Juniors)
Juan Sforza (Newell’s Old Boys)
Francisco Gonzalez (Newell’s Oly Boys)
Joaquin Garcia (Velez)
Santiago Castro (Velez)
Leandro Brey (Boca)
Nicolas Valentin (Boca)
Valentin Barca (Boca)
Ezequiel Fernandez (Boca)
Cristian Medina (Boca)
Pedro De La Vega (Lanus)
Rocco Rios Novo (Lanus)
Juan Nardoni (Racing)
Baltasar Luis Rodriguez (Racing)
Pablo Solari (River)
Lucas Esquivel (Paranaense)
Aaron Quiros (Banfield)
Gonzalo Lujan (San Lorenzo)
Julian Malatini (Defensa y Justicia)
Thiago Almada (Atlanta United)
Fabricio Iacovich (Estudiantes de la Plata)

Alexis Mac Allister returns from injury in great form in Liverpool’s 4-2 win vs. Newcastle

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Alexis Mac Allister returns from injury in great form in Liverpool’s 4-2 win vs. Newcastle

Alexis Mac Allister returned from a knee injury in great form in Liverpool’s 4-2 win vs. Newcastle.

Mac Allister came onto the field in the 74th minute and only ten minutes later provided a precise long pass in between Newcastle’s center-backs that left Diogo Jota face-to-face with the goalkeeper. The play ended with the referee calling a penalty kick after a foul by Newcastle’s goalkeeper.

The 25-year-old Argentine returned from a knee injury after a knock he received in Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Sheffield United on December 6th, 2023.

The Reds finished matchday 20 at the top of the Premier League.

The Argentina national team’s 2024 schedule, Copa America, World Cup qualifiers

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The Argentina national team’s 2024 schedule, Copa America, World Cup qualifiers

The Argentina national team’s 2024 schedule could have a total of 16 matches with the Copa America, the World Cup qualifiers and friendly matches.

A big happy new year to the entire Mundo Albiceleste family. May 2024 bring us all what we desire!

The year 2023 brought Argentina many individual awards and 2024 brings the opportunity to win another trophy. Before reaching the 2024 Copa America in the United States, Argentina could play four matches before the tournament.

Argentina will play two friendly matches in March and both could be played in the United States. The two games were initially rumored to be against European teams but that has not been finalized.

FIFA has two more dates for friendly matches in June between June 3 and June 11 but there are no reports as to Argentina’s opponents and if they will play two matches. The Copa America begins on June 20 and Lionel Scaloni could use the June matches to prepare for the tournament.

Reigning Copa America champions Argentina will play the opening match on June 20 against either Canada or Trinidad and Tobago. After that is a match on June 25 against Chile and the third match on June 29 against Peru.

Unlike the World Cup, the Copa America is a six match tournament and this could mean that Argentina could play six matches at the Copa America. After the Copa America, it’s the World Cup qualifiers.

They will be back in South Ameruca and just like in 2023, the team will play two matches in September, two in October and two in November. The first match in September is at home vs. Chile and the second is away against Colombia.

October will have Argentina playing away against Venezuela and the World Cup cycle restarts, with the team playing against Bolivia. This time, the match against Bolivia will be at home.

In November, Argentina will play away against Paraguay and in the last match of the year, they will play at home against Peru. Argentina could play a total of four friendly matches, six Copa America matches and six matches in the World Cup qualifiers.

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