Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has announced the starting eleven for Argentina against Ecuador in the World Cup qualifiers and Lautaro Martinez starts as Franco Mastantuono will wear the number 10 shirt.
Lionel Scaloni has made several changes to the team which started the 3-0 win against Venezuela. Leonardo Balerdi comes in for the suspended Cristian Romero, Gonzalo Montiel in for Nahuel Molina, Alexis Mac Allister for Thiago Almada, Nicolás González for Franco Mastantuono and Giuliano Simeone for Lionel Messi. Here is the starting eleven:
Emiliano Martínez; Montiel, Balerdi, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul, Paredes, Alexis Mac Allister; Simeone, Lautaro Martínez and Nicolás González