Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni announced his team for the June matches and there are several new faces in the team.
Lionel Scaloni has announced his list of 27 players for the June friendly matches against Australia and Indonesia. Scaloni has included several players which won the World Cup and some who were not part of the team.
Walter Benítez gets a call up to the Argentina national team and is the third choice goalkeeper in the list. Leonardo Balerdi returns after several years and he has been in very good form for Marseille this season.
In midfield, Scaloni has not made any surprise inclusions. In attack, Alejandro Garnacho is included in the team and Giovanni Simeone is in place for Lautaro Martínez who will miss out as he will get treatment on his ankle.
Here they are:
Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Gerónimo Rulli (Ajax)
Walter Benítez (PSV)
Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Facundo Medina (RC Lens)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)
Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (Juventus)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton)
Thiago Almada (Atlanta United)
Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal)
Forwards:
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)
Ángel Di María (Juventus)
Lionel Messi (PSG)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Giovanni Simeone (Napoli)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Nicolás González (Fiorentina)