Facundo Medina and Thiago Almada will start for Argentina against Colombia on Tuesday.
Medina and Almada will both be in the starting eleven. According to Gastón Edul, Medina will replace the suspended Nicolás Tagliafico in Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier.
Thiago Almada is also in the starting eleven, having started in Argentina’s 1-0 win against Chile. Here is the rumored eleven:
Emiliano Martínez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Medina; De Paul, Paredes, Enzo; Messi, Julián Álvarez and Almada
Seven Argentina national team players are on yellow cards and would be one card away from missing a World Cup qualifier.
The Argentina national team will play Colombia on Tuesday in a World Cup qualifying match. Cristian Romero, Rodrigo De Paul, Julián Álvarez, Thiago Almada, Lautaro Martínez, Exequiel Palacios and Giovani Lo Celso are all on yellow cards.
Should one of them receive a yellow card against Colombia, they would miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifying match against Venezuela in September. Nicolás Tagliafico received a yellow card in Argentina’s 1-0 win against Chile and is suspended for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifying match.
Lionel Messi is confirmed to start for the Argentina national team against Colombia in Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier and Nicolas Tagliafico is suspended.
Nicolás Tagliafico is suspended and will not play for Argentina against Colombia.
Tagliafico received his second yellow card of the South American World Cup qualifiers in Argentina’s 1-0 win against Chile and is suspended for Tuesday’s match. The 32 year old has started 12 World Cup qualifying matches, starting one on the bench and missing two due to injury.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has Facundo Medina and Valentín Barco available for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier.
Scaloni spoke at a press conference on Monday and confirmed that Lionel Messi will start the match.
Here are the different kick off times for the match:
Tuesday: United States, Canada: 5:00 pm Pacific United States, Canada: 8:00 pm Eastern Argentina: 9:00 pm
Thursday: Ghana: 12:00 am Scotland, England, Nigeria: 1:00 am Spain, France, South Africa: 2:00 am Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar: 3:00 am Iran: 3:30 am United Arab Emirates, Oman: 4:00 am Afghanistan: 4:30 am Pakistan: 5:00 am India, Sri Lanka: 5:30 am Nepal: 5:45 am Bangladesh: 6:00 am Indonesia, Vietnam: 7:00 am Malaysia, Singapore, China: 8:00 am South Korea, Japan: 9:00 am Australia: 10:00 am New Zealand: 12:00 pm