Giuliano Simeone could start for Argentina against Uruguay.
Simeone has chances of being in the Argentina starting eleven in the World Cup qualifying match against Uruguay on Friday. According to Leandro Alves of ESPNArgentina, the 22 year old’s chances of being in the starting eleven are increasing.
Both Lionel Messi and Paulo Dybala are not part of the team due to injuries and Lautaro Martínez is not expected to play for Argentina against Uruguay on Friday.
Lautaro Martínez is a doubt for Argentina against Uruguay.
Martínez could miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifying match against Uruguay on Thursday. According to Fernando Czyz and Nani Senra of DSportsRadio, Lautaro did not train with his team mates due to a muscle overload.
He could miss the match against Uruguay but be fully fit for the World Cup qualifying match against Brazil.
The Argentina national team will play a friendly match against the Argentina U20 team on Saturday.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has announced that on Saturday, the team will play a friendly match for charity against the U20 team. All proceeds from the match will go to the Penna Hospital of Bahía Blanca as Bahía Blanca has been hit with severe floods.
Nicolás González could replace Lionel Messi for Argentina in the match against Uruguay.
González has chances of replacing Lionel Messi in the starting eleven against Uruguay on Friday. According to Joaquín Bruno of TyC Sports, the 26 year old will replace Messi and it could be a 4-4-2 formation.
Lionel Messi did not make the Argentina team due to an injury. The Argentina national team will play Uruguay on Friday and Brazil on Tuesday.
Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala, Alejandro Garnacho and more players were cut from the Argentina team for the two World Cup qualifying matches.
Messi is the big name that was part of the preliminary Argentina team but did not make the final team for the two matches against Uruguay and Brazil. The 37 year old misses out due to injury.
Paulo Dybala is another big name for Argentina and he is out after being substituted with an injury for AS Roma in their last league match. Alejandro Garnacho does not make it as reports state that Benjamín Domínguez has won a place in the team over Garnacho.
Gonzalo Montiel is also cut from the team, as are Gio Lo Celso and Claudio Echeverri. Here are the players that have been called up:
Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Gerónimo Rulli (Olympique Marseille)
Walter Benítez (PSV Eindhoven)
Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Germán Pezzella (River Plate)
Leoanrdo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Facundo Medina (Lens)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Máximo Perrone (Como)
Forwards:
Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
Benjamín Domínguez (Bologna)
Thiago Almada (Lyon)
Nicolás González (Juventus)
Nico Paz (Como)
Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Santiago Castro (Bologna)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
