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Argentina World Cup qualifier against Venezuela will not be played at Monumental

Argentina against Venezuela in the World Cup qualifiers will not be played at the Monumental.

The Copa America champions will be playing a World Cup qualifier at home in March against Venezuela. However, the match will not be played at the Monumental, which was previously announced.

Instead, the match will have to be moved. According to TyC Sports, there will be work done at the stadium and the match will have to be played at another stadium. Per the report, Boca’s La Bombonera is a possible venue for the match.

Velez Sarsfield’s stadium is also another venue. As we reported, the match will be played on March 25 before playing Ecuador in their last World Cup qualifying match of the month.

Lautaro Martínez scores a hat trick for Inter, reaches 14 league goals

Lautaro Martínez scored a hat trick for Inter as he reached 14 league goals for the season.

Martínez shut his critics up with a Man of the Match performance for Inter. The Argentine scored three times in a 5-0 win vs. Salernitana. He had not scored in eight league matches prior to his three goals.

The 24 year old opened the scoring as a pass into the penalty area found the Argentine who timed his run to perfection. He would control the ball and his effort on goal made it 1-0 for Inter.

However, Lautaro would double their lead. A through ball to the Argentine as he held his composure and with several Salernitana players inside the penalty area, he would get his effort in on goal and score.

His hat trick would come in the second half. A cross into the penalty area and his first time effort made it 3-0 as he reached 14 goals and reaching 51 Serie A goals for the club.

Inter to ask Lautaro Martinez not to travel with Argentina team for World Cup qualifiers

Inter will be asking Lautaro Martinez not to travel with the Argentina national team in March.

Lautaro Martinez has not been in the greatest of forms recently for his club. While the Argentine has scored 11 goals in 24 league matches, he has not scored a goal in eight league matches.

Argentina will play Venezuela and Ecuador this month in the World Cup qualifiers and Inter will ask him not to travel. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, the team would prefer that he remains with the club.

Lionel Scaloni is likely to call him up for the two matches. Argentina have already qualified for the World Cup.

The club has a big month as they play Salernitana in the league on Friday and are away against Liverpool in the Champions League on Tuesday. They also have two league matches against Torino and Fiorentina, before playing Juventus at the start of April.

Even if Lautaro Martinez does not get called up to the team, one player that will be is Lionel Messi. As we reported on Wednesday, Messi is expected to be included in the team after having missed the last two World Cup qualifiers.

Alexis Mac Allister of Brighton could be called to Argentina team for March qualifiers

Alexis Mac Allister of Brighton could be called up to the Argentina national team for the March World Cup qualifiers.

Mac Allister was part of the Argentina team for the January and March World Cup qualifiers but missed out due to COVID. However, according to Gastón Edul, the Argentine is being considered by coach Lionel Scaloni for the March matches.

Lionel Scaloni will be without four players for the matches against Venezuela and Ecuador in March. As we reported, a decision had been made that Emiliano Martinez, Emiliano Buendia, Cristian Romero and Gio Lo Celso would not be available for the March matches due to suspension.

However, while Scaloni will not be able to count on them, he will be able to count on Lionel Messi. As we reported, Messi is expected to be back in the team after having missed the January and February games.

Lionel Messi to be included in Argentina national team for March World Cup qualifiers

Lionel Messi is expected to be included in the Argentina national team for the March World Cup qualifiers.

Messi will be back in the team for the matches in March after having been left out for the January and February matches. Messi was not included in the last team which won against both Chile and Colombia. Recovering from COVID and an injury, Messi and the Argentina national team coaching staff decided that he would be rested for those two matches.

However, the team will play Venezuela at home and away against Ecuador in March and the decision has been made for Messi to be included. According to TyC Sports, it was Messi himself who decided that he would like to be in the team for those two games.

Argentina will play Venezuela on March 25 at the Monumental. As we reported earlier this week, the match was set to take place on the 24 but was rescheduled for the next day. The second match is away against Ecuador on March 29 and as we reported for that too, it will not be at altitude.

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