Argentina trained at San Mamés on Saturday as coach Lionel Scaloni is finalising the starting eleven.

The team trained in front of fans on Saturday as they will fly out to London on Monday. Their match against Italy in the Finalissima is on Wednesday as they will want to add another trophy to their cabinet.

Lionel Scaloni has all of his players available with everyone with the team. Per a report by TyC Sports, this is the rumored eleven for the match:

Dibu Martínez; Molina, Otamendi, Romero, Acuña; De Paul, Guido, Lo Celso; Lionel Messi, Lautaro, Di María

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has selected five midfielderes for the Finalissima match against Italy as we review their season.

Lionel Scaloni will not be able to count on Leandro Paredes as he is out with an injury. He underwent surgery at the beginning of April will not recover for the match.

Only one Argentine midfielder was able to win a club trophy this season and that was Guido Rodríguez. The 28 year old won the Copa del Rey with Real Betis and finds himself with a good chance of starting for Argentina in the Finalissima match against Italy on June 1 at Wembley.

Guido Rodríguez has often started for Argentina with Rodrigo De Paul and Gio Lo Celso in midfield. This season for Real Betis, the Argentine played 47 matches, with two goals and three assists. Here were his numbers for the season:

47 matches, 2 goals, 3 assists
La Liga: 32 matches, 1 goal, 2 assists
Europa League: 9 matches, 1 goal, 1 assist
Copa del Rey: 6 matches

A player who did start Argentina’s last two matches is Alexis Mac Allister. The Brighton midfielder appears to have gained a place in the team. Still only 23 years old, he played 36 matches for Brighton, scoring five goals and having four assists. Here were his numbers:

36 matches, 5 goals, 4 assists
Premier League: 33 matches, 5 goals, 2 assists
FA Cup: 1 match, 0 goals, 0 assists
EFL Cup: 2 matches, 0 goals, 0 assists

One player that will start for Argentina in the Finalissima is Rodrigo De Paul. The engine of the Argentina midfield, he is the midfielder with the most matches this season as he played 48, scoring four times and assisting two times. Here were his numbers:

48 matches, 4 goals, 2 assists
La Liga: 36 matches, 3 goals, 2 assists
Champions League: 9 matches, 1 goal, 0 assists
Copa del Rey: 2 matches, 0 goals, 0 assists
Supercopa: 1 match, 0 goals, 0 assists

Exequiel Palacios is back in the Argentina team. The 23 year old has suffered many injuries which have slowed down his progress with Argentina but a solid 32 matches for Bayer Leverkusen with three goals and two assists got him back in the Argentina team. Here were his numbers:

Bundesliga: 23 matches, 2 goals, 2 assists
Europa League: 7 matches, 1 goal, 0 assists
DFB-Pokal: 2 matches, 0 goals, 0 assists

Gio Lo Celso did not have a good first half of the season but finished as one of La Liga’s best midfielders. On loan at Villarreal from Tottenham, Lo Celso reached the semi finals of the Champions League with him playing 41 matches this season, scoring twice and assisting three times. Here were his numbers:

41 matches, 2 goals, 3 assists
La Liga: 16 matches, 1 goal, 1 assist
Champions League: 6 matches
Premier League: 9 matches, 0 goals, 0 assists
Conference League: 3 matches, 1 goal, 1 assist
CL Qualifiers: 2 matches, 0 goals, 0 assists
FA Cup: 1 match, 0 goals, 1 assist
EFL Cup: 4 matches, 0 goals, 0 assists

Lautaro Martínez spoke about the World Cup and Paulo Dybala possibly joining Inter.

Martínez gave his thoughts on the Argentina national team, the Finalissima match against Italy and Kylian Mbappe’s comments about football in South America. In the same interview with TyC Sports, the Argentine spoke about Argentina’s opponents at the World Cup, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. Here is what he had to say:

“They are going to be very difficult opponents at the World Cup, which for me will be my first. Hopefully I can be in the list. We have to prepare in the best way, to enjoy every minute that we have together to play and try to get to Qatar in the best way possible.”

If he is anxious:

“Yes, a little. It’s a dream that you have since you’re a kid. We constantly talk about it with my family, which are all footballers. If I think of what it can be, I get anxious. Hopefully we can leave a good image.”

How many times he dreamed about being able to celebrate a goal at a World Cup:

“It’s dreams that one always has. First you dream about being a professional player. Today, I am months away from that, hopefully it can be fulfilled and I can help my team mates.”

If he spoke to Dybala and if he tried to convince him to go to Inter:

“We didn’t talk about that. We talk about a lot of things, of his situation of everything but today he is thinking about the national team and he will decide his future after these matches. He is a player of quality, personality and hopefully he can play where he feels most comfortable, where he will be happy.”