Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will have several players available but a few unavailable for the March World Cup qualifiers.

Lionel Scaloni announced his list of players last week for the matches against Venezuela and Ecuador. However, of those players, many are unavailable due to injuries, suspensions or illnesses.

But of those players called, four more are also travelling with the team. As we reported, Emiliano “Dibu” Martinez and Emiliano Buendia of Aston Villa, Cristian “Cuti” Romero of Tottenham Hotspur and Gio Lo Celso of Villarreal are all going to be with the team for the two matches. The four players are suspended for two matches due to breaking Brazilian COVID protocols.

The only player suspended for the match against Venezuela, outside of the four mentioned above, is Gonzalo Montiel. He received a yellow card in Argentina’s last match against Colombia.

Here are the names of the players which have been called up by coach Lionel Scaloni and their status:

Goalkeepers:
Franco Armani (River Plate)
Juan Musso (Atalanta)
Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal)

Defenders:
Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla) – Suspended vs. Venezuela
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Nahuel Molina (Udinese)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Lisandro Martínez (Ajax) – Injured, not travelling with the team
Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax)

Midfielders:
Franco Carboni (Inter)
Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain)
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Luka Romero (Lazio)
Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton)
Valentin Carboni (Inter)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Nicolás Paz (Real Madrid)
Tiago Geralnik (Villarreal)
Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United)

Forwards:
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Matias Soulé (Juventus)
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)
Ángel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain) – Injured, expected to miss match vs. Venezuela
Nicolás González (Fiorentina)
Joaquin Correa (Inter)
Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain)
Lucas Boyé (Elche)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter) – COVID, will miss match vs. Venezuela
Julián Álvarez (River Plate)

Will still travel with the team:
Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez (Aston Villa)
Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa)
Cristian “Cuti” Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Gio Lo Celso (Villarreal)

Marcos Acuña and Alejandro Papu Gómez are also injured and will miss the two matches.

Ángel Di María has a knock and could miss Argentina’s match against Venezuela in the World Cup qualifiers.

Di María isn’t fully healthy and might miss Argentina’s first match on Friday. According to Gastón Edul, the 34 year old is expected to be another player missing for Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni.

Argentina play Venezuela on March 25 and on March 29 they play Ecuador.

Emiliano “Dibu” Martinez and Emiliano Buendia are travelling with the Argentina national team for the World Cup qualifiers.

Martinez and Buendia are both suspended for two matches for Argentina but will be with the team for the matches against Venezuela and Ecuador. According to TNT Sports, Martinez and Buendia, along with Cristian Romero and Gio Lo Celso, will all be with the team.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni and the AFA will try to reduce their two match ban. The four players were suspended for having broken Brazilian COVID protocols.

Lautaro Martínez of Inter has tested positive for COVID and will miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifying match against Venezuela.

Martínez tested positive for COVID prior to flying out from Italy to Spain to take a flight to Argentina. He will miss the match against Venezuela on Friday.

Argentina national team coach will hope to have him for the second match against Ecuador on March 29 but he would have to test negative prior to the match.