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Argentina national team planning small training camp before World Cup

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The Argentina national team are planning a small training camp before the World Cup.

Lionel Scaloni could have his players in June ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. According to Gastón Edul, a small training camp in June with 10 or 12 sessions is being worked on. It will be in Europe but it does depend on where the World Cup qualifying match against Brazil will take place.

Argentina have two World Cup qualifying matches in March with one against Brazil expected in June. The qualifier against Brazil is being replayed after the initial match was postponed. As we reported on Thursday, the team is rumored to play Mexico in September with another match against a possible Arab speaking country.

World Cup draw on April 1, FIFA could allow teams to take 26 players

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The draw for the FIFA World Cup will take place on April 1 as FIFA are considering expanding the number of players allowed at the World Cup to 26 players.

Argentina will know which group they will be drawn in on April 1 as the draw will be taking place on that day. According to Globoesporte, At the draw, an announcement could be made which would state that teams would be allowed to take 26 players and not 23 to Qatar.

At the Copa America, teams were allowed to take 28 players to Brazil while teams were allowed to select 26 players for the Euro’s.

Lucas Ocampos scores for Sevilla in 3-1 win vs. Dinamo Zagreb in Europa League

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Lucas Ocampos scored for Sevilla in their 3-1 win vs. Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League.

Ocampos scored his first goal in the Europa League this season as he, along with Marcos Acuña and Alejandro Papu Gómez all started for Sevilla. With the score at 1-1, the ball fell to Ocampos and his volley would give Sevilla the lead.

The Argentine was part of the Argentina national team for the February and March World Cup qualifiers.

Guido Rodriguez scores for Real Betis in 3-2 win vs. Zenit in Europa League

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Guido Rodriguez scored his first goal for Real Betis in the Europa League in their 3-2 win vs. Zenit.

Rodriguez scored the first goal of the match to give Real Betis the 1-0 lead. It was a free kick sent into the penalty area which found the Argentine as he headed it in.

Germán Pezzella also started the match and played the entire 90 minutes.

@mundoalbiceleste Guido Rodríguez scores for Real Betis! #guidorodriguez #Guido #RealBetis #Betis #Football #Futbol #Soccer #Argentina ♬ Himno Oficial de Real Betis Balompié – Nueva Versión – Cantores de Hispalis

Argentina rumored to play Mexico in September

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Argentina are rumored to play Mexico in September.

Lionel Scaloni’s team is rumored to play Mexico before the World Cup. As we reported, Argentina will play Italy in June and will play Brazil before Qatar but rumors are circulating that they will play Mexico in the United States.

At the moment, Argentina have two matches next month in the World Cup qualifiers with another two confirmed. The first is a home match against Venezuela with the second away against Ecuador in the last World Cup qualifying match.

There is also a rumor that they will play against an Arab country prior to the World Cup. Here are the matches which have been confirmed with the rumored matches to be played:

Venezuela: March 24, World Cup qualifier
Ecuador: March 29, World Cup qualifier
Italy: June 1, Copa vs. Euro winners
Brazil, middle of June: World Cup qualifier
Mexico: September, friendly
Possible Arab country: Friendly

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