Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will have Guido Rodriguez and Emiliano Buendia available for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier.

Lionel Scaloni tested negative for COVID as did the entire team but one person. Alexis Mac Allister is positive for COVID and is the only player who was not available for Scaloni. Guido Rodriguez will be able to play for Argentina in their World Cup qualifying match against Colombia on Tuesday.

Lucas Ocampos and Maxi Meza, who both missed the 2-1 win vs. Chile, trained with the rest of the team. According to Ole, they would be available to start from the bench for Tuesday’s match. Ocampos suffered from an ankle injury but has recovered.

Alejandro Papu Gómez received as knock on his ankle in the 2-1 win vs. Chile and the staff will wait on Papu. Per the article, he did train normally but if he doesn’t start, Buendía would start in his place. Here is the rumored XI:

Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina, Germán Pezzella, Lisandro Martínez, Marcos Acuña; Giovani Lo Celso, Guido Rodríguez, Emiliano Buendía or Alejandro Gómez; Ángel Di María, Lautaro Martínez, Nicolás González or Paulo Dybala.​

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has tested negative for COVID through a rapid PCR test.

Lionel Scaloni has recovered from COVID but had tested positive and was unable to travel with the team for the 2-1 win vs. Chile on Thursday. According to TNT Sports, Scaloni has tested negative through a rapid PCR test.

Scaloni isn’t the only one who tested positive from the Argentina team. As we reported, Alexis Mac Allister, who previously tested positive, has now tested negative. Emiliano Buendia of Aston Villa was in close contact with someone who had COVID and the team will wait to see if he will be available. Here is the updated names of those available for Argentina:

Goalkeepers:
Franco Armani (River Plate)
Esteban Andrada (Monterrey)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Juan Musso (Atalanta)

Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Udinese)
Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla)
Lucas Martinez Quarta (Fiorentina)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica) – Suspended vs. Colombia
Lisandro Martinez (Ajax)
Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax) – Suspended vs. Colombia
Marcos Acuna (Sevilla)
Nehuén Pérez (Udinese)

Midfielders:
Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina)
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla) – Ankle injury, could miss Colombia match
Leandro Paredes (PSG) – Suspended vs. Colombia
Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis) – Out due to COVID
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) – Suspended vs. Colombia
Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur)
Alejandro Gomez (Sevilla)
Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton)
Emiliano Buendia (Aston Villa) – Out due to COVID close contact

Forwards:
Angel Di Maria (PSG)
Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Julian Alvarez (River Plate)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
Joaquin Correa (Inter) – Out injured
Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Maxi Meza (Monterrey)

Alexis Mac Allister of Brighton has tested negative for Argentina and could be available for their World Cup qualifying match against Colombia on Tuesday.

Mac Allister tested positive for COVID prior to Argentina’s World Cup qualifying match against Chile on Thursday. He did not travel with the team and stayed in Argentina. According to TNT Sports, the Argentine has tested negative and could be available for Tuesday’s match.

Four players are suspended for Argentina as coach Lionel Scaloni could be calling up some emergency players from the local league.

There were four players which were yellow carded in the 2-1 win vs. Chile and will miss the next match against Colombia on Tuesday. Nicolás Tagliafico, Nicolás Otamendi, Rodrigo De Paul and Leandro Paredes all got a yellow card and will miss the next match.

As for those hit by COVID, Lionel Scaloni himself tested positive for COVID despite recovering from it. However, Scaloni wasn’t the only person to miss Argentina’s 2-1 win vs. Chile on Thursday. Pablo Aimar, who is also part of Scaloni’s coaching staff tested positive for COVID and did not travel with the team.

For the players, Alexis Mac Allister tested positive and Emiliano Buendia was in close contact with someone who tested positive. Both remained in Argentina for the 2-1 win. For those that did take part in the team, there were also some players suspended.

Lucas Ocampos and Maxi Meza both displayed COVID symptoms and did not make the bench. As we reported, Ocampos also has an ankle injury and is a doubt for the match against Colombia on Tuesday.

Rumors are circulating that Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will make emergency call-ups to the team. One of the players that is being rumored is Enzo Fernandez of River Plate with potentially others from the local league.