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Nicolas Tagliafico to start for Argentina, rumored eleven for Copa America

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Nicolas Tagliafico is set to start for Argentina ahead of Marcos Acuña for Monday’s Copa America match.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni made one change in Sunday’s training. While Emiliano Martinez kept his place in goal, the change came in the back line. Gonzalo Montiel, Martinez Quarta and Otamendi will make up part of the back four with Tagliafico in place of Acuna.

Tagliafico was selected ahead of Acuña on Sunday and it does look like the Ajax man will be starting for Argentina. Per a report by Ole, here is the rumored XI vs. Chile on Monday.

Emiliano Martínez; Montiel, Martínez Quarta, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul, Paredes, Lo Celso; Messi; Lautaro Martínez and Nicolas González

Argentina rumored XI vs. Chile at Copa America, Emiliano Martinez to start

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The Argentina national team will play Chile on Monday in their Copa America opener in a re-match from last week’s World Cup qualifier.

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has nearly everyone available for the match on Monday. Cristian Romero is not fully fit which means he will not play vs. Chile while Franco Armani has tested negative, along with the rest of the squad.

Lionel Scaloni held a training session on Saturday and it was the same based of players which started the last World Cup qualifier vs. Colombia. Per a report by Ole, the eleven in training were the following:

Emiliano Martinez; Montiel, Martinez Quarta, Otamendi, Acuna; De Paul, Paredes, Lo Celso; Messi, Lautaro Martinez, Gonzalez

Franco Armani and entire Argentina team test negative for COVID

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In one final COVID test prior to flying out to Brazil, Franco Armani has tested negative for COVID.

Franco Armani has been testing positive for COVID since the middle of May and he has finally tested negative. The entire Argentina national team was tested as they fly out to Brazil on Sunday for their Copa America opener on Monday, the results came out and everyone is negative.

This would mean that Franco Armani would be available for selection.

Franco Armani continues to test positive for Covid-19, may still travel to Brazil with Argentina

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Franco Armani has once more tested positive for Covid-19 this Saturday, but there is still a possibility he travels with the team and even plays vs. Chile.

Per a report from last Friday by Olé, Argentina would have received the “OK” from Brazil’s government to include any player who is no longer contagious, even though he still has a positive PCR result.

This is good news for coach Lionel Scaloni since the main reason why Franco Armani didn’t participate in the World Cup qualifying matches last week vs. Chile and vs. Colombia had to do with sanitary protocols where the matches took place and not the protocolts set by CONMEBOL. As for CONMEBOL, Franco Armani can even play, if coach Lionel Scaloni decides to select him.

With this, the decision of including Armani in the plane that will depart this Sunday to Rio de Janeiro will depend on Argentina’s coaching staff. There would be no impediment from the city, even less from CONMEBOL, for River Plate’s goalkeeper to travel without any inconveniences this Sunday with the national team for Argentina’s first Copa America game against Chile. That match will be played on Monday.

It is worth mentioning that Argentina will not be staying in Brazil during the tournament. Conversely, the national team will be returning to Argentina after each game, settling in AFA’s training facility in Ezeiza.

Argentina U23 win 2-0 vs. Saudi Arabia in last friendly match before Olympics

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The Argentina U23 team, coached by Fernando Batista, defeated Saudi Arabia 2-0 this Friday, in Marbella. This was Argentina’s last friendly match before the Olympics. Pedro de la Vega and Adolfo Gaich scored the goals for the Albiceleste.

Even though Argentina had its chances during the first half, they didn’t open the score until minute 14 of the second half. There, Lanus winger Pedro “el Pepo” de la Vega kicked scored off a good cross from Atlanta United’s attacking-midfielder Ezequiel Barco.

Ten minutes later, Saudi Arabia would be left with 10 players as Nasser Salaman Alomran was sent off by the referee, after receiving his second yellow card.

With numerical superiority, the youth Argentina team started finding more spaces, and at minute 32 of the second half, the CSKA Moscow striker Adolfo Gaich sent the ball into the net, after a deflected shot from Velez’s right-back Hernán de La Fuente.

This was Fernando Batista’s chosen lineup:
Lautaro Morales; Hernán De La Fuente, Nehuén Pérez, Leonel Mosevich, Francisco Ortega; Santiago Colombatto, Fausto Vera, Pedro de la Vega; Matías Vargas, Ezequiel Barco, and Adolfo Gaich.

With this victory, Argentina finishes its preparation matches for the Tokyo Olympics, where the football tournament starts on July 21. Argentina will have its debut on July 22 vs. Australia

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