There are five 'Italians' in the list of 32 called up by the coach of the world champion Argentina, Lionel Scaloni, for the matches on 7 and 12 September against Ecuador (at home) and Bolivia (away), valid for the World Cup qualifiers.
The list does not include Paulo Dybala, who is not in good physical condition to the point that Roma will not field him tomorrow, at least that's what he told Afa, the Argentine football federation, tomorrow against Milan, and Napoli striker Giovanni Cholito Simeone, who was also called up for the last friendly.
The five 'Italians' are Nicolas Gonzalez and Lucas Beltran of Fiorentina, Lautaro Martinez of Inter, Leandro Paredes of Roma and Juan Musso of Atalanta.
This is the complete list: – goalkeepers: Franco Armani (River Plate), Walter Benitez (Psv Eindhoven), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) and Juan Musso (Atalanta);
– defenders: Juan Foyth (Villarreal), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham Forest), Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica), German Pezzella (Betis), Cristian Romero (Tottenham), Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth), Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon), Lucas Esquivel (Athletico Paranaense);
– midfielders: Thiago Almada (Atlanta United), Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton), Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Leandro Paredes (Roma), Guido Rodriguez (Betis), Bruno Zapelli (Athletico Paranaense);
– forwards: Julián Ãlvarez (Manchester City), Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid), Angel Di MarÃa (Benfica), Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina), Lautaro MartÃnez (Inter Milan), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami), Alan Velasco (FC Dallas) and Lucas Beltran (Fiorentina).
Article published on 31 August 2023 - 19:58
