In his official debut as world champion, the Argentina’s team will face the first two matches of the South American qualifiers for him World Cup 2026 ante Ecuador y Boliviawith a campus led by star Lionel Messi and several juveniles.
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The list of the strategist Lionel Scalonireleased this Thursday for face Ecuador on September 7 in Buenos Aires and to Bolivia on the 12th of the same month in peace, excludes Paulo Dybala (AS Roma), Marcos Acuna (Seville) and Young Lo Celso (Tottenham), all three due to injuries.
Among the novelties, include left back Lucas Esquivel (21 years old, Athletico Paranaense), the midfielder Bruno Zapelli (21, Athletico Paranaense), the forwards Lucas Beltran (22, Fiorentina) and Alan Velasco (21, FC Dallas), defender Marcos Senesi (26, Bournemouth) and the goalkeeper Walter Benitez (30, PSV Eindhoven).
#MajorSelection -List of those summoned by coach Lionel Scaloni – for the Qualifying matches against Ecuador and Bolivia pic.twitter.com/dCNmijCfqu
— – Argentina National Team — (@Argentina) August 31, 2023
The call to start looking for a place in the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada includes goalkeeper returns Frank Armani (River Plate) y Angel Correa (Atlético de Madrid), both world champions in Qatar 2022.
Messi36 years old, will once again have the company of figures that supported him in the conquest of the last World Cuplike the experienced angel di maria (Benfica) and Rodrigo DePaul (Atletico Madrid), and will add other High-level youngsters at the start of the seasonas the striker Alexander Garnachostarting at Manchester United at just 19 years old.
Several youth mentioned by Scaloni are part of that Argentina Sub 23 team that Javier Mascherano trains towards the tournament that grants places for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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