Juan Musso, Nahuel Molina, Rodrigo de Paul and Julián Alvarezplayers of the Atlético de Madrid; Gonzalo Montiel, from Sevilla, and Giovani Lo Celso, from Betishave been summoned by the Argentine coach, Lionel Scalonifor matches against Venezuela and Boliviafrom the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
The captain, Lionel Messi, He will once again command the ‘Albiceleste’, which will not have its star goalkeeper Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martínez and the young promise will be released Nicolas Paz.
The Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni sent the list of the 27 summoned to face Vinotinto next Thursday, October 10 at the Monumental de Maturín in Monagas and on Tuesday the 15th of the same month at home in the Mâs Monumental de Buenos Aires in front of the Green.
Messi will return to the senior team, after recovering from an ankle injury suffered during the 1-0 victory against Colombia in the final of the America’s Cup in the middle of this year, after having gone through multiple games with the Inter Miami.
For his part, the ‘Draw’ will not have a replacement and the technical director called Geronimo Rulli of the Olympique, Juan Musso of the Atlético Madrid and Walter Benítez of PSV to compete for ownership of the fences.
Martinez was suspended for two dates after he touched a television camera that was following him minutes after Los cafeteros broke the undefeated Argentina 2-1 on the eighth day of the South American qualifiers.
“I accept the sanction of FIFA and I apologize if I offended anyone, the moment of celebration is to make many kids smile and not disrespect anyone. “I will support my friends on this FIFA date with the pain of not being able to be there,” the Aston Villa goalkeeper wrote on his social networks about it.
The surprise among those called up will be the offensive midfielder Nicolas Paz of the Como 1907 of the Italian first division, which caught the attention of Scaloni Due to his performance with his previous club, the real Madridwhere he became the second youngest Argentine – after Messi – to score a goal in the UEFA Champions League.
At 20 years old, Peace He had his first brushes with Javier Mascherano’s youth Albiceleste in 2022, which also called him for the roster prior to the U-20 World Cup held in Argentina, but he was not loaned out by the real Madrid.
After its only defeat, the senior team continues to hold the classification with six victories and 18 points, followed by its second team Colombia with 16 and Uruguay with 15 points.
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List of those summoned by Scaloni:
Goalkeepers: Gerónimo Rulli (Olympique Marseille-FRA), Walter Benítez (PSV Eindhoven-NED) and Juan Musso (Atlético de Madrid-ESP).
Defenses: Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla-ESP), Nahuel Molina (Atlético de Madrid-ESP), Cristian Romero (Tottenham-GBR), Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille-FRA), Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United-GBR), Germán Pezzella (River Plate) , Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica-POR), Marcos Acuña (River Plate) and Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon-FRA).
Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul (Atlético de Madrid-ESP), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool-GBR), Leandro Paredes (Roma-ITA), Enzo Fernández (Chelsea-GBR), Giovani Lo Celso (Betis-ESP) and Thiago Almada (Botafogo- BRA).
Fronts: Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United-GBR), Nicolás González (Juventus-ITA), Nicolás Paz (Como 1907-ITA), Paulo Dybala (Roma-ITA), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami- USA), Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan-ITA ), Julián Álvarez (Atlético de Madrid-ESP) and Valentín Carboni (Olympique Marseille-FRA).
