The star Lionel Messi, captain, scorer and emblem of the Argentine team, is at the head of the 26-player squad announced this Friday for the Qatar-2022 World Cup, with Ángel Di María and Paulo Dybala recovered from their injuries.
“Everyone is proud to be called up and wear this shirt,” said the coach, Lionel Scalloniby giving the names of the squad in a video broadcast on Albiceleste’s social networks.
The steering wheel Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal, Spain), regular starter in Scaloni’s albiceleste, He was out of the call to the World Cup due to being injured.
On the other hand, the promising youngsters were summoned for their first maximum appointment Julian AlvarezManchester City striker (22 years old), and midfielder Enzo Fernandez (21), from Benfica of Portugal.
Argentina will debut in the World Cup on November 22 against Saudi Arabiaby Group C, which complete Mexico Y Poland.
“With Argentina it is a moment in which we are well, people are excited, they climb the walls (restless), they think that we are back with the Cup but it is not that easy. You have to give a lot of things ”, the 35-year-old captain and historic scorer for the Albiceleste with 90 goals had warned.
The squad maintains an undefeated record of 35 games. The last friendly will be played shortly before the start of the World Cup, against the United Arab Emirates, on November 16 in Abu Dhabi.
List of summoned from Argentina for Qatar-2022:
Archers: Frank Armani (river), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal)
Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel (Seville), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), German Pezzella (Bethys), Christian Romero (Tottenham), Nicholas Otamendi (Benfica), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester Utd), Nicholas Tagliafico (Lion), Marcos Acuna (Seville), John Foyth (Villarreal).
Frills: Leandro Paredes (Youth), Guido Rodriguez (Bethys), Enzo Fernandez (Benfica), Rodrigo DePaul (Atletico Madrid), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Alexander Gomez (Seville) and Alexis MacAllister (Brightons)
Forwards: paulo dybala (Rome), Leo Messi (PSG), Angel Di Maria (Youth), Nicholas Gonzalez (Florence), Joaquin Correa (Inter), Lautaro Martinez (Inter) and Julian Alvarez (Manchester City)
Our 26 players for #Qatar2022.
A town behind an illusion. A shirt and a flag that will compete to leave 45 million Argentines standing well ??#All together pic.twitter.com/jjF06Erl2k
– Argentina National Team ?? (@Argentina) November 11, 2022
