Argentina's national team begins to prepare for two very important and tough matches in the upcoming double date of the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers. The Albiceleste will play against Uruguay as an away team on Friday, November 12, in what will be the River Plate classic, and on Tuesday, the 16th, they will play the South American classic as the home team against the Brazilian national team of Neymar and company.
Lionel Scaloni, Argentina's coach, has called up 35 players for these two games in which they will try to win in order to get closer to their qualification for the next World Cup. They are currently in second place in the standings with 25 points and have one less match to play (against Brazil).
In the morning of November 8, foreign-based players started to arrive, such as Lionel Messi, Ángel Di María, and Leandro Paredes.
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The current situation of the PSG players
The three selected players are going through different situations than the Parisian squad. Messi's call-up to the Albiceleste has angered Leonardo (PSG's sporting director), as the Argentine star has missed the team's last matches due to discomfort in his right knee.
On the other hand, Paredes was injured after the last match with his national team in the South American qualifiers and has not played a game since October 14. Finally, Di María is the player in the best form of the three, as he has been playing in several matches with the team led by Mauricio Pochettino.
This was the arrival at Argentina's training center
Review the list of Argentina's call-ups
- Goalkeepers: Franco Armani, Emiliano Martínez, Juan Musso, Franco Gomes Gerth.
- Defenders: Nahuel Molina, Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian Romero, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Nicolás Tagliafico, Marcos Acuña, Lisandro Martínez, Gastón Ávila.
- Midfielders: Leandro Paredes, Guido Rodríguez, Enzo Fernández, Rodrigo De Paul, Exequiel Palacios, Giovani Lo Celso, Nicolás Domínguez, Ángel Di María, Thiago Almada, Santiago Simón, Cristian Medina, Matías Soulé, Alejandro Gómez.
- Forwards: Lionel Messi, Ángel Correa, Lautaro Martínez, Paulo Dybala, Julián Álvarez, Nicolás González, Joaquín Correa, Exequiel Zeballos.