Today, Saturday, Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni revealed his final squad of 26 players to participate in the tournament Copa America Football Cupwhile Angel Correa, Valentin Barco and Leonardo Balerdi failed to join the defending champions after they were in the temporary squad.
Today, Saturday, was the deadline for submitting the final squads to the South American Confederation (CONMEBOL), and Argentina announced the list a day after its friendly victory over Guatemala 4-1.
Lionel Messi continues to lead the world champions squad, while he will be joined by veteran winger Angel Di Maria, who will retire from international football after the tournament, which begins on June 20 in the United States.
Congestion in the center of defense
And he will remain Emiliano Martineza World Cup Golden Glove winner, is in goal while Scaloni will have the headache of selecting the centre-back position after the arrivals of Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi and Lisandro Martinez, who has suffered an injury-plagued season.
Scaloni is not short of attacking options either, with Serie A top scorer Lautaro Martinez and Manchester City’s Julian Alvarez also called up.
Alejandro Garnacho, the Manchester United player who made his debut last year and played five international matches, earned a place in the team after the 19-year-old player scored ten goals for the English team in all competitions this season.
Meanwhile, Paulo Dybala did not even make the provisional squad despite scoring 16 goals and providing 10 assists for Roma.
Di Maria is in his place
Argentina was drawn in Group A and will play Canada in the opening match of the tournament in Atlanta, before facing Chile in New Jersey and Peru in Miami.
The Tango team’s goalkeepers were: Emiliano Martinez, Franco Armani, and Geronimo Rulli.
As for the defenders, Gonzalo Montiel, Nauel Molina, Cristian Romero, German Bezzella, Lucas Martinez Quarta, Nicolas Otamendi, Lisandro Martinez, Marcos Acuna and Nicolas Tagliafico.
As for the midfield, it was Guido Rodriguez, Leandro Paredes, Alexis McAllister, Rodrigo De Paul, Ezequiel Palacios, Enzo Fernandez, and Giovani Lo Celso, while in the attacking center there were all Who: Angel Di Maria Valentin Carbone, Lionel Messi, Alejandro Garnacho, Nicolas Gonzalez, Lautaro Martinez and Julián Alvarez.