This morning (May 28), coach Lionel Scaloni announced the list of 27 Argentine players to participate in two friendly matches in Asia next June. In particular, they will face Australia in Beijing (China) on June 15. Then 4 days later, the champion world< /a> encounter Indonesia in Jakarta (Indonesia).
Even though these are only friendly matches with opponents weaker, but Argentina still summons the strongest squad possible. Most of the names that helped La Albiceleste win World Cup 2022 are all convened.
Notable among them is Lionel Messi. This is the most anticipated star of the Argentine team on the Asian tour. Recently the Federation football Indonesia has just announced that Messi will be present in the friendly match in Jakarta.
In addition, coach Scaloni summoned a few young players like Leonardo Balerdi Facundo Medina Alejandro Garnacho Thiago Almada. There are only two players participating in the 2022 World Cup who will not come to Asia this time: midfielder Lisandro Martinez and striker Lautaro Martinez.
In which Lisandro Martinez did not recover from his injury in time for Man Utd. And Lautaro Martinez wants to rest after attending the Champions League final with Inter Milan (against Man City) at 02:00 on June 11.
27 Argentina national team players participating in the Asian tour
Goalkeeper: Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) Geronimo Rulli (AFC Ajax) Walter Benitez (PSV).
Defender: Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid) ) Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla) German Pezzella (Real Betis) Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille) Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica) Facundo Medina (Lens) Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon) Marcos Acuna (Sevilla).
Midfielder: Leandro Paredes (Juventus) Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea) Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis) Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen) Thiago Almada (Atlanta United) Alexis Mac Allister ( Brighton & Hove Albion).
Forward: Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla) Angel Di Maria (Juventus) Lionel Messi (PSG) Julian Alvarez (Manchester City) Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina).
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