Argentina have lastly introduced their provisional 29-man squad for his or her two worldwide friendlies and the 2024 Copa America, which is about to start from June 21 within the USA. Lionel Messi is all set to guide La Albiceleste in two worldwide friendlies in opposition to Ecuador and Guatemala on June 9 and June 12 respectively, earlier than in the end heading for the massive match in a while. After the friendlies, the squad will get trimmed right down to 26 primarily based upon their particular person efficiency and potential accidents.
The defending champions will function a number of members from their 2022 FIFA World Cup squad, together with sure new names making an entry into the facet. The Argentina defence contains Lisandro Martinez, regardless of his extended absence from footballing motion because of accidents. La Albiceleste have gone with Emiliano Martinez, Geronimo Rulli and River Plate’s Franco Armani as their three goalkeeper selections.
Amongst the noticeable names of their assault, Messi will hyperlink up with Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martinez and Manchester Metropolis’s Jualian Alvarez. Lisandro Martinez’s Manchester United teammate Alejandro Garnacho additionally obtained his maiden name as much as the match on high of some good type within the Premier League. Considered one of their highly-decorated gamers, Angel Di Maria has additionally been named of their Copa America squad, which may even be his final match earlier than a global retirement.
As an enormous shock, AS Roma’s Paulo Dybala was neglected of the provisional squad regardless of his excessive;ly-effective season with the Serie A facet this season.
ARGENTINA COPA AMERICA 2024: FULL SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Franco Armani (River Plate), Geronimo Rulli (Ajax), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham Forest), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur), German Pezzella (Actual Betis), Lucas Martinez Quarta (Fiorentina), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United), Marcos Acuna (Sevilla), Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon), Valentin Barco (Brighton)
Midfielders: Guido Rodriguez (Actual Betis), Leandro Paredes (Roma), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea), Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur)
Forwards: Angel Di Maria (Benfica), Valentin Carboni (A.C. Monza), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami), Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid), Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Julian Alvarez (Manchester Metropolis)
