The new list of the Argentine National Team: one confirmed, one discarded and the chance for new youth

During this week, Lionel Scaloni will finish forming the call for the return of the South American Qualifiers. The DT thought of giving rest to some of the headlines, but nobody wants to be absent.

There is a little over two weeks until the Argentina National Team returns to the ring in the South American Qualifiers, where due to the rescheduling of matches due to the coronavirus, the Albiceleste will have a double date in the middle of summer: the Thursday, January 27 will visit Chile in Calama and the Tuesday, February 1 will receive Colombia In cordoba.

With the qualification to the Qatar World Cup 2022 already assured, Lionel Scaloni was evaluating in recent weeks the possibility of not calling up some of the starters after 2021 where there was more than one jerk off with European clubs due to the calls, the deadlines and the quarantines that some had to carry out when returning to the countries where they play.

One of the emblematic cases of this situation is that of Lionel Messi, which this season he signed for Paris Saint-Germain, and in fact he has already been absent a few days and from the first meetings of 2022 for having tested positive for coronavirus while enjoying the parties in Rosario. However, after the talk that Scaloni had with Messi, where he raised the possibility of excluding him from the list for these two games and thus avoid a new trip from Europe to South America, La Pulga asked him to wait a few more days to make the decision final.

And the same happens with the rest of the players: there is some resistance from players towards Scaloni’s idea of ​​avoiding a call-up at this time, with the Argentine National Team already classified for the World Cup. Nobody wants to be absent. And in this context, the list could have the majority of those who made up the last call, against Uruguay and Brazil.

Giovanni Simeone, the first new face in the call-up of the Argentine National Team

The Hellas Verona striker was one of the players Scaloni followed as an alternative for this double qualifying date and this Monday the Italian club publicly confirmed the call of the Argentine National Team. Cholo’s son had already had minutes with the Albiceleste at the beginning of the Scaloni cycle and now he will again have the opportunity to show himself with DT.

Paulo Dybala, another confirmed on the list

The Juventus forward will be on Lionel Scaloni’s list for the duels against Chile and Colombia for the Qualifiers. La Joya was in the last calls of the Argentine National Team and played 45 minutes in the victory against Uruguay, as a visitor.

Cuti Romero, forced out due to injury in the list of the Argentine National Team

The Tottenham defender, who earned an undisputed place in the Albiceleste eleven, suffered a hamstring injury in the game against Brazil on 16 November and is still recovering as expected. between two and three months. Scaloni will not be able to count on him.

The list of the Argentina Team vs. Chile and Colombia: more of local football and a chance for youth

Beyond the logical calls of Franco Armani and Julián Álvarez, the two Argentine soccer players who were a fixture on Scaloni’s list for all of 2021, on this new FIFA date the DT plans to expand the space for local players and also include young players thinking ahead, as he did in the end of 2021.

For the matches with Uruguay and Brazil they were summoned Enzo Fernandez (River), Santiago Simon (River), Exequiel Zeballos (Boca), Cristian Medina (Boca), Thiago Almada (Velez), Gaston Avila (Rosario Central, now back in Boca), Federico Gómes Gerth (Tiger) and Matías Soulé (Juventus). Of them, the Vecchia Signora footballer has already been notified that he is scheduled for the next window.