After finishing the Qualifying In the first place, the ARGENTINE SELECTION Enter the final stretch for the assembly of the list of, for now, 26 summoned for the next World Cup.
Waiting for what FIFA decides as to a possible extension to 30 summoned, Lionel Scaloni He knows that he has some players who are fixed, others who are close to earning a place and several who are expectant to get rid of a quota.
In the arch of the Argentine National Team, everything would be said
The three archers seem to be defined. The owner of the three sticks is Emiliano Martínez And so much Gerónimo Rulli as Walter Bentez They were the ones who accompanied him in the last citations for qualifiers. A step below is Juan Musso, substitute in Atlético Madrid.
The defense: land of leaders and a great doubt
In the background there are several fixed, but an important unknown in the left lane. Among the centrals, Cuti Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Lisandro Martínez and Leonardo Balerdi They seem to be with one foot on the list. Something similar happens with ‘4’, which has Gonzalo Montiel already Nahuel Molina as main position candidates. On the other side there are more doubts: Nicolás Tagliafico He is the undisputed holder, but both Marcos Acuña and Julio Soler and Valentín Barco have chances to join.
Nahuén Pérez, Facundo Medina and Juan Foyth are very well considered by the coaching staff of the Argentine National Team and some of them will become a member of the final list. The three have the virtue of polyifunctionality, something decisive for a competence of this type.
Marcos Senesi, Aaron Anselmino, Mariano Troilo and Francisco Ortega are some of the defenders who were also taken into account by Scaloni in recent months.
The midfield, with many young people in search of their first World Cup
If no inconvenience, five flyers would have a insured place. It’s about Leandro Paredes, Alexis Mac Allister, Exequiel Palacios, Rodrigo de Paul and Enzo Fernández.
It is supposed to be at least one more central steering wheel on the squad and that place aspires Alan Varela, Enzo Barrenechea, Guido Rodríguez and, for now a little more from the back, Juan Ignacio Nardoni.
The quota for midfielders of more offensive style has a fairly wide range of options. There Nico Paz, Franco Mastantuono, Claudio Echeverri, Giovani Lo Celso, Valentín Carboni, Matías Soulé and Facundo Bounotte are postulated. Some of these may have the chance of fighting a place as an extreme.
There are one or two dispute places for the strikers
In the attack there are five that take advantage in consideration: Thiago Almada, Lionel Messi, Julián Álvarez, Lautaro Martínez and Nico González. However, the list results in at least one or two more attackers.
In that role, Giuliano Simeone presents with great news, as well as José Manuel López, who would fight to provide a variant of center forward with air game.
Taty Castellanos, Paulo Dybala and Alejandro Garnacho lost some place in the last calls, but have the necessary hierarchy to reverse their situation and win without problems a place in the World Cup. Something can run for Ángel Correa.
Santiago Castro is making his first steps in Europe, but the coaching staff already gave him his vote of confidence with a call and does not get off the fight.
The Enzo Fernández case results in the illusion for many
The steering wheel formed in River He made his absolute debut in the Argentine National Team only 60 days before the first game of Lionel Scaloni’s team in Qatar 2022. This makes it impossible to rule out soccer players who were not yet summoned or added a few minutes.
There are at least four friendlies before the final list and perhaps a finalissima, so there will be no opportunities for the coaching staff to evaluate those who fight for their place and then be able to diagram the group that will try to add the fourth star for the albiceleste.
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