Lionel Scaloni, coach of the Argentine national team, has confirmed that there are some changes in the squad for the World Cup, which will start next Sunday in Qatar, and continue until December 18, in case some players are not ready..
The Argentine national team defeated the UAE team 5-0 in the match that brought them together against Mohammed bin Zayed at the Al-Jazira Club on Wednesday evening, as part of the tango dancers’ preparation for the 2022 World Cup, scheduled in Qatar from November 20th to December 18th..
Scaloni has picked 26 players to travel to Qatar on Sunday ahead of the team’s first World Cup match against Saudi Arabia on 22 November..
Paulo Dybala has undergone an examination after returning from an injury sustained with his Italian side Roma, and did not take part in the friendly which the Argentina national team beat the Emirates 5-0 on Wednesday..
Teams can make changes to the roster, which contained 55 players on the preliminary roster, up until a day before the team’s first game, which Scaloni appears to be open to..
“We have some small problems – Scaloni told Argentine sports channel TIC – We have time and days to approve the list. We can make changes and hopefully it won’t happen, but there is a possibility that it will happen. .”“. He added: “Some players were left out of the squad today, either for readiness reasons or because we didn’t like to take risks.”“.
Scaloni continued: “I can’t confirm that the players are okay at the moment, they are initially in good condition, but you have to be careful about the minutes the players play.”“.
The Argentine national team sits in the third group, alongside teams from Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland, and the matchup with the United Arab Emirates is part of the build-up to meeting the Saudi greens in the first round. ”
The Argentine national team hopes to benefit from the UAE confrontation, getting used to a climate similar to that of Qatar, which will host the World Cup, and will also be an opportunity to test the Asian school, given that the “white” is very similar to the Saudi national team in terms of level and performance..
Lionel Messi will naturally be present with the Argentina national team at the Emirates match, but his participation in the match is in the hands of coach Lionel Scaloni.
And the UAE Football Federation had announced the appointment of an international referee team from Egypt led by Ibrahim Noureddine, and the Abu Dhabi Sports Council had announced that tickets for the match hosted by the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in the capital, Abu Dhabi , were sold out in less than 24 hours, and also allowed the public to watch training open to the Argentina national team at Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi last Sunday.
