BUENOS AIRES, March 6 (Reuters) – Soccer star Lionel Messi leads the list of players for the Argentine national team for the last two days of the South American qualifying round for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) reported on Sunday. .
Messi was not part of the double date played a month ago due to physical problems that prevented him from starting the season with his team, Paris Saint Germain.
Argentina, which qualified several days behind for the World Cup, will be local on the 25th against Venezuela and will close its participation on the 29th as a visitor to Ecuador.
Among the 44 footballers that make up the pre-list for the tie, the returns of Manuel Lanzini (West Ham), Juan Foyth (Villarreal), Giovanni Simeone (Hellas Verona) and Roberto Pereyra (Udinese) stand out.
Coach Lionel Scaloni also included youth players Franco and Valentín Carboni (Inter), Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Nicolás Paz (Brighton) and Tiago Geralnik (Villarreal).
Next, the summoned of the selected “albiceleste”:
Goalkeepers: Franco Armani (River Plate), Juan Musso (Atalanta, Italy), Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa, England), Esteban Andrada (Monterrey, Mexico) and Gerónimo Rulli (Villarreal, Spain).
Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel (Seville), Nahuel Molina (Udinese, Italy), Juan Foyth (Villarreal), Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina, Italy), Germán Pezzella (Betis, Spain), Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica, Portugal), Cristian Romero ( Tottenham, England), Lisandro Martínez (Ajax, Holland), Nehuén Pérez (Udinese), Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax) and Marcos Acuña (Seville).
Midfielders: Leandro Paredes (PSG, France), Guido Rodríguez (Betis, Spain), Rodrigo De Paul (Atlético de Madrid), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Manuel Lanzini (West Ham, England), Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal), Roberto Pereyra (Udinese), Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), Alejandro Gómez (Sevilla), Nicolás González (Fiorentina), Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla), Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United, England), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton, England), Nicolás Paz (Real Madrid), Tiago Geralnik (Villarreal) and Valentín Carboni (Inter).
Forwards: Angel Di María (PSG), Franco Carboni (Inter, Italy), Luka Romero (Lazio, Italy), Matías Soulé (Juventus, Italy), Lionel Messi (PSG), Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Lautaro Martínez (Inter) , Joaquín Correa (Inter), Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid), Julián Álvarez (River Plate), Giovanni Simeone (Hellas Verona, Italy) and Lucas Boyé (Elche, Spain).
(Reporting by Ramiro Scandolo; Editing by Nicolás Misculin)
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