The Argentine Football Association announced, on Thursday, the exclusion of Joaquin Correa and Nicolas Gonzalez from the national team squad for the World Cup due to injury.
Argentina called up striker Angel Correa to replace Gonzalez following the latter suffered a muscle injury, according to Archyde.com.
Argentina said in a statement, “After today’s training session, Nicolas Gonzalez suffered a muscle injury and will not be included in the World Cup squad. The national team’s coaching staff summoned Angel Correa to replace him.”
“The player Joaquin Correa will also be excluded from the World Cup squad due to injury. We will announce his replacement in the coming hours,” the statement added.
The Copa America champion is eagerly awaiting confirmation of the readiness of defender Christian Romero and attacking duo Alejandro Gomez and Paulo Dybala, all of whom missed Argentina’s last warm-up match on Wednesday.
The FIFA World Cup finals will start next Sunday in Qatar until December 20, with the participation of 32 teams, and Argentina will start its World Cup campaign once morest Saudi Arabia on November 22.
The Argentine national team, led by its star Lionel Messi, will be an extraordinary candidate in Group C of the 2022 World Cup, once morest Poland and its top scorer, Robert Lewandowski, and stubborn Mexico, while Saudi Arabia will complete this group, looking for the dream of qualifying once more for the round of 16, according to “Agence France Presse”. .
