2023-06-06 20:52:40
The Argentina team will start its path as defending champion of world champion with a tour of Asia in which he will face Australia and Indonesia. Facing the games that will be played in mid-June, Lionel Scaloni traveled to China this Tuesday and announced the withdrawal of an important player.
It is that Gonzalo Montiel, defender of Seville, was disaffected from the squad that was crowned in Qatar 2022 for the tour of Asia due to injury. This was reported by the AFA on its social networks.
For the next FIFA date, Argentina will face Australia in Beijing, China, on Thursday June 15, and Indonesia in the capital, Jakarta, on Monday June 19.
The world champions They will not be able to count on Montiel, author of the last penalty in the definition from the twelve steps against France, due to muscular discomfort that he felt two days ago in the match against Real Sociedad in the Spanish LaLiga.
#MajorSelection The soccer player Gonzalo Montiel, from @SevillaFCis disaffected due to injury from the Asian tour. pic.twitter.com/YzDWF82jYF
— ???????? Argentina National Team ⭐⭐⭐ (@Argentina) June 6, 2023
Montiel, who has just won the UEFA Europa League champion against Roma, in Budapest (he converted the penalty that gave Seville the Cup), would not have a replacement in the team due to logistical reasons.
“We are going to assess if we add any. We are out of time, it is such a complicated date for travel, that the player who could come, maybe he will arrive with just enough. Surely we will stay like this, “explained Scaloni at the airport on the lower Montiel.
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