Lionel Scaloni’s pre-list for this month’s friendlies came to light and several big players lost a lot of ground.
The Argentine National Team presented the list for friendlies to dispute in the FIFA friendlies window in this month in the United States once morest Honduras and Jamaica. there were several surprisessuch as the inclusions of Enzo Fernandez and Thiago Almadaas well as the absence of several players who have already been part of La Scaloneta.
Lucas Alario – Eintracht Frankfurt
The former player of River was a fixture within the first calls for Lionel Scaloni, missing the Copa América 2021 due to injury when it was part of the list, but it was losing consideration and today his chances of traveling to the World Cup seem distant.
The current player of Eintracht Frankfurt has nine games in the Argentina National Team with three goals. Among them, his match once morest the German National Team in Dortmund in 2019 stands out where he scored a goal and distributed his only assist with the national team to equalize 2-2 once morest the Teutonic cast.
Today, Lautaro Martinez is -without a doubt- in the head of Lionel Scaloni the starting striker with Julián Álvarez earning the spot as his replacement After his goal once morest Ecuador on the last date of the South American Qualifiers and his great present at Manchester City. Also, when he did not have Lautaro it was Joaquín Correa who took his place in the starting eleven ( once morest Paraguay, for the Qualifiers in a 0-0 draw at the Defensores del Chaco stadium) and Angel Strap also appears before Alario in that triple having played “false 9” repeatedly.
Lucas Ocampos – Ajax
The case of brand new Ajax player (on loan from Sevilla) is particular. At the beginning of the cycle he alternated the role of first substitute as a player who might get into the starting eleven if necessary. After being left out of the Copa América squad, he was unable to have the same number of opportunities that he had previously had.
The former player of River since that absence he was falling into consideration. Being summoned for the last time in the last double elimination date, where he added twelve minutes in equality in one once morest Ecuador. In total, Ocampos has ten games for the Argentine National Team with two goals and one assist to his name.
Scaloni used him as a left winger although it is known that he can handle both profiles. In his primary position, Angel Di Maria is the undisputed starter and Nicolás González (the coach’s great Swiss army knife) being his natural replacement with Alejandro “Papu” Gomez as a drinkable alternative as well.
On the other side of the pitch, Lionel Messi is a fixed and its replacement seems to be between Angel Correa and Paulo Dybala; so there are few places where Ocampos can fit.
Marcos Senesi – Bournemouth
The new defender Bournemouth he closed his great passage through the Feyenoord dutch earning the summoned not only to the Argentine National Team but also to the Italian National Teamdecanted by the Albiceleste.
The former player of Saint Lawrence was summoned precisely for the june window in which Argentina beat Italy to win the Finalissima at Wembley and had his first minutes in the National Team a few days later in the friendly once morest Estonia.
year fight for a place in the final list of 26 players but has a great competition in his position following the consolidation of Lisandro Martinez and what’s up few chances that Nicolás Otamendi will lose his place in the starting eleven as the second central marker. Furthermore, within this new list there are four other defenders more summoned: Lucas Fourth MartinezGerman PezellaFacundo Medina and Nehuen Pérezhinting that his call on the last FIFA date was to ensure it for the future and that he begins to know the group.
Emiliano Buendia – Aston Villa
The striker was one of the biggest surprises in the calls for the Scaloni cycle since he was not on the radar of the public eye. first in Norwich and since last year Aston Villa next to Dibu MartinezBuendía has had very good performances although alternating between the starting team and the substitute.
Since its first call in 2021, he was never able to break into the starting eleven and is best remembered for being one of only four Premier League players to travel to Brazil from the UKwhich ended up triggering the scandalous game suspended in San Pablo. He only played ten minutes in the Argentine National Teamin the victory over Colombia for the qualifiers last February.
In that match played in Córdoba, came on in place of Giovani Lo Celso but ended up playing further up the pitch, as a winger down the left flank.
His situation is similar (or worse) to that of Ocampos, since the ex-River himself is ahead of him and still seems more outside than inside the final 26-man list.. Di María is the starter in the position and within his alternatives are Nico González and Papu Gómez, which is why Buendía runs from behind in this race to Qatar.
Nicolás Domínguez – Bologna
The midfielder of Bologna is one of the main projects of Lionel Scaloni thinking regarding the immediate future of the National Team but he was a victim of the rise of other great players in his position that overshadow their eleven games, his goal once morest Ecuador in a friendly in 2019 and having been part of the 2021 Copa América champion teamentering the matches once morest Paraguay and Bolivia.
The great surprise of this call is precisely Enzo Fernándezwhich in Scaloni’s head occupies the same place as Domínguez on the pitch. Above Fernández are Alexis Mac Allister (of a big present in brighton) y Exequiel Palacios (from a great season at Bayer Leverkusen and who was initially a starter for Scaloni).
All these names would be alternatives to the undisputed holder in the position: Rodrigo de Paulwho became, thanks to his great dedication, a fundamental piece on and off the court.
The complete pre-list of the Argentine National Team for the friendlies once morest Honduras and Jamaica
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