The coach of the Argentine national football team, Lionel Scaloni, announced the list of 26 players he is counting on for the World Cup, which will be held from June 11 to July 19, and there are as many as 17 players with whom he won the championship in Qatar in December 2022.
Among the players who will try to defend the title is the 38-year-old Lionel Messi who will perform at the world championships for the sixth time in his career. Messi will thus have a great opportunity to further increase his own record for the number of matches played at the world championships, he is already at the top of the list with 26 appearances, on which he has surpassed the former German record holder Lothar Matthaeus, who ended his career with 25 matches played at the WC.
Argentina will play in Group J at the WC, their first opponent will be Algeria June 16 in Kansas City, followed by more duels in Dallas with Austria June 22 and Jordan June 27.
REPRESENTATION OF ARGENTINA:
Gatekeepers: Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Geronimo Rulli (Marseille), Juan Musso (Atletico Madrid)
Defense: Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur), Facundo Medina (Marseille), Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon)
Connection: Leandro Paredes (Boca Juniors), Rodrigo de Paul (Inter Miami), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea), Alexis MacAllister (Liverpool), Giovani Lo Celso (Betis), Valentin Barco (Strasbourg)
Attack: Lionel Messi (Inter Miami), Nicolas Paz (Como), Thiago Almada (Atletico Madrid), Nicolas Gonzalez (Atletico Madrid), Julian Alvarez (Atletico Madrid), Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Jose Manuel Lopez (Palmeiras)
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