With the majority of those called up available, the Argentine National Team held a new training session yesterday in Miami ahead of the friendlies on the next FIFA date that will be the prelude to the Copa América. Already installed in the United States, All the missing players were added and Lionel Scaloni now has the 29 mentioned.
From that payroll you must cut to three before June 15, which is the deadline to submit the official list of 26.
The only ones left to arrive were Franco Armani and Gonzalo Montiel. The goalkeeper played last Sunday in River and arrived in Miami yesterday, as did the defender who was a father and that is why his incorporation was delayed.
The great expectation of yesterday was in the arrival of Lionel Messi who this time had little travel as he concentrated in the same city where he lives. In fact, he showed up in his private car.
The captain comes from playing on Saturday with Inter Miami in the 3-3 draw with Saint Louis City in which he scored a goal. His team is at the top of its conference, in a campaign much superior to last year’s.
Unlike other FIFA dates, Messi arrives in optimal physical condition and left behind the muscle discomfort that prevented him from having regularity in the first part of the year.
On Sunday, June 9, Argentina will face Ecuador in Chicago, and on June 14will play against Guatemala in Washington DC in the last two friendlies prior to the Copa América.
The debut in the continental tournament will be on Thursday 06/20 against Canada. They will complete the group against Chile on 06/25 and against Peru on 06/29.
Over the weekend, they arrived at the rally in Miami: Rodrigo De Paul, Valentín Carboni, Ángel Correa, Leonardo Balerdi, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso, Gerónimo Rulli, Valentín Barco, Cristian Romero, Alejandro Garnacho, Marcos Acuña, Germán Pezzella and Guido Rodríguez.
Yesterday, in addition to Messi, NIcolás Tagliafico, Lautaro Martínez, Enzo Fernández, Lisandro Martínez, Nahuel Molina, Exequiel Palacios, Julián Álvarez, Alexis Mac Allister, Ángel Di María, Nicolás Otamendi, Lucas Martínez Quarta and Nicolás González.
The physical aspect will be decisive to define who are the three players who will be left out of the Cup. The same thing happened before the World Cup in Qatar when Scaloni dropped Joaquín Correa and Nicolás González at the last minute.
The Sub 23 warms up for Paris
Yesterday, Javier Mascherano presented the list of those called up for the Argentine Under 23 National Team in advance of the Paris Olympic Games. The squad of 23 players began preparation work yesterday for the double friendly against Paraguay on Saturday and Monday.
Bruno Amione, Santiago Hezze, Alan Varela, Giuliano Simeone, Santiago Castro and goalkeepers Leandro Brey and Fabricio Iacovich were the first to join.
During the week they will join: Kevin Zenón, Equi Fernández, Cristian Medina, Claudio Echeverri, Pablo Solari, Marco Di Cesare, Juan Nardoni, Luciano Gondou, Lucas Esquivel, Lucas Beltrán, Gonzalo Luján, Kevin Lomónaco, Thiago Almada, Joaquín García, Damián Fernández and Thiago Fernández. In France, Argentina will face Morocco, Iraq and Ukraine in the group stage to be played in the last week of July.
