What number will Carboni and Garnacho wear in the Copa América? :: Olé

The Argentine National Team is polishing the final details before the start of the Copa América, which will kick off next Thursday, June 20, in the clash between the Albiceleste team and Canada in Atlanta. Given this, the shirt numbers that each of the 26 players who will be part of the Argentine delegation seeking the two-time championship on North American soil have already been known.

Days before the start of the continental competition, where Lionel Scaloni’s team will seek to revalidate the title achieved at the Maracaná in 2022, the new numbers of the 26 Argentine players were confirmed. In principle, it should be noted that the 21 survivors of Qatar will maintain the same numbers they used in the Middle East.

Now, in the absence of Paulo Dybala, Juan Foyth, Alejandro Gómez, Ángel Correa and Thiago Almada, who will be the ones to use their numbers? It should be noted that the FIFA regulations determine that the numbers to be used by the players of each team cannot be higher than 26.

Given this, Alejandro Garnacho will keep the number 17 shirt, the same one he has been using in the last calls for the Argentine National Team.. After the departure of Papu Gómez from the national team, the nationalized Argentine kid took over the number 17, in what could be a kind of tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo, his greatest idol. CR7 used this number in his early days with the Portuguese national team until before taking over the number 7.

And one of the big unknowns was who was going to keep Paulo Dybala’s number 21. And it happened almost like a math account: the Jewel’s replacement will keep his number. Valentín Carboni, the kid who broke the rules to remove Dybala and Ángel Correa from the call, will be the one who kept the Cordoban’s jacket.

And beyond Garna and Carboni, there will be more changes. Lucas Martínez Quarta, having a great season at Fiorentina, will take the number 2. During the team’s stay in the Middle East, Juan Foyth had used the jacket that will now be the property of MQ. The Villarreal defender suffered a shoulder injury and misses the Copa América. The last two changes will be a return to the previous one in Qatar… Nicolás González will have the number 15 on his back, the jacket that Ángel Correa had used after the Fiorentina player was dropped days before the start of the World Cup. Despite this, the one who emerged from El Bicho had already recovered the shirt during the Qualifiers and the friendlies.

For its part, Giovanni Lo Celso will continue wearing the number 16 shirt, the same one that Thiago Almada wore during the championship in Qatar after the withdrawal of Joaquín Correa, the owner of the 16 during preparation at the University of Qatar. It should be noted that the kid who emerged from the Vélez Inferiores will not play in the Copa América to be present in the Olympic Games, where he will wear number 10 of Javier Mascherano’s team.