Nahuel Lanzillotta
04/10/2020 - 15:39
Clarín.com
sports
Now yes, everything is defined.
Lionel Scaloni delivered the final list for the debut of the National Team in the Qualifiers heading to Qatar 2022 and the
28 mentioned
, with Lionel Messi at the head, will enter the Ezeiza premises this Monday to start with a new dream.
The context is particular, due to the pandemic that continues to plague the world and forcing changes in routines and greater restrictions, which have a full impact on the preparation of matches.
The appointments will be this Thursday at 9:10 p.m., against Ecuador, in La Bombonera, and on Tuesday 13, at 5:00 p.m., against Bolivia, in La Paz.
Of the 30 names that the technician had chosen initially,
seven were downloaded for different reasons
.
Several had already been dismissed for injuries.
Such is the case of
Agustín Marchesín
and
Renzo Saravia
, in addition to
Walter Kannemann
, who contracted coronavirus.
Others who are upset and have not been playing for their respective teams are
Germán Pezzella
, in Fiorentina, and
Nicolás González
, in Stuttgart.
That is why the DT decided to cross them out.
Meanwhile, there were
two more that did not pass the filter
by decision of the coaching staff.
They are
Leonardo Balerdi
and Cristian Pavón.
The former Boca, currently in the LA Galaxy of the MLS, is also linked to the logistical complications of the United States and that league.
It is that although Guillermo Barros Schelotto had no objection in giving it up, it was impossible to avoid that the forward had to do ten days of quarantine when he returned to the
bubble
of the North American league.
From FIFA they tried to unblock the question without success (the same happens with the Chinese league).
Definitive list of the Argentine National Team for the debut in the Qualifiers
In return, Scaloni added
five local players
: Esteban Andrada, Eduardo Salvio (Boca) and Franco Armani, Gonzalo Montiel and Lucas Martínez Quarta (River).
They will enter the Ezeiza property this Monday and await the arrival of those from abroad, who come on
two charter flights
: the first will have the vast majority, while the second is Messi's private plane that will bring those who played last shift this Sunday.
Upon arrival,
everyone will undergo the swabs
and only on Tuesday can they train.
In other words, Scaloni will only have two training sessions to prepare the team for the premiere.
Too little, also taking into account that he has not seen himself face to face with his team since November 2019, when the National Team beat Uruguay 1-0 in a friendly in Tel Aviv.
Almost a year later without practice, the coach born in Pujato will have to search for them to diagram a winning formation that takes the first firm step on the way to the next World Cup.
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