Nahuel Lanzillotta
04/28/2021 17:40
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 04/28/2021 5:40 PM
The countdown to the return to action of the Argentine National Team is entering
the final stretch
.
June will be the month in which Lionel Scaloni finally meet Lionel Messi and the rest of the regulars summoned, first to play dates 7 and 8 of the South American Qualifiers, against Chile -a local- on Thursday 3 and against Colombia -of visitor- Tuesday 8. And then the debut in the Copa América will come.
The start of the continental competition will be again with Chile, on Sunday 13 at the Monumental.
For the competition organized by Argentina and Colombia, the Albiceleste coaching staff gave Conmebol
a preliminary list
from which the
23
chosen
will be cut later
.
As the DT born in Pujato highlights every time he has contact with the media, this shortlist of 50 names is made up
mostly of footballers who have been part
of his cycle, which began as an interim after the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the frustrating cycle of Jorge Sampaoli.
However, Scaloni and his collaborators
added some surnames
that they have been following closely in the last time that the national team did not have matches.
Messi is reunited with Scaloni and the National Team in June.
Photo: EFE
The great foundation that arose from the profound change that was implemented remains.
Behind some historical figures such as Messi, Ángel Di María, Nicolás Otamendi and Sergio Agüero (of being well physically and footballingly) they are already a fixed footballers such as Franco Armani, Nicolás Tagliafico, Germán Pezzella, Marcos Acuña, Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Rodrigo From Paul, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso, Lucas Ocampos, Exequiel Palacios, Lautaro Martínez, Paulo Dybala, Lucas Alario and Nicolás González.
These, if there were no inconveniences, would have
their place assured
.
An asterisk rests on
Kun
Agüero, who missed the last citations due to injuries and was now relegated to the substitute bench at Manchester City, a club he will leave at the end of the season.
Will the former Independent be taken into account by Scaloni if he still does not add minutes?
Then there are names that
bid to win a vacancy
.
In the arc the panorama is clear: behind the River goalkeeper appear Esteban Andrada, Emiliano Martínez, Juan Musso, Jeremías Ledesma and Agustín Marchesín.
Iran Armani and two more.
In defense,
the first surprises
appear
, which are not so much if one takes into account the performance that they have been presenting in their respective clubs.
Marcos Senesi, Feyenoord's central defender, is added as a novelty since he was never called up before.
Marcos Senesi, defender of Feyenoord, was among the 50 chosen.
Photo: EFE
Same case for Cristian Romero (Atalanta center-back) and Nahuel Molina, former Boca side who is in Udinese.
All of them
are also in the orbit of Fernando Batista for the
Olympic Games.
In turn, another who got into Scaloni's consideration is Fabrizio Angileri, Marcelo Gallardo's left-wing marker for River.
In fact, the
Millionaire
set
has several in the list
.
Milton Casco, a defender who also serves as a midfielder, and Enzo Pérez are the others.
The presence of the experienced midfielder responds to
his great validity at 35 years of age
.
It will be necessary to see if it manages to pass the last filter.
The great level of Enzo Pérez in River at the age of 35 is valued by Scaloni.
Photo: AFP
At the top, everything moves between the usual strikers,
although a window opens for
Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain), who began as part of the replacement in the first matches of the Scaloni era but later, with his departure from Italian football , was left behind.
Now, firm in France, he's being seen, at least.
This list of 50 players is nothing more than a procedure that all the participating teams of the Copa América must carry out, but it serves
to have a
clear
scene
of the squad that Argentina will have to try to re-add
a title in majors after many, many years
.
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