06/06/2021 13:06
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 06/06/2021 14:09
A good and a bad one for Lionel Scaloni and the Argentine National Team with a view to Tuesday's match against Colombia, in Barranquilla, for the eighth day of the South American Qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. coronavirus and the tests of Franco Armani and Gonzalo Montiel, the two players on the squad who had Covid a couple of weeks ago in the massive outbreak of River, delivered disparate results.
The goalkeeper tested positive again and will not be able to travel to Colombia this Sunday when everything indicated that he would regain ownership after the DT tested Emiliano Martínez, from Aston Villa, in the duel against Chile.
This is a warning sign, as there is barely a week to go before the America's Cup begins.
There is concern in the environment of Armani, who this Monday will go to the Rossi Clinic to do a private study and contrast it with the laboratory provided by Conmebol.
Different is the case of Montiel, who tested negative and may be available to the coach.
In fact, there are great chances that Montiel will start at the Metropolitano stadium instead of Juan Foyth, with a discreet performance in Santiago del Estero.
The plane with the delegation will depart at 3 pm from Ezeiza Airport and will train in the afternoon on Monday, after a virtual conference by Scaloni.
The DT declared that "under no circumstances will the result with Chile (a pale 1-1) change what the team had decided to do in Barranquilla."
"We will evaluate the situation and how all the players are," he said without specifying changes in the virtual press conference.
It is estimated that Montiel's entry will not be the only one who is in the head of the coach, who will also be able to count on Nicolás Otamendi - he fulfilled the suspension date - and Sergio Agüero, who will surely go to the substitute bench.
Other frequent starters who could now be among the 11 are Nicolás González (Stuttgart, Germany), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany) and Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham, England).
Argentina, with 11 points, is second in the South American Qualifiers, behind Brazil, which has an ideal score of 15, with dates 5 and 6 still pending.
