Friendly. Scaloni gave the list for the team’s friendlies in the United States, with several youth players and a surprise

The national teams turn on the engines for what will be a season with a busy agenda, and the Argentine team is also preparing for a calendar that has, as its main objective, the Copa América in the United States, where it will defend the title won in Brazil in 2019. With the first FIFA window in sight, Lionel Scaloni made official the squad list that will face two friendly matches on American soil. Argentina will face El Salvador and Costa Rica, on the double date this month.

The first of the matches that the albiceleste will play will be against the Salvadorans on March 22 in the stadium Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field while on the 26th they will do it against Costa Rica at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The Costa Ricans replaced Nigeria, who gave up playing the match due to “an administrative problem with visas,” according to the Argentine Football Association (AFA) this Tuesday.

Valentín Barco was one of the figures of the Sub 23 who got the ticket to the Olympic GamesAriana Cubillos – AP

With Lionel Messi confirmed as leader and captain, and Ángel Di María as a historic partner in the Scaloneta exploits, the national coach surprised with some calls that will help him test players who could form the logical replacement. The most striking thing is the presence of Valentín Barco, the former Boca footballer who recently joined Brighton. El Colo had a very good performance in the Under 23 team that in January qualified for the Paris Olympic Games under the guidance of Javier Mascherano.

Other names that Scaloni trusted to continue providing them with experience are Facundo Buonanotte (Barco’s teammate in Brighton), Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) and Valentín Carboni (Monza). And to reinforce the defense, in the absence due to injury of Lisandro Martínez, the name of Marcos Senesi appears, very current in the Premier League, where he wears the Bournemouth shirt.

Marcos Senesi is once again taken into account thanks to his good presence in English footballTwitter @Argentina

The list of those summoned is the following:

Archers

Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)

Franco Armani (River)

Walter Benitez (PSV)

Defenders

Cristian Romero (Tottenham)

Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon)

Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)

Nehuén Pérez (Udinese)

Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth)

Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)

Gaston Pezzella (Betis)

Valentin Boat (Brighton)

Steering wheels

Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)

Rodrigo De Paul (Atlético Madrid)

Leandro Paredes (Rome)

Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)

Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea)

Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham)

Nicolás González (Fiorentina)

Facundo Goodnight (Brighton)

Forwards

Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)

Ángel Di María (Benfica)

Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)

Lautaro Martínez (Inter)

Paulo Dybala (Roma)

Valentin Carboni (Monza)

The next FIFA date, meanwhile, will be from June 3 to 11 and the Albiceleste team will star in the last two games before the Copa América that begins on June 20. Although it was not made official, On June 9, the albiceleste will clash against Ecuador in Chicago and five days later they will do so against Guatemala in Washington.

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