2024-10-07 15:58:46
Lionel Scaloni finds himself facing a real puzzle. The football weekend left several players summoned for the double qualifying round injured or with discomfort, so the Argentine National Team coach decided on some replacements and has yet to decide whether to add any more players.
After officially disaffecting Nicolás González and Paulo Dybala last Saturday, Scaloni had to do without Germán Pezzella and Marcos Acuña, who were injured in the duel that River played against Platense, and Alejandro Garnacho, who published on his Instagram account that he has a discomfort in his knee that prevented him from traveling to Miami, where the National Team began its preparation for Thursday’s duel against Venezuela.
“I had knee problems in the last two games and I will not be able to be with the National Team, but I hope I can recover to be able to be on the next date,” Garnacho wrote on social networks to explain his absence, just when he could fight for a position. as a starter in the absence of Nico González.
Beyond these confirmed casualties, the Albiceleste coaching staff will also have to follow the evolution of Alexis Mac Allister, who left as a precaution on Saturday in Liverpool’s match against Crystal Palace, although he has already arrived in the United States to join the group. .
Given this scenario, Scaloni has already chosen two replacements: Facundo Buonanotte, scorer of a goal for Leicester this weekend, was summoned to occupy offensive positions, while full-back Julio Soler, a Lanús player and member of the Under 20 National Team that played the Olympic Games will join together to occupy Acuña’s place. It will be necessary to see if any other footballer joins at the last minute for the game on Thursday against Venezuela as a visitor and on Tuesday the 15th against Bolivia at the Monumental.