Thiago Almada entered this Thursday in the list of Argentina for the Qatar World Cup 2022as announced by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), shortly after announcing that Joaquín Correa was out for the tournament due to injury.
This replacement in the list of Lionel Scaloni was not the only one of the day, since Shortly before, it was announced that Ángel Correa was joining the 26 chosen due to Nico González’s injurywho said goodbye to the dream of Qatar.
“The player Joaquín Correa will also be released from the World Cup squad due to injury. The replacement will be informed in the next few hours,” the AFA explained in a first message on Twitter.
Less than an hour later, the inclusion of Thiago Almada was announced, 21-year-old player for Atlanta United, of the North American MLS.
“Soccer player Thiago Almada joins the World Cup squad”, it was pointed out in a short message also on Twitter.
Joaquín Correa, from Inter Milan, reportedly ended the friendly won 5-0 on Wednesday by the Albiceleste in the United Arab Emirates with pain in one of his legs, although the AFA did not specify the nature of the problem.
According to the regulation, The teams can make changes due to injury to their squad lists of 26 up to one day before the date of their first match in the World Cup, In the case of Argentina, it will be on Tuesday the 22nd against Saudi Arabia.
The ex-footballer from Vélez Sarsfield, like Enzo Fernández, He debuted in the senior team in the last friendly tour in the United States. On that occasion, he played 36 minutes in the 3-0 win against Honduras on September 23 of this year. “(Almada) He has a lot of freshness, he is a very fast player, rogue, who is not afraid of anything and always faces”assured Lionel Messi after the game.
The soccer player was considered until the last moment in the list of 26 called for the World Cup, but once the names were known, the man born in Fuerte Apache traveled to the country to enjoy his family and friends. In addition to playing with his representative Jiménez and Ángel Correa, the midfielder shared an informal game with friends from his neighborhood. “Football and friends” he wrote in the caption of the image he shared on Instagram.
lanation