Lionel Scaloni, Argentine coach, announced on Friday a preliminary list of 35 players with Lionel Messi as the main figure for the Finalissima, Conmebol-UEFA Champions Cup, against Italy on June 1st.
Finalissima will face Argentina, champions of the last Copa América, and Italy, the last winner of the European Championship, at Wembley Stadium.
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) reported that “the final list will be published next weekend.”
Messi, Ángel Di María, Emiliano Martínez, Nicolás Otamendi, Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo De Paul, Lautaro Martínez and all the great Albiceleste figures are part of the call.
Dybala returns and Cuti Romero is gone
Also noteworthy are the returns of Paulo Dybala and Lucas Alario and the calling of Marcos Senesi, who has an Italian passport and can be summoned by the Italian team.
Cristian Romero, who is still not recovering from an iliac crest injury, was also called.
Loas 35 were shortlisted
Goalkeepers: Franco Armani (River Plate), Gerónimo Rulli (Villarreal-ESP), Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa-GBR) and Juan Musso (Atalanta-ITA).
Defenders: Nahuel Molina (Udinese-ITA), Gonzalo Montiel and Marcos Acuña (Sevilla-ESP), Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina-ITA), Germán Pezzella (Real Betis-ESP), Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica-POR), Lisandro Martínez and Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax-NED), Marcos Senesi (Feyenoord-NED), Juan Foyth (Villarreal-ESP), Nehuén Pérez (Udines-ITA) and Cristian Romero (Tottenham-GBR).
Midfielders: Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis-ESP), Leandro Paredes and Ángel Di María (PSG-FRA), Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna-ITA), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton-GBR), Rodrigo De Paul (Atlético de Madrid-ESP) ), Exequiel Palacios (Bayern Leverkusen-GER) and Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham-GBR).
Forward: Lionel Messi (PSG-FRA), Alejandro Gómez and Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla-ESP), Nicolás González (Fiorentina-ITA), Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa-GBR), Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid-ESP), Paulo Dybala (Juventus-ITA), Joaquín Correa (Inter-ITA), Julián Álvarez (River Plate), Lucas Alario (Bayern Leverkusen-GER) and Lautaro Martínez (Inter-ITA).
Source: La Verdad
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