Argentina call-up: Messi returns, ‘Dibu’ is not there and a former Madrid player is the big surprise

Juan Musso, Nahuel Molina, Rodrigo de Paul and Julian Alvarezplayers of Atlético de Madrid; Gonzalo Montiel, from Sevilla, and Giovani Lo Celso, from Betiswas summoned by the Argentine coach, Lionel Scalonifor battles against Venezuela and Boliviafrom the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

the captain, Lionel Messi, He will once again command the ‘Albiceleste’, which will be without its star goalkeeper Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martínez and the young promise will be released Nicolas Paz.

The Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni sent the list of 27 summoned to face Vinotinto next Thursday, October 10 at the Monumental de Maturín in Monagas and on Tuesday the 15th of the same month at home at Mâs Monumental de Buenos Aires in front of the Green.

Messi will return to the senior team, after recovering from an ankle injury sustained in the 1-0 victory over Colombia in the final of America’s Cup in the middle of this year, after going through many games with Inter Miami.

For his part, the ‘draw’ there will be no substitute and the technical director calls Geronimo Rulli of Olympique, Juan Musso of Atlético Madrid and Walter Benítez of PSV to compete for ownership of the fences.

Martinez He was suspended for two dates after he touched a television camera following him minutes after Los cafeteros broke the undefeated record of Argentina 2-1 on the eighth day of the South American qualifiers.

“I accept the sanction of FIFA and I apologize if I offended anyone, the moment of celebration is to make many children smile and not to disrespect anyone. “I will support my friends on this FIFA date in the pain of not being able to be there,” the Aston Villa goalkeeper wrote on his social networks about it.

The surprise among those called up was the offensive midfielder Nicolas Paz of Como 1907 of the Italian first division, which attracted the attention of Scaloni Due to his performance at his previous club, the real Madridwhere he became the second youngest Argentine – after Messi – to score a goal in the UEFA Champions League.

At 20 years old, Peace He had his first brush with Javier Mascherano’s youth Albiceleste in 2022, who also called him up for the roster ahead of the U-20 World Cup held in Argentina, but he was not loaned out by real Madrid.

After its only loss, the senior team continues to hold the classification with six wins and 18 points, followed by its second team Colombia with 16 and Uruguay with 15 points.

List of those summoned by Scaloni:

Goalkeepers: Gerónimo Rulli (Olympique Marseille-FRA), Walter Benítez (PSV Eindhoven-NED) and Juan Musso (Atlético de Madrid-ESP).

Defenses: Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla-ESP), Nahuel Molina (Atlético de Madrid-ESP), Cristian Romero (Tottenham-GBR), Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille-FRA), Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United-GBR), Germán Pezzella (River Plate) , Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica-POR), Marcos Acuña (River Plate) and Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon-FRA).

Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul (Atlético de Madrid-ESP), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool-GBR), Leandro Paredes (Roma-ITA), Enzo Fernández (Chelsea-GBR), Giovani Lo Celso (Betis-ESP) and Thiago Almada (Botafogo- BRA).

Faces: Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United-GBR), Nicolás González (Juventus-ITA), Nicolás Paz (Como 1907-ITA), Paulo Dybala (Roma-ITA), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami- USA), Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan-ITA ) ), Julián Álvarez (Atlético de Madrid-ESP) and Valentín Carboni (Olympique Marseille-FRA).