Argentina back in training, all eyes on Ecuador | OneFootball

After thrashing Venezuela in the last game for Lionel Messi's points in the country, Scaloni's team wants to end the Qualifiers in the best way possible and several names are asking for a chance.

The Argentina National Team returned to training after thrashing Venezuela and is already thinking about the visit to Ecuador, a match that will mark the end of their participation in the Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

Knowing that Lionel Messi will not be part of the match, Lionel Scaloni has not yet proposed a probable team but several key figures from the squad who were preserved against Vinotinto at the Monumental are starting to ask for a chance.

Thinking about the visit to Sebastián Beccacece's Tri, who also managed to secure their qualification to the World Cup next year, it is expected that Lautaro Martínez and Alexis Mac Allister will make it into the starting eleven.

El Toro came on in the second half and scored the 2-0 in his first intervention, while the Liverpool midfielder did not add any minutes after arriving late from England and a few days after finishing the recovery process from a muscle discomfort, a certain change in a half of the field where a strong rotation is expected.

There will also be changes in the defense as Cristian "Cuti" Romero will not be part of the trip to Quito. In this scenario, the one who has all the chips to replace him is Leonardo Balerdi, who seeks to consolidate himself as a replacement piece after his memorable great game against Chile last June.

With Messi's departure, it is also expected that Franco Mastantuono will leave the starting lineup and there are still no certainties about whether Julián Álvarez will also leave the team or if he repeats to grease the partnership with Lautaro Martínez on the field, a pair of central attackers that Scaloni has already warned that "they can play together" if necessary.

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