Lionel Scaloni set to leave out players from the domestic league | OneFootball

Lionel Scaloni's coaching staff would not call up local players for the upcoming FIFA date, in which the Argentine national team will play a friendly against Angola.

The decision comes in a particular context, as the national team's tour coincides with a key week for Argentine football, marked by the Superclásico between Boca and River and the conclusion of the last date of the Torneo Clausura, which will determine the qualifiers for the playoffs and international cups.

In recent days, concern had grown in several clubs, especially in Boca, at the possibility that Leandro Paredes would be called up and miss the decisive matches of the championship.

However, according to Olé, the midfielder will remain in the country, along with the rest of the players who play in the Professional League. In this way, Scaloni will maintain his stance of not disrupting local competitions at crucial moments.

During the previous tour in the United States, the coach himself had already anticipated that he would prioritize the schedule of Argentine clubs and avoid call-ups that would create scheduling conflicts. Despite some reports suggesting otherwise, finally neither Paredes nor other local players like Marcos Acuña, Facundo Rivero or Racing's goalkeeper Facundo Cambeses will be included in the list for this international window.

Argentina will face Angola on Friday, November 14 at 1 PM (Argentine time) as part of a new FIFA date.

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