Scaloni set to trim squad for World Cup qualifiers: who could miss out | OneFootball

Scaloni will have to reduce the list of players called up for the matches against Venezuela and Ecuador in the final double matchday of the Qualifiers, and several footballers are vying for a spot.

The curtain is falling on the South American Qualifiers and the 2026 World Cup is looming ever closer on the horizon. There are only two matchdays left to close the classification and Lionel Scaloni has already announced the Argentina National Team's call-ups to host Venezuela and visit Ecuador. Although the most important thing is still missing: the cut to shape the final list.

The preliminary list currently has 31 footballers and some of those who are part of it, despite having received the call from the coaching staff, will be left out of this last double matchday, on Thursday, September 4 against Vinotinto at the Monumental and on Tuesday, 9 against Tri in Guayaquil.

Nothing is yet defined but there are four who are fighting to make the cut and defend the Scaloneta's jersey in the coming days. They are Julio Soler (Bournemouth), Alan Varela (Porto), Claudio Echeverri (Bayer Leverkusen) and José Manuel López (Palmeiras). None of them have made their debut in the Major.

The former Lanús player's stay on the list is difficult considering that the two usual left backs have been called up, Nicolás Tagliafico and Marcos Acuña, as well as Facundo Medina, who played in that position in the last clash with Colombia in Núñez.

Diablito, newly arrived in the Bundesliga after playing sporadically for the Citizens, also has it complicated due to the overpopulation of players in his position. In the case of the Boca graduate, master and lord of the Portuguese team's midfield, he can dream of a place on the bench due to the absence of Enzo Fernández through suspension. While Flaco, top scorer in Brazil, dreams of being an option in the attack front.

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