A Diego Simeone dilemma impacts Argentina squad selection for November | OneFootball

Diego Simeone’s Atlético de Madrid will face Union Saint-Gilloise this Tuesday, November 4th, at the Metropolitano Stadium, their opponent for the fourth matchday of the UEFA Champions League group stage. It’s a match in which they need a win to make up for the points dropped at the Emirates Stadium after falling 4-0 to Arsenal (in addition, they also lost on the first matchday in Liverpool).

For this match, Cholo has one main doubt when forming his starting eleven. It concerns Nicolás González, a regular starter as a left midfielder for the Colchoneros, who suffered a knock last weekend in the match against Sevilla. This is the reason why he might miss the international clash.

In the same vein, if it is confirmed that he is not fit to play, the former Fiorentina and Juventus player would be considered a loss for the squad list that Lionel Scaloni is preparing for the match that the Argentina National Team will play against Angola next Friday, November 14th, in the city of Luanda.

Although the match against the African side is only a friendly, the idea of the Albiceleste coaching staff is to experiment during the last FIFA date of 2025, in order to draw conclusions ahead of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

In that same sense, it is worth mentioning that Lionel Scaloni’s plan is to have most of the players he intends to take to the World Cup available for the March FIFA date, when it is believed that two matches will be played, one of them being the Finalissima against the Spain National Team (pending confirmation from UEFA and Conmebol).

Atlético de Madrid needs a win to climb the Champions League table Atlético de Madrid needs to beat Belgium’s Union Saint-Gilloise this Tuesday, November 4th, to improve their position in the UEFA Champions League group stage standings. So far, due to defeats against Liverpool (3-2) and Arsenal (4-0), and a 5-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt, the Rojiblancos are in 19th place, so for now they would have to play in the Play Offs to fight for a spot in the Round of 16.

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