The 11 big names missing from Argentina’s squad for the October FIFA break | OneFootball

Just as Lionel Scaloni's call-up for the friendly matches that the Argentine National Team will play this month, against Venezuela and Puerto Rico, includes three absolute newcomers like Lautaro Rivero, Facundo Cambeses, and Aníbal Moreno; it also has significant absences with which a complete lineup could even be formed.

In that sense, eleven footballers who have already had more than one experience under the orders of the World Cup-winning coach in Qatar will not be able to score points this month thinking about gaining ground to be able to get on the definitive list of footballers who will play the 2026 World Cup.

Among those absent, there are several who could not be eligible for Scaloni because they are injured: this is the case of Exequiel Palacios, who will not return to the fields until the beginning of next year; Lisandro Martínez, who is going through the final stretch of his recovery from his anterior cruciate ligament injury; Facundo Medina, who was going to be part of the squad and was ruled out due to a recent ankle sprain; and Juan Foyth, who suffered a muscle injury facing Osasuna last Saturday, September 20.

A footballer who returned to train with the group this same Friday after injuring himself last month is Paulo Dybala, who even when he could return to play for Roma this Sunday against Fiorentina in Serie A was again left out of a call-up with the Argentine National Team.

Already for reasons exclusively related to a decision of the coach, either because they did not meet expectations when they were required or because there is a need to observe other footballers in action, other important absences for the friendlies against Venezuela and Puerto Rico are Valentín Barco, Alejandro Garnacho, Matías Soulé, Claudio Echeverri, Valentín Carboni, and Facundo Buonanotte.

Almada, present

A footballer who has not yet returned to play for his club since he was injured but is part of Lionel Scaloni's call-up is Thiago Almada, because even when he might not add a single minute he was summoned by the coach to continue strengthening the relationship and interaction with a group in which he has been assigned a prominent place.

When does the Argentine National Team play its FIFA Date matches?

The first of the commitments that the Argentine National Team will play in the FIFA Date of October will be next Friday 10, from 21.00, against Venezuela at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Then, on Monday 13, they will face Puerto Rico from 20.00 at the Sol

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