Lionel Messi headlines the Argentina squad for three South
American World Cup qualifiers in October announced on Monday.
The Argentines are away to Paraguay on October 7 before
hosting Uruguay three days later and wrapping up against Peru on October 14,
also in Buenos Aires.
Argentina, with 18 points, are second in the standings
behind Brazil, who have amassed 24 points in eight matches.
The 2022 World Cup will feature 32 teams and is to be held
in Qatar between November 21 and December 18.
Three Premier League players — Aston Villa goalkeeper
Emiliano Martinez and Tottenham pair Giovani Lo Celso and Cristian Romero — are
in the Argentina squad even though the country is on Britain’s coronavirus
travel red list.
Travellers from red-listed countries must quarantine for 10
days after arriving in the UK.
Villa and Tottenham each have top-flight fixtures on the
weekend of October 16/17.
Most English clubs refused to release players called up by
South American countries for qualifiers staged earlier this month but Martinez,
Villa team-mate Emiliano Buendia, Lo Celso and Romero were permitted to join up
with their national team.
That led to the dramatic abandonment of Argentina’s
qualifier against Brazil in Sao Paulo when health officials came onto the pitch
to stop the match, saying the England-based players needed to quarantine.
The quartet returned to Britain via Croatia to avoid having
to quarantine.
Argentina squad
Goalkeepers: Franco Armani (River Plate), Emiliano Martinez
(Aston Villa/ENG), Juan Musso (Atalanta/ITA), Esteban Andrada (Monterrey/MEX)
Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla/ESP), Nahuel Molina
Lucero (Udinese/ITA), Juan Foyth (Villarreal/ESP), Lucas Martinez Quarta
(Fiorentina/ITA), German Pezzella (Real Betis/ESP), Cristian Romero
(Tottenham/ENG), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica/POR), Lisandro Martinez (Ajax/NED),
Marcos Acuna (Sevilla/ESP), Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax/NED)
Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Exequiel
Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA),
Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis/ESP), Nicolas Dominguez (Bologna/ITA), Giovani Lo
Celso (Tottenham/ENG), Alejandro Gomez (Sevilla/ESP)
Forwards: Angel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Lucas
Alario (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Paulo Dybala (Juventus/ITA), Lionel Messi (Paris
Saint-Germain/FRA), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan/ITA), Angel Correa (Atletico
Madrid/ESP), Joaquin Correa (Inter Milan/ITA), Nicolas Gonzalez
(Fiorentina/ITA), Julian Alvarez (River Plate)
(AFP)
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