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Messi to Lead Argentina's Squad for March's International Friendlies


Sat 04 Mar 2023 | 11:14 AM
Soccer Football - World Cup - Group D - Argentina vs Iceland - Spartak Stadium, Moscow, Russia - June 16, 2018   Iceland's Hannes Por Halldorsson saves a penalty taken  Argentina's Lionel Messi    REUTERS/Albert Gea
Soccer Football - World Cup - Group D - Argentina vs Iceland - Spartak Stadium, Moscow, Russia - June 16, 2018 Iceland's Hannes Por Halldorsson saves a penalty taken Argentina's Lionel Messi REUTERS/Albert Gea
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On Friday, Argentina's national football team coach Lionel Scaloni announced the 35-player squad for upcoming international friendlies. The Squad was headed by 2022 The Best winner Lionel Messi.

Argentina will have two international friendlies with Panama on March 23, and Curacao on 28.

The upcoming friendlies will be first appearances for Argentina after capturing the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar last December. 

Regarding the world champions squad, it is as follows:

Goalkeepers

Franco Armani (River Plate), Geronimo Rulli (Ajax), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa).

Defenders

Juan Foyth (Villarreal), Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), Nehuen Perez (Udinese), German Pezzella (Real Betis), Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United), Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon), Marcos Acuna (Sevilla), Lautaro Blanco (Elche)

Midfielders

Leandro Paredes (Juventus), Guido Fernandez (Real Betis), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea), Maximo Perrone (Manchester City), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico), Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton & Hove Albion), Thiago Almada (Atlanta United), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), Angel Di Maria (Juventus), Angel Correa (Atletico), Emiliano Buendia (Aston Villa), Valentin Carboni (Inter Milan)

Attackers

Lionel Messi (PSG), Paulo Dybala (AS Roma), Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Julian Alvarez (Manchester City), Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorientina), Alejandro Gomez (Sevilla)