Still without Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero and now minus players from either Boca Juniors or River Plate due to their Copa Libertadores semi-final, Lionel Scaloni has named a new squad for the October friendlies against Germany and Ecuador, report agencies.
A positive international break earlier this month so a number
of the new generation impress and a number will get another opportunity with Argentina set to
face Germany in Dortmund
on October 9th before trave
lling to Spain to play Ecuador on the 13th.
Lautaro Martinez after his hat-trick against Mexico remains the focal point of the attack,
Paulo Dybala gets another
chance to prove his worth and the now familiar faces of Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo de Paul and Nicolas Tagliafico continue to provide the base of Scaloni’s
side.
In the absence of River and Boca players and therefore Franco Armani and Esteban Andrada missing out, Udinese’s Juan Musso and Arsenal backup Emiliano Martínez have seized the chance to join Agustin Marchesin as the three goalkeepers.
River duo Gonzalo Montiel and Lucas Martinez Quarta featured earlier this month and so the
return of Juan Foyth and
Renzo Saravia has the right
side of defence covered while
Grêmio centre back Walter Kannemann comes back into
the squad.
