Super Eagles’
opponents, Argentina have named its preliminary 35-man squad for this summer’s
World Cup, Sportinglens.blogspot.com reports.
Argentina will face Eagles in the last Group D match at the Saint Petersburg Stadium on June 26.
Barcelona
forward Lionel Messi, Manchester City’s Sergio Agüero and Inter captain Mauro
Icardi were included in the list.
There is
fierce competition for places among Argentine strikers, and it has been
suggested that the Icardi could miss out.
However, he
has been included in Jorge Sampaoli’s preliminary squad, along with Juventus
pair Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala.
Lautaro
Martinez, who is set to join Inter from Racing Club has also been called.
Sampaoli
must cut his squad to 23 for the tournament itself though, so there are no
guarantees for Icardi, Dybala and Higuain at this stage, all of whom have been
left out of recent squads.
Argentina
preliminary World Cup squad:
Goalkeepers:
Sergio Romero [Manchester United], Wilfredo Caballero [Chelseas], Franco Armani
[River Plate], Nahuel Guzmán [Tigres]
Defenders:
Gabriel Mercado [Sevilla], Federico Fazio [Roma], Marcos Rojo [Manchester
United], Nicolás Otamendi [Manchester City], Ramiro Funes Mori [Everton],
Germán Pezzella [Fiorentina], Nicolás Tagliafico [Ajax], Cristian Ansaldi
[Torino]
Midfielders:
Javier Mascherano [Hebei China Fortune], Eduardo Salvio [Benfica], Marcos Acuña
[Sporting CP], Leandro Paredes [Zenit St Petersburg], Pablo Pérez [Boca
Juniors], Rodrigo Battaglia [Sporting CP], Ever Banega [Sevilla], Enzo Pérez
[River Plate], Lucas Biglia [Milan], Manuel Lanzini [West Ham United], Giovani
Lo Celso [Paris Saint-Germain], Maximiliano Meza [Independiente], Ángel Di
María [Paris Saint-Germain], Diego Perotti [Roma], Guido Pizarro [Sevilla],
Ricardo Centurión [Racing Club]
Forwards:
Lionel Messi [Barcelona], Sergio Agüero [Manchester City], Gonzalo Higuaín
[Juventus], Lautaro Martínez [Racing Club], Cristian Pavón [Boca Juniors],
Paulo Dybala [Juventus], Mauro Icardi [Inter]
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