Convocated from the Argentine National Team for the VS. Uruguay, for the qualifiers 2026

With many casualties and two of them very important such as Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martínez, the Argentine National Team visits Uruguay on Friday for the South American qualifiers with the aim of taking another step towards the United States-Canad-Mexico 2026.

The coach Lionel Scaloni has available to 25 players of the 33 that initially included in the pre -prelist. In addition to the captain and the ‘bull’, they got off the call for injury Giovani Lo Celso, Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Montiel. Francisco Ortega (Olympiakos), Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) and Claudio ‘Diablito’ Echeverri (Manchester City) They were discarded in advance.

«We knew there were several players touched and that we could lose them. It has happened and that is what we have to think about what we have,» said the DT at the previous press conference. And he expanded: “It is true that always, and more now at the moment we are, It is a overwhelming season for players. We are aware of that. To face the game with the best we have and without complaints. ”

Even so, Scaloni has many world champions and names that are a fixed Like archers Emiliano Martínez and Gerónimo Rulli; The defenders Nahuel Molina, Cristian ‘Cuti’ Romero, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi and Nicolás Tagliafico; The midfielders Leandro Paredes, Enzo Fernández, Rodrigo de Paul, Exequiel Palacios and Alexis Mac Allister; and the strikers Nicolás González and Julián Álvarez. The novelties were the returns of Juan Foyth and Angel Correa And surprises, meanwhile, Bologna soccer players Benjamín Domínguez and Santiago Castroboth of great present in the Italian club.

THE SELECTIONS OF Uruguay and Argentina face this Friday In the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo With arbitration of Paraguayan Juan Benítez at the close of date 13 of the South American qualifiers to the United States-Mexico-Canada 2026. The meeting starts at 20.30 and It is broadcast on television through TyC Sports and Telefé, channels that can be tuned online on FLOW, DGO, TELECENTE Play, TYC Sports Play and Mitelefé platforms. In addition, in Canchallena.com You can follow the minute by minute with updated information and statistics instantly.

The team of Marcelo Bielsa It is escort in the classification with 20 points thanks to five wins, the same amount of equality and two losses and is very close to obtaining the pass to the ecumenical appointment. In fact, you can achieve this in this window of meetings – then you will visit Bolivia – and wants to defeat the albiceleste again to get even more to the target and, above all, ratify its good present after a cup America 2024 bittersweet for the elimination in semifinals with Colombia and a very irregular last year closing.

Without weight loss, the Rosario coach has available to all the country’s figures and several of them are holders. They stand out Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), Ronaldo Araújo (Barcelona), José María Giménez (Atlético Madrid), Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo), Manuel Ugarte (Manchester United), Nicolás de la Cruz (Flamengo) and Darwin Núñez (Liverpool). In addition, there are names present and past in Argentine football as Nahitan Nández, Marcelo Saracchi and the goalkeeper Santiago Mele.

The cast led by Lionel Scaloni Lead the table of positions comfortably with 25 points product of eight victories, a draw and three falls. Beyond the result you obtain against the Celeste, it will continue at the top and in the next meeting -Vs. Brazil- You can secure your ticket to the World Cup.

The classic of the Río de la Plata between Argentina and Uruguay is the game that was most played between two selectedaccording to data from the International Football Federation (FIFA), with 213 meetings. In the general history, The Albiceleste set has advantage with 96 victories against 64 of the Celeste. They matched 53 times.

The last time they met was in November 2024 at La Bombonera for the first wheel of the same championship with a triumph of Celeste 2 to 0 by the goals of Ronald Araújo and Darwin Núñez.

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