The Argentina team has been announced for the October World Cup qualifiers and Ángel Di María is not included.
Ángel Di María does not make the team due to an injury but coach Lionel Scaloni has made a few changes to the team which was called up for the September World Cup qualifiers. Three players are called up for the first time and are expected to train with the youth team.
Argentina national team coach has called up Carlos Alcaraz of Southampton, Facundo Farías of Inter Miami and Marco Pellegrino of AC Milan. Paulo Dybala also returns, as does Lucas Martínez Quarta of Fiorentina.
Here are the players called for the two World Cup qualifying matches against Paraguay and Peru:
Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Franco Armani (River Plate)
Juan Musso (Atalanta)
Walter Benítez (PSV)
Defenders:
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham Forest)
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Marco Pellegrino (AC Milan)
Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Lucas Esquivel (Athletico Paranaense)
Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton)
Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Thiago Almada (Atlanta United)
Bruno Zapelli (Athletico Paranaense)
Forwards:
Paulo Dybala (AS Roma)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Facundo Farías (Inter Miami)
Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Nicolás González (Fiorentina)
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)
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