Paulo Dybala and Angel Di Maria have been included in coach Lionel Scaloni’s 26-man Argentina World Cup squad on Friday after recovering from accidents however there was no place for Giovani Lo Celso. Captain Lionel Messi will lead the squad in Qatar at his fifth and possibly final World Cup. Last month, Roma ahead Dybala injured his thigh and Juventus winger Di Maria pulled his hamstring, seemingly placing their World Cup participation unsure. But Scaloni has determined to deliver each regardless of neither enjoying in nearly a month.

However, Villarreal midfielder Lo Celso, on mortgage from Tottenham, misses out as he wants surgical procedure on his hamstring harm.

“They are all proud to be picked and to wear this jersey,” stated Scaloni of these chosen.

Argentina are on a formidable run of 35 matches unbeaten and received the Copa America final 12 months, defeating hosts Brazil 1-0 within the last on the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.

They haven’t received the World Cup because the late Diego Maradona impressed them to victory in 1986, though they misplaced two finals to Germany in 1990 (then West Germany) and 2014.

“We are in a good moment with Argentina, the people are expectant, they are restless, they think we’ve already brought home the cup but it’s not so easy,” stated Messi, 35, not too long ago.

Two-time champions Argentina start their World Cup marketing campaign in Group C towards Saudi Arabia on November 22 earlier than additional clashes with Mexico and Poland.

Full squad:

Goalkeepers: Franco Armani (River Plate), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa/ENG), Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal/ESP)

Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla/ESP), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid/ESP), German Pezzella (Real Betis/ESP), Cristian Romero (Tottenham/ENG), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica/POR), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United/ENG), Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon/FRA), Marcos Acuna (Sevilla/ESP), Juan Foyth (Villarreal/ESP)

Midfielders: Leandro Paredes (Juventus/ITA), Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis/ESP), Enzo Fernandez (Benfica/POR), Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Alejandro Gomez (Sevilla/ESP), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton/ENG)

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Forwards: Paulo Dybala (Roma/ITA), Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Angel Di Maria (Juventus/ITA), Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina/ITA), Joaquin Correa (Inter Milan/ITA), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan/ITA), Julian Alvarez (Manchester City/ENG)

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