Lionel Scaloni has announced changes to the Argentina national team in the run-up to the match against Peru. The national coach is dissatisfied with two defeats and a draw in the last four international matches. Lionel Messi doesn’t have to worry.
“After the Copa América win, we chose to continue with the same players, also because there was little time to fit in new players,” Scaloni explained his selection policy in recent months. ‘But that will change in 2025: we need everyone again. We are going to look again at the level of all players.’
Argentina’s internationals have been warned in the run-up to the match against Peru, but Messi is an exception to the renewed selection policy. ‘Leo always plays, even when he needs rest. He has also played a lot of games, with a Copa América in the middle of the season. It is difficult for him to play at 100 percent of his ability. He’s had an injury, but overall he’s done well for us.”
Messi is not the only international with privileges, because Gonzalo Montiel is also a player whom Scaloni praises. And while he has only played a hundred minutes at Sevilla this season. ‘But when you see him training and playing, it is very difficult to keep him aside. This is a special case. Gonzalo is very popular in the group and we would like to take him with us, also because of how he is in the group and trains. That’s incredible. Plus, he delivered every time he competed.”
The Argentinians from the current selection can still show themselves against Peru in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. In addition to the Copa América, Argentina also won the 2022 World Cup with most of the current selection.
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