Argentina trains with two casualties and waiting for Messi, Paredes and Di María

Argentina He had his first training session this Monday with a view to Friday’s game against Venezuela for the seventeenth date of the qualifiers to Qatar 2022 and with the last minute casualties of Lisandro Martinez and Lautaro Martinez and without Lionel Messi, Leandro Paredes and Angel Di Mariawhich will be added on Tuesday.

the defender Lisandro Martinez was called off due to a muscle injury in the hamstrings of his left leg and striker Lautaro Martinez He tested positive for coronavirus hours before traveling to his native country.

Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez, Cristian Romero, Giovani Lo Celso and Emiliano Buendíasuspended by FIFA, will also not be able to play against Venezuela on Friday.

These casualties are added to those of Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gomez and Marcos Acunaruled out due to injury.

Messi will arrive this Tuesday morning Argentina beside Paredes and Di Mariahis colleagues in the PSGand in the afternoon they will participate in practice.

Messi returns to the Albiceleste after missing the previous days, before Chile and Colombiato recover from coronavirus.

The albiceleste captain is going through a flu picture and Say Maria is not in optimal physical condition, so it is expected that the only one of the three who will start on Friday will be Walls.

Argentinaalready qualified for the Qatar World Cup, will receive Venezuela this Friday at the Bombonera at 23:30 GMT and will visit Ecuador four days later.

Then the suspended game will be played against Brazill, on a date to be confirmed.

The training this Monday, as reported by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) through its website, it was divided into “two batches”.

“The initial part was done in the gym (those who played in the last few hours did all the routine there) and the second on the playing field,” detailed the GRANDPA.

“The second block lasted 35 minutes and, after some coordination work, Lionel Scaloni focused the practice on tactical movements in reduced space”, says the text.

If there are no surprises, the starting goalkeeper against Venezuela will be Franco Armani.

Nahuel Molina, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi and Nicolás Tagliafico They would be the defenders.

Rodrigo DePaul and Leandro Paredes will play in midfield, probably alongside Exequiel Palacios or Manuel Lanzini.

The area with the most doubts is the front: Nicolas Gonzalez, Angel Correa and Joaquin Correa They are the most likely to appear in the starting eleven.

Even with one meeting less, Brazil leads the South American qualifiers with 39 points, followed by Argentina with 35. Then there are Ecuador (25) and Uruguay (22) in the direct qualifying zone, Peru (21), who would play a playoff, and behind them are Chile (19), Colombia (17), Bolivia (15), Paraguay (13) and Venezuela (10).

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