Scaloni leaves Covid and seeks to recover Papu

Of the two Lionels that Argentina did not have on Thursday in its triumph overflowing with personality against Chile at altitude in Calama, it will recover one for the match that it will play on Tuesday at home against Colombia, in Córdoba. Of course it is not Messi, who had not been summoned and is currently at PSG. This is Scaloni, who overcame Covid-19 and may be giving instructions on the same playing field.

Among one of the main objectives of the coach, the intention to recover Alejandro Gómez appears. The Sevilla footballer had been Messi’s replacement against Chile and had rounded off a high-flying first half. However, he suffered many blows and ended up with an ankle so damaged that it reached the size of a tennis ball.

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Nobody dares to say if Papu will be able to start against Colombia at 8:30 p.m. on Argentine Tuesday, at 12:30 a.m. on Spanish Wednesday. The affected area still has a significant degree of inflammation. It will be one of the unknowns. If Alejandro Gómez does not play, Scaloni has other options: Ángel Correa, Paulo Dybala and Lucas Ocampos.

Four casualties due to penalty

This is one of the many questions that the albiceleste DT will have to reveal. Is sure there will be a training with several changes. For different reasons. There are four players who have already been released due to the accumulation of warnings: Rodrigo De Paul, Nicolás Otamendi, Leandro Paredes and Nicolás Tagliafico.

Giovani Lo Celso, Germán Pezzella, Guido Rodríguez and Marcos Acuña would enter their places. One of the substitutes, Alexis Mac Allister, also still cannot be used: a new Covid test returned a positive result.

Test against a Colombia to the limit

After all, it will be another good test for Argentina, which has no urgencies because it is already qualified for the World Cup. The rival will be Colombia, one of the strongest in South America, which is at the limit, today outside the play-off zone. And you need to win.

The albiceleste team knows that it will be another nice opportunity to find out how they respond again without Messi and with a very different formation than the one they approved in Calama. For players who are not sure about the World Cup, it will obviously represent an ultra-valuable opportunity to convince Scaloni.