Recently, coach Lionel Scaloni announced the list of 23 Argentine players who will participate in Copa America 2019. Accordingly, striker Sergio Aguero will return to the Albiceleste squad for the first time since the 2018 VCK World Cup.
In the 2018-2019 season, he and Man City won 4 different titles in England. In the Premier League alone, Aguero has scored 21 goals for Man City.
Despite scoring 11 goals in Serie A this season, Mauro Icardi is not on the list. The problems between him and Inter Milan at the beginning of the year caused this striker to be out of action for up to 53 days. He has only scored 2 goals since returning to the field on April 3.
Meanwhile, his Inter Milan teammate - Lautaro Martinez is lucky to be present in the upcoming training session. The young striker's goals are not as good as Icardi and he has not scored since March 17.
In addition, superstar Lionel Messi will lead the attack of the Argentina team at Copa America 2019. As for Paulo Dybala, although he has only brought Juventus 5 goals after 30 appearances in Serie A this season, coach Scaloni still gave him a chance.
In defense, this strategist surprised Sevilla defender - Gabriel Mercado and named River Plate's Milton Casco, who has not played for Argentina in the past 4 years.
Not only that, he also admitted that he had "blind faith" in Tottenham's centre-back Juan Foyth. Tagliafico ( Ajax) or Nicolas Otamendi (Man City) are other notable defenders of Albiceleste.
Argentina last won the Copa America in 1993. In the last 2 tournaments (2015 and 2016), they both lost to Chile in the final.
In the upcoming tournament in Brazil, Argentina will be in Group B with Colombia, Paraguay and Qatar. They will play their opening match against Colombia at 5:00 a.m. on June 16. To prepare for the tournament, coach Lionel Scaloni and his team will start training from May 27.
List of Argentina's representatives to Copa America 2019:
Goalkeepers: Andrada (Boca), Franco Armani ( River Plate), Marchesin (lub America)
Defenders: Renzo Saravia (Racing Club), Juan Foyth (Tottenham), Nicolas Otamendi (Man City), German Pezzella (Fiorentina), Funes Mori (Villarreal), Nicolas Tagliafico ( Ajax), Milton Casco ( River), Marcos Acuna (Sporting Lisbon)
Midfielders: Exequiel Palacios ( River Plate), Guido Rodriguez (Club America), Leandro Paredes (PSG), Lo Celso (Betis), Roberto Pereyra (Watford), Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese), Di Maria (PSG)
Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Sergio Aguero (Man City), Lautaro Martinez ( Inter Milan), Matias Suarez ( River Plate), Paulo Dybala (Juventus).
