Argentina national team finalizes list for Copa America 2016
Coach Gerardo Martino has announced the list of 23 players who will join the Argentina national team to compete in the 2016 Copa America in the US.
Among the 23 players just selected by the 53-year-old coach, there are two regrettable absences compared to the preliminary list. That is the case of Juventus star Paulo Dybala and Boca Juniors player Carlos Tevez, both of whom are in quite good form for their clubs.
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| Dybala did not participate in Copa America to save energy for the Olympics. (Photo: Getty). |
According to some sources, this was in the calculation of coach Martino because Dybala is only 23 years old this year and will be used at the Rio Olympics 2016. In addition, Pablo Zabaleta, Ezequiel Garay, Ángel Correa are also famous players but did not make it to the final list.
Without Dybala and Tevez, coach Martino still has no shortage of options in attack as he still has superstar Messi and excellent satellites around him such as Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain, Nicolas Gaitan, Angel Di Maria and Erik Lamela. Argentina will be in the same group with Panama, Bolivia and Chile in this year's Copa America./.
Specific list of Argentina national team:
Goalkeeper:Mariano Andujar (Estudiantes), Nahuel Guzman (Club Tigres), Sergio Romero (Manchester United)
Defender:Victor Cuesta (Independiente), Ramiro Funes Mori (Everton), Jonathan Maidana (River), Gabriel Mercado (River), Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City), Marcos Rojo (Manchester United), Facundo Roncaglia (Fiorentina)
Midfielder:Ever Banega (Sevilla), Lucas Biglia (Lazio), Augusto Fernandez (Atletico Madrid), Matias Kranevitter (Atletico Madrid), Erik Lamela (Tottenham), Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Javier Pastore (Paris Saint-Germain)
Forward:Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Angel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain), Nicolas Gaitan (Benfica), Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Hebei Fortune), Lionel Messi (Barcelona).
According to VOV
