Who Are in Argentina World Cup Final Squad: List of 28 Players and Missing Out

Jenny Lee November 10, 2022 | 08:35

The Argentina team closes the list but with 28 players to attend the 2022 World Cup because coach Lionel Scaloni is still waiting for the situation of Giovani Lo Celso and Paulo Dybala.

Argentina World Cup 2022 Final Squad

The official list of Argentina for the 2022 World Cup will be drawn for the last time, from 28 to 26 players on November 13, meaning Argentina needs to eliminate 2 more players. Currently, Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni is waiting for the status of Angel Di Maria and Paulo Dybala to make an official decision.

Argentina, along with France and Brazil, is considered the leading title candidate at the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Under coach Scaloni, Argentina is unbeaten since July 2019 and the tournament in Qatar will be Messi's last chance to raise the world championship. They will open the World Cup with a match against Saudi Arabia at 5pm on November 22.

European Club Dominate Argentina Wordl Cup Team

All the stars of Albiceleste are playing in Europe, including 11 players who are playing in La Liga, followed by Serie A (6 people), 5 in the English Premier League, Ligue 1 ( France) has only Messi and Tagliafico, and the Portuguese league has Enzo Fernandez, Otamendi and Exequiel Palacios in the Bundesliga.

The pillars of the Argentina team include captain Lionel Messi, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, defenders Lisandro Martinez, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Tagliafico, midfielders Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes or strikers Lautaro Martinez, Angel Di Maria are all named.

In the list of 28 players, coach Scaloni has locked three goalkeepers, Emiliano Martinez, Geronimo Rulli and Franco Armani. In particular, Martinez has been Argentina's number one goalkeeper for many years and made a great contribution to the Copa America 2021 championship and the 2022 Intercontinental Cup.

Coach Scaloni also named two pillars Giovani Lo Celso and Paulo Dybala in the list of 28 players, although both are injured. It is expected that on November 20, Argentina will cross out the names of 2 players before finalizing the 26-faced squad for the 2022 World Cup. Dybala will be available in time when he has recovered from injury almost 100%.

Full List of 28 Argentina Players for the 2022 World Cup

Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martinez, Geronimo Rulli, Franco Armani.

Defenders: Nahuel Molina, Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian Romero, German Pezzella, Nicolas Otamendi, Lisandro Martinez, Marcos Acuna, Nicolas Tagliafico, Juan Foyth.

Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso, Alexis Mac Allister, Guido Rodriguez, Papu Gomez, Enzo Fernandez, Exequiel Palacios.

Forwards: Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez, Angel Di Maria, Julian Alvarez, Paulo Dybala, Nicolas Gonzalez, Angel Correa, Joaquin Correa.

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Missing Out World Cup 2022

In the Argentina team for the 2022 World Cup, rising star Thiago Almada, who is playing in the US, was also eliminated, but on the backup list. Similarly, most of the domestic players are absent except for River Plate goalkeeper Franco Armani.

Almost Argentina will not have Lo Celso because of a more serious injury than expected, and coach Lionel Scaloni will remove 1 defender.

The Argentina team will gather from November 14 and play a friendly match with the UAE on November 16 in Abu Dhabi before playing the opening match in Group C of the 2022 World Cup against Saudi Arabia at 5:00 p.m. on November 22. Saudi Arabia has just played a friendly against Iceland 1-0, and will still play Panama on November 10, Croatia on November 16 before meeting Argentina.