Argentina national football team but the common tongue is La Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blues) is one of the most popular football team in the world. Not in recent time but from the beginning of their journey. Generations after generations, from the squad, a number of top-rated footballers presented their magic skills in front of the world. Today, we will describe the Argentina team squad for Copa America.
However, the team Argentina is quite successful too if we look at their previous ratio in different competitions. They have touched the most prestigious football title FIFA World Cup twice times and one of them came by the hand of Diego Maradona in 1986. It was their 2nd time. The first time of FIFA World Cup title came to the nation in 1978 when Daniel Passarella was the skipper of the team. Now, it is modern days. And, the great forward Lionel Messi is leading the team. However, our today’s topic is different. Here we are analyzing the Argentina team squad for Copa America.
# Argentina Team Squad (CA Possible Line Up):
- Goalkeeper – Emiliano Martinez, Juan Musso, Geronimo Rulli, Franco Armani.
- Defender – Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico, Gonzalo Montiel, Marcos Senesi, Cristian Romero, German Pezzella, Lisandro Martinez, Marcos Acuna, Nehuen Perez, Nahuel Molina.
- Midfielder – Angel Di Maria, Giovani Lo Celso, Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese), Guido Rodriguez, Alexis Mac Allister, Exequiel Palacios, Alejandro Gomez, Joaquin Correa.
- Forward – Lionel Messi (Captain), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Angel Correa, Nicolas Gonzalez, Paulo Dybala, Julian Alvarez.
[As soon as the confirmed squad will be revealed, we will update here]
# Coaching Staff:
- Head coach – Lionel Scaloni
- Assistant Coaches – Pablo Aimar, Roberto Ayala, Walter Samuel
- Analyst – Matias Manna
- Fitness Coach – Luis Martin
- Goalkeeping Coach – Martin Tocalli
From the above-indexed Arnetina team squad for Copa America, we can see that the team management has brought three goalkeepers. Yes, of course, the squad has not been finalised yet. The squad we presented above has confirmed the next matches.
But one thing has been certain of it. Most of the players will remain the same as above-listed. A couple of new faces might be added for the upcoming Copa America tournament.
# Tournament History:
Now, when we look at the statistics of the Argentina team in Copa America, they are one of the two most successful team in the competition. La Albiceleste has won the tournament a total of 14 times when just one team is ahead of them. But the last time they managed the title in 1993. However, they played the final for the last time in 2016. Now, considering the overall performance in CA, the team is the most successful in the South American competition. They have played the final the highest 29 times and became 3rd five more times.
Now, the upcoming episode will take place at their home venue and so, under the charge of Lionel Messi, it will be a great chance to lift the trophy after a long time.
# Strength of the Team:
The team Argentina is now a balanced squad though the picture was not the same as now before. After Lionel Scaloni took control of the squad, he is giving more chances to the young players and determined to make a strong squad for future tournaments. The team is not completely ready yet but Messi is there as the captain.
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The defence is not too balanced now and most of the time, the team depends on Nicolas Otamendi but in the midfield and forward sections, they are the best we can say that. PSG’s Di Maria has returned to the squad along with his clubmate Leandro Paredes. Besides, alongside Messi, the team has Lautaro Martinez, Lucas Ocampos and some other young talents. However, Sergio Aguero and Paulo Dybala will be added there hopefully.
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