Copa America: Ocampos & Foyth miss out as Scaloni name Argentina squad
Sevilla winger Lucas Ocampos along with defender Juan Foyth has been left out of Argentina's Copa America squad as Lionel Scaloni finalized his plans for the tournament in Brazil.
Under the captaincy of
Lionel Messi
, Argentina will be hoping to seek their first continental title since 1993.
Argentina will open Group B campaign against
Chile
on Monday in Rio de Janeiro. Then they will face
Uruguay
,
Paraguay
, and
Bolivia
in Group B of the South American championship. They were due to be co-hosts of the tournament but COVID-19 factors saw it move to Brazil at late notice.
Defender
Juan Foyth
and striker
Lucas Ocampos
are the most notable absentees from the 28-player squad, despite featuring regularly since
Lionel Scaloni
became head coach in 2018.
Scaloni also made a last-minute change as Bayer Leverkusen forward
Lucas Alario
was ruled out by injury and River Plate rising star
Julian Alvarez
took his place.
CONMEBOL said in a statement: "
This Friday, June 11, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) informed CONMEBOL of the injury of Lucas Alario, a player included in the list of 28 summoned for the CONMEBOL Copa America 2021 that had been delivered on Thursday, June 10.
"Given this, the Argentine Football Association requested the replacement of said player and the inclusion in his place of Julian Alvarez, a footballer not included in the first instance in the preliminary list presented on June 1.
"Said request was approved by the CONMEBOL medical commission in accordance with the provisions of the regulations and after the delivery of Form 2 [substitution of injured players]."
Argentina squad for Copa America:
Franco Armani (River Plate), Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa), Agustin Marchesín (Porto), Juan Musso (Udinese); Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), German Pezzella (Fiorentina), Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax), Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina), Marcos Acuna (Sevilla), Lisandro Martínez (Ajax), Cristian Romero (Atalanta), Nahuel Molina Lucero (Udinese); Leandro Paredes (PSG), Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis), Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Angel Di María (PSG), Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese), Alejandro Gomez (Sevilla), Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid), Nicolas Dominguez (Bologna); Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Joaquin Correa (Lazio), Julian Alvarez (River Plate), Sergio Aguero (Barcelona), Nicolas Gonzalez (Stuttgart).
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