Facundo Medina, Scaloni’s plan B in Argentina in case Marcos Acuña’s dismissal is confirmed

Last minute movement in the Argentine national team. This Thursday, the team headed by Lionel Scaloni announced the call of Facundo Medina. The player will join the squad that is getting ready to face the triple round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers in which they will face Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru.

“The player from Lens, Facundo Medina, joins the call for Lionel Scaloni to face the triple date of October”, says the brief statement released on the social networks of the Albiceleste to confirm the presence of the 22-year-old left defender.

But why was the defender who plays in Ligue 1 called? Medina, with a past at River Plate and Talleres de Córdoba, is emerging as one of the alternatives for Scaloni in the face of the injury suffered by Marcos Acuña during the match between Sevilla and Wolfsburg in the Champions League. The ‘Egg’, they point out from Spain, injured his ankle.

After the commitment, coach Julen Lopetegui announced what happened to Acuña. “It looks like he has a sprained ankle and we will have to do tests on him. He is injured. We do not know the extent, his ankle was affected, he could not walk now. We hope it’s not a big deal. “, he expressed at a press conference.

In this context, the Albiceleste coach preferred to anticipate and called Facundo Medina in case it is confirmed that Marcos Acuña is serious and ends up discarding him from the three qualifying games for the next World Cup.

In any case, Medina is already known by Scaloni. The player was present in the qualifying matches against Bolivia in La Paz (he entered the final minutes), Paraguay in Buenos Aires and Peru in Lima, although in the latter he remained on the substitutes’ bench.

The complete list of Argentina

Goalkeepers: Franco Armani (River Plate), Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa, England), Juan Musso (Atalanta, Italy) and Esteban Andrada (Monterrey, Mexico).

Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel (Seville, Spain), Nahuel Molina (Udinese, Italy), Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina, Italy), Juan Foyth (Villarreal, Spain), Cristian Romero (Tottenham, England), Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica, Portugal), Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina), Lisandro Martínez (Ajax, Netherlands), Marcos Acuña (Seville) and Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax).

Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul (Atlético Madrid, Spain), Exequiel Palacios (Bayern Leverkusen, Germany), Leandro Paredes (PSG, France), Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham), Guido Rodríguez (Betis, Spain), Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna, Italy) ) and Alejandro Gómez (Seville).

Forwards: Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), Lionel Messi (PSG), Lautaro Martínez (Inter, Italy), Nicolás González (Fiorentina), Ángel Correa (Atlético Madrid), Ángel Di María (PSG), Joaquín Correa (Inter), Julián Álvarez (River) and Paulo Dybala (Juventus, Italy).