With a strong pool of champions and young brigade, the campaign for Argentina National Men’s Football Team will be underway for defending their Copa America title, a feat they achieved in 2021 defeating the mighty Brazilian at the most illustrious stadium at Rio de Janeiro, the Maracanã Stadium.
Argentina are favourites to retain their Copa America title in the summer of 2024. With this most likely being the last appearance by the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner His Royal Highness Lionel Messi in this competition, Argentina would surely want to win it for the nation and him, while it is certain that Ángel Di María will hang his boots after this competition after having a magnificent career that includes the FIFA World Cup, CONMEBOL Copa America, La Finalissima, and an Olympic Gold Medal. It had been deemed that no trophy is won without a goal by Di María in the Finals.
The boss with his able support staff announced a 29-man preliminary squad with three players to be left behind from the final squad. This time we trust our men to defend the crown and retain it. This job has been entrusted to these following men,
With Emi Martínez to return as the No. 1 pick for the starting-XI, the goalkeepers are,
| GOALKEEPERS (GK) |
|---|
| Franco Armani |
| Emiliano Martínez |
| Gerónimo Rulli |
The first choice picks of Scaloni being Otamendi and Romero among defenders, he picks the defending wall as,
| DEFENDERS (DF) |
|---|
| Marcos Acuña |
| Leonardo Balerdi |
| Valentin Barco |
| Lisandro Martínez |
| Nahuel Molina |
| Gonazalo Montiel |
| Nicolás Otamendi |
| Germán Pezzella |
| Lucas Martinez Quarta |
| Cristian Romero |
| Nicolás Tagliafico |
The dynamic trio of Fernández-De Paul-MacAllister will feature in the midfield with equally capable off-bench roles most likely for remaining as we set our midfielder as,
| MIDFIELDERS (MF) |
|---|
| Valentin Carboni |
| Rodrigo De Paul |
| Enzo Fernández |
| Giovani Lo Celso |
| Alexis MacAllister |
| Exequiel Palacios |
| Leandro Paredes |
| Guido Rodríguez |
El Capitán, Leo Messi will this group with Di María set to be deputy. The forward line looks strong and competitive to score goals as and when they feel necessary. The forward of this squad is,
| FORWARDS (FW) |
|---|
| Lionel Messi (El Capitán) |
| Ángel Di María (vc) |
| Lautaro Martínez |
| Julián Álvarez |
| Ángel Correa |
| Nicolás González |
| Alejandro Garnacho |
Unfortunately, many of our past decorated players misses out due to injury and other personal issues but we remember their past contribution and note their absence. They are,
| ABSENTEES |
|---|
| Agustín Marchesín (GK, Copa 2021) |
| Juan Foyth (DF, WC 2022) |
| Thiago Almada (MF, WC 2022) |
| Alejandro Gómez (MF, WC 2022) |
| Paulo Dybala (FW, WC 2022) |
| Nicolás Domínguez (MF, Copa 2021) |
| Sergio Agüero (FW, Copa 2021) |
| Joaquín Correa (FW, Copa 2021) |
The most expected starting-XI for Argentina will be,
ARGENTINA XI (4-3-3): (GK) Emi Martínez, (DF) Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Acuña, (MF) Fernández, De Paul, MacAllister, (FW) Messi (c), Álvarez, Di María.
Vamos, vamos Argentina,
vamos, vamos a ganar,
que esta banda quilombera,
no te deja, no te deja de alentar.
Vamos, vamos Argentina,
vamos, vamos a ganar,
que esta banda quilombera,
no te deja, no te deja de alentar.
Naman Jain 