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Scaloni uses cooked food but not raw, and the two elders of River Plate join the Argentina team again! Sulai and Barrera are abandoned

2:51pm, 4 October 2025【Football】

On October 4, the Argentina team announced the team's latest roster, with Messi leading the way, and Alvarez, Martin and other players were selected. In this month's international match day, Argentina will face Venezuela and Puerto Rico successively. When the outside world saw the Argentine team's roster, it was generally believed that the choice of personnel was very conservative. Scaloni uses cooked food but not raw, and the two elders of Hepiao join the Argentine team again! Sulai and Barrera were abandoned.

First from the Argentina's warm-up opponents, Venezuela ranks 49th in the world and Puerto Rico 155th in the world. Both missed the World Cup and were limited in strength. Argentina's warm-up match with their two teams is really not helpful to the team's World Cup training. Brazil will play against South Korea and Japan in October, and the warm-up match is more meaningful.

Scaloni's team has been relying on his old job and has not completed the update in time. There are still some old faces in Argentina's October roster, 37-year-old Otamendi and 33-year-old Taliafico are still among them. In addition, Akunia and Montell, who have left the top European leagues to join River Plate, are also on the big roster, the former is 33 years old and the latter is 28 years old. Although Montel is still at his peak, he is not in good condition. He was abandoned by Sevilla and Nottingham Forest and bid farewell to the European arena early.

As we all know, it is easy to play and difficult to defend. The Argentine team needs to supplement some "fresh blood" to keep the team energetic, maintain the desire for honor, and have an impact on the championship, rather than allowing veterans to continue to stay in the team. Obviously, Argentine champions such as DePaul, Acunia, and Montell lack motivation. Scaloni should let those growing young players take over and complete the replacement. The warm-up match before the World Cup was a good opportunity to make a lineup transition, but Scaloni still allowed veteran players like Acunia and Montel to join the team to prepare for the World Cup. There are quite a lot of talented young people in the Argentina who have not been brought into the team by Scaloni, such as Sule of Rome. At the age of 22, he has gradually become the core of the Rome's offensive organization. Sulai rejected the invitation from the Italian national team and waited for Scaloni's call, but has not been selected for the Argentine national team so far. The 24-year-old Porto main midfielder Barrera also failed to get Scaloni's call, and Scaloni's choice was questioned.

Italy at the 2010 World Cup, Spain in 2014 and Germany in 2018 were all eliminated in the group. I don’t know what achievements will be made in Argentina in 2026.

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