With the return of Messi, the three doubts that Scaloni has to face Venezuela in La Bombonera

The Argentine team continues with its set-up for the double date of the South American Qualifiers. Already with Lionel Messi, who was the last to join the delegation, Lionel Scaloni has a full roster of those mentioned for the meetings against Venezuela, this Friday in La Bombonera, and Ecuador, next Tuesday in Guayaquil.

With the absences due to injury, COVID-19 and suspension, coach albiceleste maintains three doubts that he will unveil in the coming hours. The first is who will be the goalkeeper who will replace Dibu Martínez, who carries a FIFA sanction. Franco Armani is the one who starts as a favorite, although he also fights for the position Juan Musso.

Although Scaloni did not stop a team on Tuesday and the fieldwork will begin to take place from this Wednesday, the other unknown among the eleven is placed in the midfield: Alexis Mac Allister or Exequiel Palacios.

It is worth remembering that the Brighton & Hove Albion footballer of the English Premier League had been called up last FIFA and could not play because he was disaffected by COVID-19. The idea of the DT will be to try it since there are not many games left thinking about the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

While in the lead, the coach defines between Joaquín or Ángel Correa to accompany Lionel Messi and Nicolás González. La Pulga will thus return to the first team after its absence in the last matches against Chile and Colombia to get ready physically after the holidays and after being infected with coronavirus.

Of course, Messi will be closely followed as he has been out of activity for four days due to a flu that prevented him from playing PSG's last match against Monaco, which ended with a 3-0 defeat. Despite this, everything would indicate that the captain will be of the game. Meanwhile, Ángel Di María was the only one who worked differentiated and would not reach Vinotinto.

Thus, and waiting for confirmation, the team that would go to Bombonera this Friday from 20:30 would form with: Franco Armani; Nahuel Molina, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Alexis Mac Allister or Exequiel Palacios; Lionel Messi, Joaquín Correa or Ángel Correa and Nicolas Gonzalez .

It is worth remembering that those sanctioned with two dates for embarrassment in the match against Brazil are Emiliano Martínez, Cristian Romero, Giovani Lo Celso and Emiliano Buendía. He is joined with a date Gonzalo Montiel (he is called up) and Marcos Acuña (did not travel due to injury). In addition, Papu Gomez (injury) and Lautaro Martinez (COVID-19)

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