The Copa America 2024 is fast approaching, and national teams are rushing to select their best 26 players. As usual, Argentina is one of the teams attracting attention.

This morning (June 10), in the final friendly match before the Copa America 2024, the reigning FIFA World Cup 2022 champion Argentina defeated Ecuador with a minimum score thanks to Angel Di Maria’s goal. Despite some experimentation, Coach Scaloni stated that he has not yet finalized the squad for the United States.

Lionel Scaloni revealed that Argentina’s squad for the Copa America 2024 will be announced after the final friendly match with Guatemala. According to the schedule, La Albiceleste will face Guatemala on Saturday (June 15) Vietnam time. Speaking after the match against Ecuador, Scaloni said (via Mundo Albiceleste):

“In principle, the list, we will give, we will wait until after the match in Washington. There are only a few days left to give out the final list. We will do that based on what we think is best for the national team. Leaving players out is always painful, but in this case, we will do so when thinking about what will happen, the choices will have to support the whole team.”

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Preliminary list of 29 names of Argentina (Photo: Getty)

As usual, Messi is the most anticipated name in the Argentine squad, but signs of Messi’s age may be a concern for many fans.

Messi was given the opportunity to play from the 56th minute against Ecuador. It can be seen that Argentina is doing everything possible to preserve its key star. Scaloni told reporters after letting Messi play for more than half an hour in the narrow victory at Soldier Field: “With Leo, there is no need to take risks with him. Not just him, but others like Nicolas Otamendi didn’t play either. Angel only played a few minutes, Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez did too. We want to take care of these players and allow them to come to the tournament in the best possible condition.”

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Messi is the most anticipated name at Copa America 2024 (Photo: Getty)

With the preliminary list of 29 players already announced, Scaloni needs to remove three more names to complete the squad for the Argentine national team. Everyone trusts the choices of the 46-year-old coach, Lionel Scaloni, who helped Argentina win the Copa America 2021. La Albiceleste also won the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Now they will seek to defend their South American championship in 2024.

Scaloni’s team is in Group A with Peru, Chile, and Canada. They will face Canada on June 21 in their first match at the Copa America 2024.

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