Buenos Aires: Argentina coach Lionel Skaloni has selected a preliminary list of 33 players led by Lionel Messi for South American qualifying matches against Uruguay and Brazil.
A revived squad has one of the bright young talents, a striker Claudio Achewarri, who has joined Manchester City after playing in the South American Under -20 Championship.
Other players who are not yet 21 – Nicholas Paz, Benjamin Domingues and Santiago Castro – were included in the squad declared on Sunday.
Argentina leads standing with 25 points after 12 matches. Uruguay has 20 and will host Messi’s team at the Centenaio Stadium in Montevidio on 21 March. Four days later, Brazil will play Brazil at the monumental stadium of World Cup winning Buenos Aires.
Squad:
Goalkeeper: Emiliano Martinez (Eston Villa), Geronimo Rulie (Olympic Marsile), Walter Benitez (PSV Indhowan)
Defenders: Nahul Molina (Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Montial (River Plate), Christian Romero (Tottenham), German Peshela (River Plate), Lyonardo Ballerdi (Olympic Marseli), Juan Faeth (Villarial), Nicols Otamandi, Familore Lyon), Francisco Ortga (Olympiakos).
Midfielders: Leandro Paredes (ROMA), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea), Rodrigo de Paul (Atletico Madrid), Axisel PalasioS (Bayer Levercussion), Alexis Mac Alastair (Liverpool), Giovani Lo Celeso (Real Beauty), Maximo Parono Dominguase (Bologna), Thiago Almada (Olympic Leone).
Forward: Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Nicholas Gonzalez (Juventus), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami), Nicolas Paz (Como), Claudio Achewarri (Manchester City), Paulo Diabala (Roma), Julius Killwaz (Manchester City), Lutero (Bologanaster City), Lengel Correa (Atletico Madrid).