Argentina call Como pair, but leave Lautaro Martinez behind
Argentina have called up Como pair Nico Paz and Maxi Perrone for their upcoming friendly games, but left Inter’s Lautaro Martinez at home.
The Seleccion is warming up for the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico, and was meant to be facing Spain in La Finalissima between the winners of the European Championship and Copa America.
However, it was scrapped after they failed to agree on the date or venue, so instead Argentina are going to play Guatemala on March 31.
Coach Lionel Scaloni has seen the good performances of Como in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, rewarding Nico Paz and creative midfielder Perrone with a call-up.
Inter had feared Lautaro Martinez would travel across the globe even though he is recovering from a month out injured, but they have decided to spare him this strain.
Roma forward Paulo Dybala is also unavailable due to injury, so the only two Serie A representatives in the Argentina squad hail from Como.
Argentina squad
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Geronimo Rulli (Marseille), Juan Musso (Atletico Madrid), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate), Cristian Romero (Tottenham), Leonardo Baleri (Marseille), Marco Senesi (Bournemouth), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), Tomas Palacios (Estudiantes), Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon), Gabriel Rojas (Racing), Marcos Acuna (River Plate), Leandro Paredes (Boca Juniors), Maximo Perrone (Como), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea), Valentin Barco (Racing Strasbourg), Rodrigo De Paul (Inter Miami), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami), Nicolas Paz (Como), Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica), Nicolas Gonzalez (Atletico Madrid), Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid), Thiago Almada (Atletico Madrid), Jose Lopez (Palmeiras), Julian Alvarez (Atletico Madrid)