Argentina squad vs. Bolivia and Colombia

Alfio Basile has named the five domestic-based players who are called up to the Argentina squad for the two upcoming World Cup Qualifiers at home to Bolivia on Saturday and away to Colombia three days later. The final squad of 22 players will meet for training on Monday morning in Ezeiza, and will consist of the following players…

Argentina squad vs. Bolivia and Colombia (managed by Alfio Basile):

Goalkeepers:
Roberto Abbondanzieri (Getafe, Spain)
Mariano Andújar (Estudiantes de La Plata)
Agustín Orión (San Lorenzo de Almagro)

Defenders:
Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruña, Spain)
Gabriel Milito (Barcelona, Spain)
Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid, Spain)
Javier Zanetti (Internazionale, Italy)
Nicolás Burdisso (Internazionale)
Martín Demichelis (Bayern Munich, Germany)
Hugo Ibarra (Boca Juniors)

Midfielders:
Esteban Cambiasso (Internazionale)
Fernando Gago (Real Madrid)
Javier Mascherano (Liverpool, England)
Maximiliano Rodríguez (Atlético de Madrid, Spain)
Juan Román Riquelme (Villarreal, Spain)
Federico Insúa (América, Mexico)
Sebastián Battaglia (Boca Juniors)

Forwards:
Sergio Agüero (Atlético de Madrid)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Hernán Crespo (Internazionale)
Carlos Tevez (Manchester United, England)
Germán Denis (Independiente)

Estudiantes ‘keeper Andújar is the only player who’ll be training with the selección for the first time, whilst Germán Denis will be given another chance after coming on late on and missing a sitter against Venezuela.

With everyone so far having played twice, Argentina top the qualifying table, the only side to have won both of their opening matches. The other qualifying matches will be:

Weekend:
Paraguay vs. Ecuador
Uruguay vs. Chile
Peru vs. Brazil
Colombia vs. Venezuela

And then:
Venezuela vs. Bolivia
Brazil vs. Uruguay
Ecuador vs. Peru
Chile vs. Paraguay