Here is the possible Line-up for the Game against Colombia:
4-4-2 Formation
----------Messi -- Higuain--------
José Sosa -- Mascherano -- Gago Or Brana ? -- Pablo Guiñazú
Pablo Zabaleta -- Fede Fernández -- Nico Burdisso -- Clemente Rodríguez
----------Sergio Romero---------
The Line-up for the Game against Bolivia is:
Pastore -- Higuain -- Messi
Alvarez -- Mascherano -- Gago
Rodriguez -- Burdisso -- Demichelis -- Zabaleta
Sabella, the coach of Argentina's National team has selected his 21+ players for the second round
of games against Bolivia & Colombia this November 2011 for the 2014 World Cup qualifications.
Sabella, the coach of Argentina's National team has selected his 21 players for the second round of
games against Bolivia & Colombia this November 2011 for the 2014 World Cup qualifications.
Players left out from the previous games are: Ricky Alvarez, Rodrigo Palacio,
Nicolás Otamendi, Eduardo Salvio, Jonás Gutiérrez, Nico Pareja, Emiliano Insúa y Fabián
Rinaudo.
Name: Ever Banega
Birthday: Jun 29, 1988
Birth Place: Rosario, Santa Fe
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.74 m)
Primary Position: Midfielder
Current Team: Valencia, Argentine National
Youth Team: Boca Juniors
Bio & Stats Sources:
CF Valencia's Bio - Soccernet's Bio - Wikipedia Bio - Goal.
Sabella confirmed the team playing against Chile - It will be a 4-4-2 formation
lead by Messi and Higuain.
---------Messi (Barcelona) -- Higuaín (Real Madrid)--------------
Sosa (Metallist) - Braña (Estudiantes) - Banega (Valencia) - Di María (Real Madrid)
Zabaleta (Man.
Sabella, the new coach of Argentina's National team has selected his 27 players for the start of
the 2014 World Cup qualification. The first two games will be against Chile & Venezuela
Argentina Vs Chile: October 7th 2011 (Friday)
Argentina Vs Venezuela: Oct 11th 2011 (Tuesday)
Strikers/Forwards:
Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid)
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)
Rodrigo Palacio (Genoa)
Eduardo Salvio (Atlético de Madrid)
Germán Denis (Atalanta)
Midfielders:
Ever Banega (Valencia)
Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)
Fabián Rinaudo (Sporting)
Rodrigo Braña (Estudiantes)
Jonás Gutiérrez (Newcastle)
Ricardo Alvarez (Inter)
José Sosa (Metallist)
Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain)
Angel Di María (Real Madrid)
Defenders:
Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)
Nicolás Burdisso (Roma)
Federico Fernández (Napoli)
Martín Demichelis (Málaga)
Nicolás Otamendi (Porto)
Nicolas Pareja (Spartak Moscú)
Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscú)
Emiliano Insúa (Sporting)
Goalies:
Sergio Romero (Sampdoria)
Mariano Andújar (Catania)
Agustín Orion (Boca Juniors)
Name: Ever Banega
Birthday: Jun 29, 1988
Birth Place: Rosario, Santa Fe
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.74 m)
Primary Position: Midfielder
Current Team: Valencia, Argentine National
Youth Team: Boca Juniors
Bio & Stats Sources:
CF Valencia's Bio - Soccernet's Bio - Wikipedia Bio - Goal.
---1st Round---
July 1 2011
Argentina Vs Bolivia - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group A
July 2 2011
Colombia Vs Costa Rica - 15:30 (18:30 GMT) - Group A
July 3 2011
Brazil Vs Venezuela - 16:00 (19:00 GMT) - Group B
Paraguay Vs Ecuador - 18:30 (21:30 GMT) - Group B
July 4 2011
Uruguay Vs Peru - 19:15 (22:15 GMT) - Group C
Chile vs Mexico - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group C
July 6 2011
Argentina Vs Colombia - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group A
July 7 2011
Bolivia Vs Costa Rica - 19:15 (22:15 GMT) - Group A
July 8 2011
Peru Vs Mexico - 19:15 (22:15 GMT) - Group C
Uruguay Vs Chile - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group C
July 9 2011
Brazil Vs Paraguay - 16:00 (19:00 GMT) - Group B
Venezuela Vs Ecuador - 18:30 (21:30 GMT) - Group B
July 10 2011
Colombia Vs Bolivia - 16:00 (19:00 GMT) - Group A
July 11 2011
Argentina Vs Costa Rica - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group A
July 12 2011
Chile Vs Peru - 19:15 (22:15 GMT) - Group C
Uruguay Vs Mexico - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group C
July 13 2011
Paraguay Vs Venezuela - 19:15 (22:15 GMT) - Group B
Brazil Vs Ecuador - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group B
---Quarter Finals---
July 16 2011
1st Group A Vs Best 3rd (S1) - 16:00 (19:00 GMT)
2nd Group A Vs 2nd Group C (S2) - 19:15 (22:15 GMT)
July 17 2011
1st Group B Vs 2nd Best 3rd (S3) - 16:00 (19:00 GMT)
1st Group C Vs 2nd Group B (S4) - 19:15 (22:15 GMT)
---Semi-Finals---
July 19 2011
Winner S1 Vs Winner S2 (G1) - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT)
July 20 2011
Winner S3 Vs Winner S4 (G2) - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT)
---3rd & 4th Place---
July 23 2011
Loser G1 Vs Loser G2
---Final---
July 24 2011
Winner G1 Vs Winner G2 - 16:00 (19:00 GMT)
Here is Argentina's official roster for the Copa America games starting in July 2011.
Goalies:
Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar), Carrizo (River), Mariano Andujar (Catania).
Defenders:
Javier Zanetti (Inter), Nicolás Burdisso (Roma), Gabriel Milito (Barcelona), Marcos Rojo (Spartak
Moscú), Nicolás Pareja (Spartak Moscú), Luciano Monzón (Boca), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)
y Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid)
Midfielders:
Esteban Cambiasso (Inter), Ever Banega (Valencia), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Javier Mascherano
(Barcelona), Javier Pastore (Palermo), Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht), Enzo Pérez (Estudiantes), Valeri
(Lanús)
Forwards/Strikers:
Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Angel Di María (Real Madrid), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Sergio Agüero
(Atlético Madrid), Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid), Diego Milito (Inter) y Carlos Tevez (Manchester
City)
Argentina Vs Nigeria on June 1st, 2011 in Nigeria.
Here is the complete roster:
Belluschi, Fernando (Porto – Portugal)
Bertolo, Fernando (Zaragoza – Spain)
Bolatti, Mario (Internacional – Brasil)
Boselli, Mauro (Genoa – Italy)
Cabral, Alejandro (Legia Varsovia – Poland)
Costa, Alberto (Valencia – Spain)
Cristaldo, Jonathan (Metalit – Ukraine)
Fazio, Federico (Sevilla – Spain)
Formica, Mauro (Blackburn Robert – England)
Gabbarini, Adrián (Independiente – Argentina)
Gaitán, Nicolás (Benfica – Portugal)
Garay, Ezequiel (Benfica – Portugal)
Insúa, Emiliano (Galasataray – Turkey)
Jara, Franco (Benfica, Portugal)
Musacchio, Mateo (Villarreal – Spain)
Perotti, Diego (Sevilla – Spain)
Piatti, Pablo (Almería – Spain)
Ruben, Marco (Villarreal – Spain)
Ustari, Oscar (Getafe – Spain)
Zabaleta, Pablo (Manchester City – England)
In Castrol's latest update there were 3 Argentine soccer/football players in the top ten spot and a
total of 95 Argentine players that had a ranking.
1 - Messi - Barcelona
9 - Higuaín - Real Madrid
10- Agüero - Atletico de Madrid
See All Castrol Ranked Argentine Players
The Argentine coach, Sergio Batista, has chosen the 25 players he will bring to his two friendlies
against the United States & Costa Rica. Again, no sign of Carlos Tevez
Schedule:
Argentina Vs United States (March 26 in New Jersey, USA)
Argentina Vs Costa Rica (March 29 in Costa Rica)
Goalie:
Mariano Andújar (Catania-Italy)
Adrián Gabbarini (Independiente-Argentina)
Agustín Marchesín (Lanús-Argentina)
Defender:
Javier Zanetti (Internazionale de Milán-Italy)
Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid-Spain)
Nicolás Otamendi (F.
Here is the line-up for the Argentina Vs Venezuela (friendly) on Mar 16th in San Juan, Argentina.
The coach, Sergio Batista, is going to experiment with an "all domestic" team from Argentina's 1st
Division to see which standouts he can eventually include to the main all-star team which includes
all the top international players (Messi, lavezzi, Mascherano .
Here is the line-up for the Argentina Vs Venezuela (friendly) on Mar 16th in San Juan, Argentina.
The coach, Sergio Batista, is going to experiment with an "all domestic" team from Argentina's 1st
Division to see which standouts he can eventually include to the main all-star team which includes
all the top international players (Messi, Tevez, Mascherano .
Name: Carlos Alberto Tevez
Nick Name: El Apache
Birthday: Feb 5, 1984
Birth Place: Ciudadela, Buenos Aires
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Primary Position: Striker/Forward
Current Team: Manchester City, Argentine National
Youth Team: Boca Juniors
Previous Teams: Corinthians,
West Ham United, Manchester United
Carlos Tevez - Official Website
Bio & Stats Sources:
Manchester City's Bio - Soccernet's Bio - Wikipedia Bio - Goal.
