Argentina announce squad for FIFA World Cup 2022, Messi to lead

A 26man roster for the World Cup in Qatar which runs from November 20 to December 18 led by Lionel Messi was announced on Friday by Argentina coach Lionel ScaloniForward Paulo Dybala who is injured made the cut despite not having played for his club Roma since early October Dybala has been selected in the team as Argentina hopes he can get back in shape before their World Cup campaign kicks off on November 22 against Group C rival Saudi ArabiaArgentina are also scheduled to play Mexico and Poland in Group C after they face Saudi Arabia in their campaign openerThey are proud to be called up and wear this jersey lets hope that you as fans are too All together coach Scaloni said in an Instagram video as quoted by ESPNAlso Read Lionel Messi says 2022 FIFA World Cup will be his last ReportThe talismanic striker who plays for Paris Saint German PSG will want to repeat the heroics of Copa America 2021 where they lifted the coveted trophyEarlier Spain announced their World Cup squad that does not feature veteran defender Sergio Ramos The PSG player ran out of favour of the Spanish coach and couldnt make the cut to be in the teamSadio Mane who was speculated to miss out due to an injury has made it to the Senegal World Cup squadQatar will host the World Cup from November 20 to December 18 2022 After the event in South Korea and Japan in 2002 this will be the second World Cup exclusively held in Asia and the first World Cup ever to be contested in the Arab worldArgentina squad in fullGoalkeepers Emiliano Martinez Franco Armani and Geronimo RulliDefenders Gonzalo Montiel Nahuel Molina German Pezzella Cristian Romero Nicolas Otamendi Lisandro Martinez Juan Foyth Nicolas Tagliafico Marcos AcunaMidfielders Leandro Paredes Guido Rodriguez Enzo Fernandez Rodrigo De Paul Exequiel Palacios Alejandro Gomez Alexis Mac AllisterForwards Paulo Dybala Lionel Messi Angel Di Maria Nicolas Gonzalez Joaquin Correa Lautaro Martinez Julian AlvarezThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever