Lionel Messi was shocked, Lionel Scaloni's curious request to FIFA ahead of Qatar 2022

There is less than a week left for the start of the world cup. All the coaches have already revealed their 26 chosen to play Qatar 2022, where Argentina will debut against Saudi Arabia on November 22 at 07:00 (local time). Then, on the 26th of this month, they will face Mexico and close the group stage against Poland on the 30th.

A few hours ago, this Monday the National Team finally brought together its 26 footballers, who were arriving in the Middle East in batches. In the morning, those who play in the Italian league (Lautaro Martínez, Nicolás González, Paulo Dybala and Joaquín Correa) joined the 14 that were already there. The rest arrived in the last hours of the day.

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Regarding the preparation, during practice on Monday, news began to be seen regarding what the team would be like to face the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. Lionel Scaloni, in relation to the friendly match, intends to use the team that debuts in the World Cup six days later, but for this he will make a particular request to FIFA, which gave rise to talk.

On the sports network ESPN, the journalist Esteban Edul revealed that this Tuesday a petition will be sent to the highest entity of world football in which he will ask for more changes than usual, so that there are a total of 11 variants that each selected player can perform in the friendly, which will take place in Abu Dhabi.

The possible formation of Argentina against the United Arab Emirates

The likely starting XI would be: Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina, German Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Alejandro Gómez or Alexis Mac Allister; Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez and Angel Di Maria. Cristian Romero will be preserved directly for the contest, since they do not want to expose him to any injury.