Aguero and Di Maria out of Argentina squad for friendlies

Forwards Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria were left out of Argentina's squad announced Friday for friendlies against Germany and Ecuador in October.

Neither the Manchester City striker nor the Paris Saint-Germain winger have played for Argentina since the latest Copa America in Brazil.

Argentina also will be without players from Boca Juniors and River Plate for its friendlies on October 9 against the Germans in Dortmund and four days later against Ecuador in Elche, Spain.

Boca and River will face each other in the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores next month. The list announced by coach Lionel Scaloni also includes Arsenal goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez for the first time.

 

Captain Lionel Messi was not called up because of his three-month suspension from internationals due to comments against South American soccer body Conmebol during the Copa America.

SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Agustn Marchesn (Porto), Juan Musso (Udinese), Emiliano Martnez (Arsenal).

Defenders: Juan Foyth (Tottenham), Renzo Saravia (Porto), Nicols Otamendi (Manchester City), Germn Pezzella (Fiorentina), Marcos Rojo (Manchester United), Walter Kannemann (Grmio), Nicols Tagliafico (Ajax), Leonardo Balerdi (Borussia Dortmund);

Midfielders: Guido Rodrguez (Amrica de Mxico), Matas Zaracho (Racing), Leonardo Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain), Nicols Domnguez (Vlez Sarsfield), Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese), Marcos Acua (Sporting Lisbon), Roberto Pereyra (Watford), ngel Correa (Atletico Madrid), Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla), Erik Lamela (Tottenham).

Strikers: Matas Vargas (Espanyol), Nicols Gonzlez (Stuttgart), Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), Lautaro Martnez (Inter Milan) and Paulo Dybala (Juventus).