Argentina squad for 2022 World Cup: Who is heading to Qatar?
The 26 players in the Argentina squad for the 2022 World Cup have been confirmed by head coach Lionel Scaloni. Argentina are the third favorite to win the tournament. Lionel Messi is 35 and will turn 39 during the next World Cups in 2026. Messi won his first major international trophy at the 2021 Copa America.
Franco Armani, Geronimo Rulli and Emiliano Martinez are Argentina's goalkeepers.
Juan Foyth, Nicolas Tagliafico, Gonzalo Montiel, German Pezzella, Marcos Acuña, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Lisandro Martinez, Nahuel Molina are the team's defenders.
Argentina has named a squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Midfielders are Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo De Paul, Exequiel Palacios, Alejandro Gomez, Guido Rodriguez, Alexis Mac Allister and Enzo Fernanez.
England and Iran play each other in a World Cup Group B match on Monday. England is heavily favored to advance. Iran is looking to avoid the group stage for the fourth time. Iran finished behind Spain and Portugal in Russia with a 1-1 draw.
England is under pressure to perform well at the World Cup. Iran came close to upsetting Spain and Portugal in the group stage. Mehdi Taremi, Karim Ansarifard, and Alireza Jahanbakhsh are the players to watch. Sardar Azmoun and Ehsan Hajsafi are also to be watched.
Poland and Mexico are playing each other in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Poland beat Sweden in UEFA playoff in March. Russia were banned from the competition and Poland advanced in a walkover. Mexico finished 2nd in CONCACAF.
Tata is under pressure as many fans doubted if he would still be in charge if Mexico took the field in Qatar. Mexico has been to seven World Cups in a row, but they haven't been in the quarterfinals since 1986. Alexis Vega could be the next Mexican star to make the jump to Europe. Poland haven’t been there since 2010 and they were eliminated from the group stage in 2018.
Denmark and Christian Eriksen are aiming to be the darlings of the 2022 World Cup. They play Tunisia on Tuesday in Al Rayyan. Poland qualified from UEFA via playoffs. Robert Lewandowski, Wojciech Szczesny and Piotr Zielinski are key players.
Christian Eriksen, Simon Kjaer, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Mathias Jensen, Christian Norgaard, and Thomas Delaney are in Denmark's squad for the 2022 World Cup. Tunisia's team has recent wins over Egypt, Japan, Nigeria and Iran. Aissa Laidouni, 25, is expected to make an impact early and often.
Tunisia qualified for the 2022 World Cup via CAF playoffs. Tunisia are currently ranked 30th in the world. They have won no titles and have only five World Cups. Qatar are the hosts of the tournament. Senegal, the Netherlands and Ecuador are in Group A.
November 20: Qatar vs Ecuador, November 21: Senegal vs Netherlands, Nov. 25: Netherlands vs. Ecuador and Nov November 29: Ecuador vs Senegal, and November 30: Qatar v Netherlands.
The 2022 World Cup takes place in Qatar from November 20-29, 2022. The group stage games kick-off at 5 am, 8 am and 10 am ET. Telemundo, Universo and Peacock are the TV channels in Español.
