Argentina Starting Eleven
Argentina are fifth favourites to win the World Cup at most sportsbooks. Their squad is absolutely littered with talent and they have the players to cause any team plenty of problems.
La Albiceleste finished as runners-up in Brazil four years ago after agonisingly losing to Germany in extra time. Can they win the World Cup this time round? Their defence is a little shaky, but with their attacking threat, they undoubtedly have a good chance.
World Cup 2018 Argentina Squad
Here is the full squad selected by coach, Jorge Sampaoli. Manuel Lanzini is on this list, but it has just been confirmed that he is ruled out of the World Cup through injury. His replacement is yet to be named.
Goalkeepers:
Wilfredo Caballero, Franco Armani, Sergio Romero
Defenders:
Gabriel Mercado, Cristian Ansaldi, Nicolas Otamendi, Federico Fazio, Nicolas Tagliafico, Marcos Rojo, Marcos Acuna
Midfielders:
Eduardo Salvio, Javier Mascherano, Ever Banega, Lucas Biglia, Angel di Maria, Giovani Lo Celso, Cristian Pavon, Manuel Lanzini, Maximiliano Meza
Forwards:
Gonzalo Higuain, Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Paulo Dybala
Argentina Starting Eleven World Cup 2018
So, how do you select a starting eleven out of this lot? It’s certainly a difficult proposition. Here is the team we predict will start for Argentina at the World Cup.
- GK: Wilfredo Caballero
- DF: Federico Fazio
- DF: Nicolas Otamendi
- DF: Nicolas Tagliafico
- MF: Giovani Lo Celso
- MF: Eduardo Salvio
- MF: Javier Mascherano
- MF: Angel Di Maria
- FW: Lionel Messi
- FW: Gonzalo Higuain
- FW: Sergio Aguero
It’s a fantastic starting eleven, if a little unbalanced. But Argentina should go far in the competition with this side. Argentina kick-off against Iceland on the 16th June.
