{"id":119846,"date":"2026-05-28T23:09:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/messi-alvarez-and-dibu-lead-argentinas-call-up-for-the-2026-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T23:09:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:09:37","slug":"messi-alvarez-and-dibu-lead-argentinas-call-up-for-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/messi-alvarez-and-dibu-lead-argentinas-call-up-for-the-2026-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi, \u00c1lvarez and Dibu lead Argentina&#8217;s call-up for the 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"Buenos Aires \u2013 The Argentinian national team has revealed the official list of 26 players who will represent the country in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The team, led by key figures such as Lionel Messi, Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez, and goalkeeper Emiliano &#8220;Dibu&#8221; Mart\u00ednez, will seek to defend the title obtained in Qatar 2022.The technical director, Lionel Scaloni, has maintained the core of the champion team in Qatar 2022 and the 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica. However, the call-up presents some significant new features.\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Surprises in the Call<\/h2>\nOne of the most notable absences is that of Marcos Acu\u00f1a, a regular in recent call-ups and a key player in Argentina&#8217;s recent successes. In his place, Facundo Medina, defender of Olympique de Marseille, has been called up, who can play both as a left-back and as a center-back.Other players who were not included in the list are Alejandro Garnacho, Franco Mastantuono, Emiliano Buend\u00eda, Marcos Senesi, and Gianluca Prestianni.\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goalkeepers and Defense<\/h2>\nIn goal, Scaloni has confirmed his confidence in Emiliano Mart\u00ednez, accompanied by Ger\u00f3nimo Rulli and Juan Musso.The defense will be composed of Cristian Romero, Lisandro Mart\u00ednez, Nahuel Molina and Nicol\u00e1s Tagliafico, along with Gonzalo Montiel, Leonardo Balerdi, Facundo Medina and Nicol\u00e1s Otamendi.\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Midfield and Attack<\/h2>\nThe Argentine midfield will feature Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez, Alexis Mac Allister, and Giovani Lo Celso. Exequiel Palacios, Valent\u00edn Barco, Thiago Almada, and Giuliano Simeone will also be present.In the attack, Lionel Messi, Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez and Lautaro Mart\u00ednez will lead the offense, along with Nicol\u00e1s Gonz\u00e1lez, Nicol\u00e1s Paz and Jos\u00e9 Manuel L\u00f3pez.\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group J of the 2026 World Cup<\/h2>\nArgentina will compete in Group J of the 2026 World Cup, facing Algeria, Austria, and Jordan.\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Called up for the 2026 World Cup<\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>Goalkeepers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Emiliano Mart\u00ednez<\/li><li>Ger\u00f3nimo Rulli<\/li><li>Juan Musso<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Defenses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Gonzalo Montiel<\/li><li>Nahuel Molina<\/li><li>Lisandro Mart\u00ednez<\/li><li>Nicol\u00e1s Otamendi<\/li><li>Leonardo Balerdi<\/li><li>Cristian Romero<\/li><li>Facundo Medina<\/li><li>Nicol\u00e1s Tagliafico<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Leandro Paredes<\/li><li>Rodrigo De Paul<\/li><li>Exequiel Palacios<\/li><li>Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez<\/li><li>Alexis Mac Allister<\/li><li>Giovani Lo Celso<\/li><li>Valent\u00edn Barco<\/li><li>Thiago Almada<\/li><li>Giuliano Simeone<\/li><li>Nicol\u00e1s Gonz\u00e1lez<\/li><li>Nicol\u00e1s Paz<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Forwards:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lionel Messi<\/li><li>Lautaro Mart\u00ednez<\/li><li>Jos\u00e9 Manuel L\u00f3pez<\/li><li>Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buenos Aires \u2013 The Argentinian national team has revealed the official list of 26 players who will represent the country in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The team, led by key figures such as Lionel Messi, Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez, and goalkeeper Emiliano &#8220;Dibu&#8221; Mart\u00ednez, will seek to defend the title obtained in Qatar 2022.The technical director, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[893,256,8266,1215],"class_list":{"0":"post-119846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-argentina","9":"tag-lionel-messi","10":"tag-scaloni","11":"tag-world-cup-2026"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}