list Lionel Scaloni In the two qualifying matches, next Thursday against Uruguay at the Estadio Candy Box and Brazil on Tuesday the 21st at Maracana, there is a very significant surprise: the call-up of a right-back Pablo Maffeo, from Mallorca, Spain. The footballer, whose mother is Argentinian, plays for the national team for the first time: he arrived at Ezeiza Airport this Monday, he had to deal with his DNI, since he did not have one, and from there he went directly to Lionel May Lionel Messi. In the afternoon, train with Flea and other new companions.
In a minor football match he was teammates with Lionel, DePaulo Paredes and Lo Celso and they won… great start…
Pablo was Spanish by birth, but his mother was Argentinian, giving him dual citizenship and was later called upon by Scaloni, who did not bring back Renzo Sarabia at the start of the season. Get to your place. . “I thought it was a joke,” he said of his move to Albiceleste.
A fact: Scaloni is a football player for Mallorca and his usual place of residence remains the Balearic city. Pablo, 26, has played for Manchester City, Girona and Stuttgart, and has represented the Spanish under-21 team four times. If he adds playing time in three different games for Argentina, he will already be incapable of playing for another team.