Buenos Aires, 21 Mar Defender Lisandro Martínez and forward Lautaro Martínez will be out for the upcoming matches of the Argentine national team, against Venezuela and Ecuador, as part of the South American qualifiers of the World Cup in Qatar, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) reported on Monday. “Lisandro Martínez, with a muscle injury to the hamstrings of his left leg and Lautaro Martínez, positive for covid-19, will be out for this double qualifying date,” the Argentine National Team said through its official Twitter account. In that sense, the most notorious casualty is that of the Inter Milan attacker, one of the fixtures in Lionel Scaloni's scheme along with Lionel Messi, Rodrigo de Paul or Emiliano Martínez. With 19 goals, Lautaro Martinez is Albiceleste's top scorer since Scaloni took over the national team, ahead of Messi (15), Sergio “Kun” Aguero, Leandro Paredes and Ángel di María (3 each). Lisandro Martínez's participation in the center of the Argentine backward is more irregular, although he started in the last matches against Brazil (0-0), Chile (1-2) and Colombia (1-0). The Argentine coach announced last Friday the squad list for the matches against Venezuela and Ecuador with the presence of Lionel Messi and seven youth players with dual nationality as the main novelties. The seven dual national players who are in the squad are Franco and Valentín Carboni (Inter Milan), Luka Romero (Lazio), Matías Soulé (Juventus), Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Nicolás Paz (Real Madrid) and Tiago Geralnik (Villarreal). Messi returns to Albiceleste after missing the previous days, against Chile and Colombia, to recover from coronavirus. Argentina, already qualified for the World Cup in Qatar, will host Venezuela on March 25 and will visit Ecuador four days later. Then the suspended match against Brazil will remain to be played, on a date to be confirmed. Even with one less match, Brazil leads the South American qualifiers with 39 points, followed by Argentina with 35. Then there are Ecuador (25) and Uruguay (22) in the direct qualifying zone, Peru (21), which would play a repechage, and behind are Chile (19), Colombia (17), Bolivia (15), Paraguay (13) and Venezuela (10). CHIEF jac/rgm/lm
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