Marcos Senesi finally accepted the call from the technical director of the Argentina National Team, Lionel Scaloni, to play the Finalissima against Italy, on June 1 at Wembley and the decision of the Feyenoord defender was celebrated by the AFA president , Claudio Chiqui Tapia, along with an ironic message posted on his Twitter account.

“Senesi? Sa Scaloneta ????????????”Tapia wrote, included accomplice emojiswhen the final list of the squad is known, which will first concentrate on Bilbao, Spain, and then play this competition approved by Conmebol and UEFA that will face the select champions of South America and Europe.

Senesi retained his spot among the players who will face off against the team led by Roberto Mancini after a cut made by Scaloni in the final hours. The coach made a pre-selection of 35 footballers last week and decided on six names before announcing the 29-call list on Friday.

The case of the former San Lorenzo defender stands out in the last citation for a variety of reasons. Without participating in the entire Scaloni cycle, he received his first call-up to the Senior National Team in conjunction with the engagement Mancini established to add him to the European champion’s squad due to his dual nationality.

Senesi, 25, born in the city of Concordia in Entre Ríos, had a good time at Feyenoord in the Netherlands and became the only Argentine soccer player to qualify for this year’s European final, a chance he will face against Rome in Italy for the Conference League, next Wednesday in the city of Tirana, Albania.

His background in the “albiceleste shirt” was three games and a goal in the Under 20 World Cup in Korea, played in 2017.

Paulo Dybala also remained among those summoned, having Scaloni’s support in adopting a call that gives him chances to reach the 2022 Qatar World Cup after his limited participation in the South American Qualifiers (77 minutes in three games) and the his loss. at the Copa América last year.

The 28-year-old Cordovan, whose sporting future is pending after his confirmed departure from Juventus, played for the last time on the national team on February 2 of this year when he played 21 minutes against Colombia for in World Cup qualification.

The players marginalized by the Argentine coach are: Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina, Italy), Leandro Paredes (PSG, France) -injured-, Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna, Italy), Lucas Ocampos (Seville, Spain), Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa, England) and Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany).

Of them all, Paredes is definitely on the list for Qatar, but he was not considered for the next game because he is in the final stages of rehabilitation after undergoing pubalgia surgery on April 7.

For the rest of the footballers, the absence in London means a serious blow to World Cup playing aspirations, as the chances of a call -up will not grow until the start of the maximum appointment, on 21 November.

Senesi, Armani and Álvarez, later

“It doesn’t correspond: we still have to play a game,” River’s coach Marcelo Gallardo released after beating Colo Colo and taking first place in his group in the Copa Libertadores when discussing possible Armani casualties. and Álvarez, who They. was part of the 29 called up for the match against Italy.

And he added: “After the 25th they will be released to travel. We are not aware that they have a ticket.” A few hours later, the National Team published the list for the trip and the match against Italy with Armani and Álvarez in the 29 named.

But there was also a nod from the coaching staff of National Team Scaloni and the company will travel to Bilbao on Sunday and the two River players will only be able to board the plane on Thursday the 26th. This way they can play against Alianza Lima on Wednesday and then join the Argentine squad.

Something similar will happen to Senesi, who will also join the group that will go to Bilbao on the 26th after the Conference League final in Albania.

the summoned

Archers (4): Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa, England); Juan Musso (Atalanta, Italy), Gerónimo Rulli (Villarreal, Spain) and Franco Armani (River Plate, Argentina).

Defenders (11): Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla, Spain), Nahuel Molina (Udinese, Italy), Juan Foyth (Villarreal), Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur, England), Germán Pezzella (Betis, Spain), Marcos Senesi (Feyenoord, Netherlands), Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica, Portugal), Lisandro Martínez (Ajax, Netherlands), Nehuén Pérez (Udinese, Italy), Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax, Netherlands) and Marcos Acuña (Seville, Spain).

Midfielders (5): Guido Rodríguez (Betis, Spain), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton, England), Rodrigo De Paul (Atlético de Madrid, Spain), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany) and Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal, Spain).

Forward (9): Lionel Messi (PSG, France), Alejandro Gómez (Seville, Spain), Nicolás González (Fiorentina, Italy), Ángel Di María (PSG, France), Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid, Spain), Paulo Dybala (Juventus, Italy) , Joaquín Correa (Inter, Italy), Julián Álvarez (River Plate, Argentina) and Lautaro Martínez (Inter, Italy).