Gio Simeone and a reward for effort: Scaloni has called him up for the friendlies of the Argentine national team

After the consecration at the World Cup in Qatar, the Argentine national team begins to renew its faces. To the calls for Facundo Buonanotte and Alejandro Garnacho, among others, another last minute member is added to the list: John Simonwhich has been confirmed by the official networks of the national team, which will become part of the squad of world champions.

In this way, the Napoli striker will not replace any striker or injured person for this FIFA appointment, but will join the rest of the squad for the duels against Panama and Curaçao on 23 and 28 March respectively.

The one that emerged in the River had not been called up to the Senior Team since October 2020, already with Scaloni on the bench, at a time when the coach was trying to finish forming the post-World Cup 2018 renewal. The good season that Cholo’s son had in Naples , with 8 goals, gave him credit for being part of the world champion team.

Napoli are the excellent leaders in football and are playing in the round of 16 of the Champions League against Frankfurt: they won the away leg 2-0 and Wednesday the 15th defines the series at home.

Gio is not in the starting lineup of Luciano Spaletti’s devastating side, but he does his best and meets his goal quota every time he comes on. This is the main virtue of Cholito, and the one that Scaloni was able to exploit with this call.