Facundo Buonanotte has been called up by Lionel Scaloni to join the Argentina national team which will tour Asia

Lionel Scaloni is already preparing everything to return on tour aboard the Argentina national team, now world champion after obtaining his third star in Qatar 2022. On Saturday he announced the list of 27 names who will play next June against Australia in Beijing and against Indonesia in Jakarta. And this Monday he decided to summon another one: Facundo Buonanotte.

The Rosario Central-trained footballer, who currently shares a team with Alexis Mac Allister, joins the group that was initially mentioned and which is headed by the stellar presence of Lionel Messi. The talented midfielder was in Javier Mascherano’s plans to play in the Under-20 World Cup, but was ultimately not loaned out by the English club.

Masche insisted on having it until the very end. However, the Brighton management didn’t give a thumbs up. In reality he did it halfway and this didn’t help the youth coach at all. Is that he intended to let it go with the competition already started and the Jefecito wanted to have the whole group before the debut.

Well, Buonanotte, who had integrated the South American from Colombia even if he had to abruptly abandon the competition due to a severe blow to the head and neck pain, will take his revenge in the shoes of his country. And nothing less than in the Senior Selection.

Buonanotte will be able to join Messi, Angel Di María, Emiliano Martínez, Nicolás Otamendi, Rodrigo De Paul and almost all the world champions in what will undoubtedly be his first great experience with national colors. The 18-year-old is one of the youngsters that Scaloni follows very closely as he considers him one of those who could be part of the Albiceleste’s future.

In fact, this list also includes another who had been denied Sub 20 by his club, Alejandro Garnacho. Manchester United did not give life to the request to join the World Cup since it was not in the Fifa calendar, but Garnacho will be able to be in friendlies with the Major.

Buonanotte, from Rosario Central, is taking his first steps in English football. In 14 appearances (seven as a starter) he has amassed a goal for Brighton, a team he shares with Mac Allister, who said goodbye to fans at home last weekend as he will emigrate, most likely to Liverpool.

Argentina will play against Australia in Beijing on Thursday 15th and against Indonesia in Jakarta on Monday 19th. They will be respectively their third and fourth appearances after the World Cup final against France. In March they had faced Panama at River and Curacao at Santiago del Estero in the celebrations of the cup won on Arab soil.

This time five of the 26 champions will be missing: Lautaro Martínez (he will participate in the Champions League final with Inter and then will have to undergo special treatment for his ankle), Lisandro Martínez (fractured metacarpal in one foot), Paulo Dybala (brings physical discomfort), Franco Armani (fights local tournament with River) and Alejandro Gómez (recently recovered from a severe ankle sprain).

The novelties, in addition to the aforementioned presences of Garnacho and Buonanotte, are the call-up of goalkeeper Walter Benítez (PSV), who has long been a protagonist in Europe, Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique de Marseille) and the reappearance of Lucas Ocampos (Seville). .