Soccer - Interim coach rings in big changes for Argentina


  • Football
  • Saturday, 18 Aug 2018

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Argentina's Racing Club v Chile's Universidad de Chile - Copa Libertadores - Presidente Peron stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina - May 3, 2018 - Racing Club's striker Lautaro Martinez gestures. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Italian-based strikers Lautaro Martinez and Giovanni Simeone are among the 20 new faces in Argentina's squad for upcoming friendlies against Guatemala and Colombia, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) said on Friday.

Martinez, who joined Inter Milan from Racing earlier this summer, and Simeone, the Spain-born striker who plays for Fiorentina, are included up front alongside Paolo Dybala, Angel Correa and Cristian Pavon.

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