Jorge Sampaoli announced the application for his first official matches as head coach of the national team of Argentina.

In June, the former coach of Sevilla held two friendly matches against Brazil and Singapore, which were not called forward Manchester City Sergio Aguero. Nevertheless, now for Aguero there was a place in the application.

At the same time this time in the list of 23 players there was no striker Juventus Gonzalo Higuain.

The application of the national team of Argentina for the qualifying matches of the World Cup 2018 against Uruguay and Venezuela:.

Goalkeepers: Sergio Romero (Manchester United), Nauel Guzman (Tigres), Geronimo Rulley (Real Sociedad);.

Defenders: Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Federico Fasio (Roma), Nicholas Otamendi (Manchester City), Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla), Nicholas Pareja (Sevilla);.

Midfielders: Ever Banega (Sevilla), Lucas Billa (Milan), Augusto Fernandez (Atletico Madrid), Leandro Paredes (Zenit), Guido Pizarro (Sevilla), Angel Di Maria (PSG), Marcos Acuna (Sporting Lisbon), Javier Pastore PSG), Manuel Lancini (West Ham), Eduardo Salvio (Benfica);.

Forwards:

Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Mauro Icardi (Inter), Joaquin Correa (Sevilla), Paulo Dibala (Juventus).

The match against Uruguay will be held on September 1 in Montevideo, and the meeting with Venezuela will be held on September 6 in Buenos Aires.

After 14 matches played, the Argentines take the fifth position in the qualification table with 22 points, behind the fourth place, giving the right to a direct exit to the 2018 World Cup, one point.