The Argentine team’s tweet dates back to Friday November 11, 2022 at 11:56 am. “#Qatar2022 Our coach Lionel Scaloni has announced the list of players who will represent us in this new edition of the FIFA World Cup,” it read along with a video of the coach naming the players one by one. 26 players who made history in Qatar. Today marks three years since that moment when no one knew what would happen.

In the video, Scaloni announced without preamble the names according to each positionHe concluded with a message of encouragement and hope: “They are proud to be called up and wear this shirt, and we hope that you as fans will be too, All together“.
List provided by Scaloni
- shooters: Emiliano “Depo” Martinez (Aston Villa), Franco Armani (River Plate), and Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal).
- Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), Juan Foyth (Villarreal), German Pezzella (Real Betis), Cristian Romero (Tottenham), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), Marcos Acuña (Sevilla), Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax).
- Midfielders: Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis), Leandro Paredes (Juventus), Enzo Fernandes (Benfica), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Alejandro “Papo” Gomez (Sevilla), Alexis McAllister (Brighton).
- forward: Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain), Paulo Dybala (Roma), Angel Di Maria (Juventus), Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina), Joaquin Correa (Inter Milan), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Julian Alvarez (Manchester City).
After the friendly matches that Argentina played before the World Cup, it was removed from this list Joaquin Correa and Nicholas Gonzalez Because of injuries. They were replaced by Thiago Almada and Angel Correa.