World Cup winners of 1978 and 1986 Argentina had been forced to go back to the drawing board following Juan Roman Riquelme’s decision to quit the side earlier this week. World Cup legend Diego Maradona was speaking to the press regarding the talented playermakers’ decision to quit International Football.
It is clear to see how much Riquelme was in the managers plans with his recent comments about the way in which Argentina will go about their business. “We had to change everything after losing Riquelme,” said Maradona. Maradona stated that all his tactical plans had to be reassessed after the enigmatic playmaker who was upset at comments the manager made about his playing style, said on Tuesday the two could not work together.
Squad to face Venezuela and Bolivia:
Goalkeepers: Juan Pablo Carrizo (Lazio), Mariano Andujar (Estudiantes), Federico Vilar (Atlante)
Defenders: Emiliano Papa (Velez Sarsfield), Juan Forlin (Boca Juniors), Marcos Angeleri (Estudiantes), Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan), Walter Samuel (Inter Milan), Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid), Daniel Diaz (Getafe)
Midfielders: Sebastian Battaglia (Boca Juniors), Juan Sebastian Veron (Estudiantes), Daniel Montenegro (Independiente), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle United), Maximiliano Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Angel Di Maria (Benfica), Luis Gonzalez (Porto), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid)
Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Carlos Tevez (Manchester United), Diego Milito (Genoa), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Lisandro Lopez (Porto)
