Argentina goes with renewed squad for friendlies against Nigeria and Poland

 
BUENOS AIRES, May 18, 2011 (AFP) – Argentina’s coach Sergio Batista, presented on Tuesday a list with many features, which will compete for the friendly against Nigeria and Poland in June.

For these meetings, in the latter part of the preparation to the Copa America in Argentina-2011, the "Checho" Batista called up nine new players of his cycle.

The midfielder Alberto "Tino" Costa, from the Spanish club Valencia, leads these names, with the midfielders Franco Jara, Mauro Formica, Pablo Piatti e Nicolás Bertolo, forwards Marco Ruben, Mauro Boselli e Jonthan Cristaldo and the defender Alejandro Cabral.

About local players, only the goalkeeper Adrián Gabbarini, from Independiente was called up.
Argentina will visit Nigeria on June 1 at the National Stadium in Abuja and four days later, will play against Poland in Warsaw.

Check the squad for the upcoming friendlies of Argentina:

Goalkeepers: Oscar Ustari (Getafe, Spain) and Adrián Gabbarini (Independiente).

Defenders: Marcos Angeleri (Sunderland, England), Alejandro Cabral (Legia Varsovia, Poland), Federico Fazio (Sevilla, Spain), Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid, Spain), Mateo Mussacchio (Villarreal, Spain), Nicolás Otamendi (Porto, Portugal), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City, England) and Emiliano Insúa (Galatasaray, Turkey).

Midfielders: Fernando Belluschi (Porto, Portugal), Nicolás Bertolo (Zaragoza, Spain), Alberto Costa (Valencia, Spain), Pablo Piatti (Almería, Spain), Franco Jara and Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica, Portugal), Mauro Formica (Blackburn Rovers, England) and Mario Bolatti (Internacional, Brazil).

Strikers: Diego Perotti (Sevilla, Spain), Marco Ruben (Villarreal, Spain), Mauro Boselli (Génova, Italy) and Jonathan Cristaldo (Metallist, Ukraine).

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