Diego Maradona, the coach of the Argentine national team, has selected his foreign based players to face Spain in a high profile friendly match on Nov.14. The biggest surprise was the return of Inter Milan midfielder Esteban Cambiasso.
It was the first time Maradona presented Cambiasso with a call up since becoming the coach of Argentina over a year ago. While Cristian Ansaldi will make his national team debut.
Although Maradona dropped Maximiliano Rodriguez and Fernando Gago for Argentina´s World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Uruguay, he has recalled them this time.
´El Diez´ has kept faith in attackers Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Gonzalo Higuain, who will all participate in the friendly.
Argentina face Spain on Nov.14 at the Vicente Calderon stadium. Both teams have already assured themselves of a place in South Africa 2010.
Argentina Squad:
Goalkeepers: Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar) and Mariano Andujar (Catania).
Defenders: Gabriel Heinze (Marseille), Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Cristian Ansaldi (Rubin Kazan), Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle United) and Nicolas Pareja (Espanyol).
Midfielders: Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Angel Di Maria (Benfica), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle United), Pablo Aimar (Benfica), Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan) and Maximiliano Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid).
Strikers: Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Carlos Tevez (Manchester City), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli) and Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid).
Gregory Sica
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