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By Rick Minars
(Official ONELOVE World Cup Argentina Correspondent)
As promised, here’s the 30 player preliminary roster breakdown for Argentina! I also promised that I would provide my opinions as well as a little bit of a rant, but we shall save that for another day. In this article you will see a brief breakdown of the players. It will include the clubs they play on, their age, caps with the national team and World Cup experience.
Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar), 23 years old, 5 caps, first World Cup.
Nicolás Otamendi (Vélez), 22 years old, 6 caps, first World Cup.
Martín Demichelis (Bayern Munich), 29 years old, 25 caps, first World Cup.
Walter Samuel (Inter), 32 years old, 54 caps, second World Cup.
Gabriel Heinze (Olympique), 29 years old, 65 caps, second World Cup.
Jonás Gutiérrez (Newcastle), 27 years old, 15 caps, first World Cup.
Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), 25 years old, 56 caps, second World Cup.
Juan Sebastián Verón (Estudiantes), 35 years old, 69 caps, third World Cup.
Angel Di María (Benfica), 22 years old, 7 caps, first World Cup.
Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 22 years old, 45 caps, second World Cup.
Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid), 22 years old, 4 caps, first World Cup.
Mariano Andújar (Catania), 26 years old, 4 caps, first World Cup.
Diego Pozo (Colón), 32 years old, 3 caps, first World Cup.
Nicolás Burdisso (Inter), 29 years old, 28 caps, second World Cup.
Clemente Rodríguez (Estudiantes), 28 years old, 11 caps, first World Cup.
Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle), 28 years old, 33 caps, second World Cup.
Mario Bolatti (Fiorentina), 25 years old, 4 caps, first World Cup.
Jesús Dátolo (Olympiakos), 25 years old, 3 caps, first World Cup.
Javier Pastore (Palermo), 20 years old, no caps, first World Cup.
José Sosa (Estudiantes), 24 years old, 6caps, first World Cup.
Maxi Rodríguez (Liverpool), 29 years old, 35 caps, second World Cup.
Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid), 21 years old, 21 caps, first World Cup.
Diego Milito (Inter), 30 years old, 21 caps, first World Cup.
Carlos Tevez (Manchester City), 26 years old, 53 caps, second World Cup.
Martín Palermo (Boca), 36 years old, 13 caps, first World Cup.
Ezequiel Lavezzi (Nápoli), 25 years old, 6 caps, first World Cup.
Sebastián Blanco (Lanús), 22 years old, 2 caps, first World Cup.
Insaurralde (Newell’s), 25 years old, 2 caps, first World Cup.
Juan Mercier (Argentinos), 30 years old, 3 caps, first World Cup.
Ariel Garcé (Colón), 30 years old, 3 caps, first World Cup.
This is the list of the 30 player preliminary roster in which 7 will be excluded from the list in a couple of weeks. Some things to note from this list.
Note:
1. From this list of 30 that has been selected, Maradona has played and tried out 108 different players.
2. There are 10 locally-based players who have made the first cut.
3. Lastly and most importantly, the vast majority of these players have made this team with no prior world cup experience.
