The coach Albiceleste summoned Lucas Martínez Quarta to join the squad that will face the friendlies against Mauritania and Zambia after the confirmation of Leonardo Balerdi's injury.
The River player, driven by his level recovery in recent weeks and good performance, will take the place of the defender of Olympique de Marseille, who was disaffected by injury before the start of training at the AFA site in Ezeiza.
With this call, Martínez Quarta returns to Albiceleste after a while without being summoned. His last participation with the National Team was in the 2024 Copa América, where he added just a handful of minutes against Peru.
In this way, the millionaire player will have a new opportunity to show himself and dream of a possible call for the World Cup.
Montiel in doubt In
parallel with this sudden change, the coaching staff is also closely following the situation of Gonzalo Montiel, another of the players who set off alarms in the last few hours
. Montiel could be low in the National Team
The right back ended with discomfort in River's 0-2 win against Estudiantes de Rio Cuarto and could be ruled out for the duels against the Africans. “I had a hamstring pain, let's hope it's nothing,” he said after the match in which he also scored a goal
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In the next few hours, Cachete will undergo studies to determine the severity of the injury and whether or not he focuses on the National Team.
