Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano are joined by Angel Correa in the Argentina squad after the Atletico Madrid forward was named with the Barcelona pair.
Also present in the party for the October 8 game against Ecuador and the October 13 fixture with Paraguay is Sevilla midfielder Ever Banega.
Matias Kranevitter, the River Plate midfielder bound for Atletico, gets a call-up as well, as does Valencia’s Enzo Perez.
There’s no place for former Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain, now at Napoli, with Messi and Correa joined by Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Paulo Dybala as Tata Martino’s forward options.
