Argentina will travel to Uruguay for the 13th round of the FIFA World Cup 2026 South American qualifiers to be played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay on Friday.
The 2022 World Cup winner is currently first in the CONMEBOL qualifiers standings with 25 points from 12 games while Uruguay is third with twenty points from as many games.
La Albiceleste will be without the services of striker Lautaro Martinez due to a hamstring injury. Inter Milan’s Martinez remained on the bench for the second leg of its Champions League round of 16 win over Feyenoord last week with muscle discomfort.
The 27-year-old returned to score in Inter’s 2-0 Serie A win over Atalanta on Sunday, before joining Lionel Scaloni’s squad, but he has now been ruled out with an injury in his left hamstring.
Martinez joins Argentina’s growing list of absentees, including captain Lionel Messi, sidelined with a muscle strain, along with Gonzalo Montiel, Giovani Lo Celso, and Paulo Dybala.
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