Argentina and Colombia will face each other today, February 1, at 6:30 PM (ET) for Matchday 16 of the Conmebol Qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Find out here the lineups of both teams in this qualifier game. You can watch it live in the United States on FuboTV (free trial).
The local team is, togetherwith Brazil, one of the two classified that havethese Conmebol Qualifiers. They should play these remaining games only to complete the Conference schedule. However, this may be a good opportunity for coach Scaloni to test the team in the absence of Lionel Messi.
In the case of Colombia, they come from losing a match in an incredible way against Peru, in which they were much superior and had several goal situations. However, the Peruvians took advantage of a counterattack to make it 1-0 and with that score the game ended. With the victory of Uruguay, at this moment they would be left out of everything and that is why they need the victory.
Argentinalineup
With the absence of the main star of the Argentine team, Lionel Messi, coach Scaloni will have to assemble the team without him and also without Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico, Rodrigo de Paul and Leandro Paredes, all of them suspended due to reaching the booking limit; and Alexis Mac Allister who tested positive for COVID-19.
Argentina starting XI: Emiliano Martínez; Gonzalo Montiel, Germán Pezzella, Lisandro Martínez, Marcos Acuña; Alejandro Gómez, Guido Rodríguez, Giovani Lo Celso; Ángel Di María, Lautaro Martínez,Lucas Ocampos
Colombialineup
Looking to return to the qualifying zone for the next World Cup, or playoffs, coach Reinaldo Rueda is confident of being able to face the Argentine team. For reaching the limit of yellow cards Yerry Mina will be out.
Colombia starting XI: Camilo Vargas; Stefan Medina, Davinson Sanchez, William Tesillo, Johan Mojica; Matheus Uribe, WilmarBarrios; Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, James Rodríguez, LuisDíaz; MiguelBorja.