The international careers of Diego Simeone and Gabriel Batistuta look to be over after they were omitted from Argentina’s squad to face Holland in a friendly next month
Argentina’s leading scorer Batistuta announced his international retirement last year but reports since, suggested the 33-year-old striker had reconsidered the decision. Simeone meanwhile, who has won over 100 caps, may well have reached the end of the road of his international career.
Bielsa included three uncapped players in his squad – Deportivo Coruna defender Lionel Scaloni,Atletico Madrid defender Fabricio Coloccini and Nantes midfielder Mauro Cetto.
Striker Hernan Crespo and midfielder Matias Almeyda were unavailable due to injury.
Argentina squad:
– Pablo Cavallero (Celta Vigo, Spain), Roberto Bonano (Barcelona, Spain).
– Roberto Ayala (Valencia, Spain), Fabricio Coloccini (Atletico Madrid, Spain), Walter Samuel (Roma, Italy), Mauricio Pochettino (Paris St Germain, France), Facundo Quiroga (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal), Lionel Scaloni (Deportivo Coruna, Spain), Juan Pablo Sorin (Lazio, Italy), Diego Placente (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany).
– Pablo Aimar (Valencia, Spain), Javier Zanetti (Inter, Italy), Marcelo Gallardo (Monaco, France), Mauro Cetto (Nantes, France), Juan Sebastian Veron (Manchester United, England), Esteban Cambiasso (Real Madrid, Spain), Santiago Solari (Real Madrid, Spain)
– Javier Saviola (Barcelona, Spain), Gustavo Lopez (Celta Vigo, Spain), Claudio Lopez (Lazio, Italy), Julio Cruz (Bologna, Italy) Ariel Ortega (Fenerbahce, Turkey).
