Lionel Scaloni's final decision to tempt Benjamín Cremaschi for Argentina

Lionel Scaloni is a coach who has not been wedded to any player or any scheme since he took over as coach of the Argentina National Team more than five years ago, and the sporting results have proved him right. Champion of America in 2021, of the Finalissima in 2022 and of the World Cup last year, the 105 players named to his cycle are not a coincidence of destiny, but their own merit.

With a clear message and an unquestionable line, both the native of Pujato and his field assistants have a low profile and do not make bombastic statements to the media. Each word in its proper measure and each list is thought, meditated, reviewed several times and defined before being officially published and communicated to the called-up players for each FIFA double date.

With the exception of captain and leader Lionel Messi, none of them has a bought or guaranteed place. Before each call-up, the DT made it very clear that those who wish to be included in the squad have to prove it with facts: that is to say, to be a starter in his club or to have played a lot of minutes in order to be seriously considered. Not everyone has the same luck because the daily competition is dense and arduous for any professional.

Argentina roster confirms that Scaloni does not want Cremaschi in his team

The Argentine National Team published this week the list of players called up for the third and fourth dates of the South American qualifiers and the name and surname of Benjamin Cremaschi, the Argentine striker who has been playing with Messi at Inter Miami for the last couple of months, does not appear on the list. With this panorama, it is a clear message for the right-hander that he must focus 100 percent on the United States national team, to which he has already been called up on more than one occasion to represent the North American team in international and world competitions. How did Benjamin take this low blow from the Argentine technical director? Did Messi not tempt him or jump for him before this call-up?