Marcos Senesi has been included in the pre-selection of Argentina for the very first time, the Argentine Football Association announced to the world on Monday afternoon. In the World Cup qualifying series they will soon complete two games. A home game with Paraguay will follow on November 12, followed by an away game against Peru on November 18. In the short term, the final selection will be announced by national coach Lionel Scaloni.

Senesi has been a fixed value in the defense of Feyenoord for some time, which has meanwhile also noticed Scaloni. The center defender recently caused a sensation with a beautiful goal in the home game against ADO Den Haag (3-2). From just inside the penalty area he managed to score with a fabulous bicycle kick. The mandekker is now at 32 performances on behalf of Feyenoord. Senesi also has four youth matches for Argentina to his name.

In the pre-selection of the Argentinian team there is also room for Nicolás Tagliafico, Lionel Messi and Paulo Dybala. The Scaloni formation got off to a good start to the World Cup qualifying series, with victories over Ecuador (1-0) and Bolivia (1-2). In the qualification group, with a total of ten countries, they share the lead with Brazil with six points.

Full pre-selection Argentina:

Target: Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa), Jeremías Ledesma (Cádiz), Agustín Marchesín (FC Porto), Franco Armani (River Plate), Esteban Andrada (Boca Juniors)

Defense: Juan Foyth (Villarreal), Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica), Marcos Senesi (Feyenoord), Nehuén Pérez (Atlético Madrid), Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax), Wálter Kanneman (Gremio), Marcos Acuña (Seville), Facundo Medina (RC Lens), Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina), Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)

Midfield: Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain), Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis), Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur), Rodrigo de Paul (Udinese), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Rodrigo Battaglia (Deportivo Alavés), Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna) , Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla), Matías Zaracho (Atlético Mineiro), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton & Hove Albion), Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta)

Attack: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Lisandro Martínez (Internazionale), Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Nicolás González (VfB Stuttgart), Cristian Pavón (LA Galaxy), Ángel Correa (Atlético Madrid), Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), Eduardo Salvio (Boca Juniors) and Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari).