Gonzalo Montiel's injury led Lionel Scaloni, the Argentina national team coach, to call up Agustín Giay, a Palmeiras defender, for the first time to the albiceleste's commitments. According to the player's father, the 22-year-old, trained by Abel Ferreira, didn't find out right away because… he was sleeping. "We were having lunch when his agent called me to say he had been selected," Giay's father told the Argentine portal Todo Noticias. "We started calling him, but he wasn't answering. When he finally picked up, we started shouting: 'The national team is calling you!' but he, half asleep, didn't understand anything," he continued. At 22 years old, the defender, who has represented Argentina at the U-16 and U-20 levels, has been called up to the senior national team for the first time. "He was doing something he never does: he trains every morning, wakes up at seven in the morning, but this time he was resting, sleeping a little longer. We interrupted his sleep with great news," he concluded. Argentina will face Mauritania and Zambia in friendly matches during this international break.
National Team Because Lionel Scaloni remains central to this story.
National Team Because Lionel Scaloni remains central to this story.
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