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New faces for Argies

Argentina coach Jose Pekerman has drafted in three players for the Hungary friendly.

Argentina coach Jose Pekerman has drafted in Wolfsburg pair Andres D'Alessandro and Facundo Quiroga and Villarreal's Luciano Figueroa (pictured) for Wednesday's friendly against Hungary in Budapest.

The newly-called up players are replacements for Juan Roman Riquelme, Fabricio Coloccini, Luciano Galletti and Javier Mascherano who are all nursing injuries.

Apart from River Plate goalkeeper German Lux and Cruz Azul forward Cesar Delgado, every player will travel to the Budapest match from Europe.

Squad: Franco (Atletico Madrid), Lux (River Plate); Ayala (Valencia), Heinze (Manchester United), Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Milito (Real Zaragoza), Quiroga (Wolfsburg); Scaloni (Deportivo), Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Zabaleta (Espanyol), Bernardi (Monaco), Sorin (Villarreal), Luis Gonzalez (Porto), Santana (Palermo), Messi (Barcelona), D'Alessandro (Wolfsburg); Figueroa (Villarreal), Lisandro Lopez (Porto), Cesar Delgado (Cruz Azul, Mexico), Crespo (Chelsea).