Soccer-Argentina squad to face Colombia and Ecuador

BUENOS AIRES, May 22 (Reuters) - Argentina named the
following squad on Friday for the World Cup qualifiers at home
to Colombia on June 6 and away to Ecuador on June 10.

Goalkeepers: Juan Pablo Carrizo (Lazio), Mariano Andujar
(Estudiantes), Federico Vilar (Atlante).

Defenders: Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Emiliano Papa
(Velez Sarsfield), Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid), Marcos Angeleri
(Estudiantes), Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan), Daniel Diaz
(Getafe), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Nicolas Otamendi
(Velez Sarsfield), Juan Forlin (Boca Juniors).

Midfielders: Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Fernando Gago
(Real Madrid), Juan Sebastian Veron (Estudiantes), Maximiliano
Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle United),
Sebastian Battaglia (Boca Juniors), Cristian Gimenez (Pachuca),
Daniel Montenegro (Independiente).

Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Carlos Tevez (Manchester
United), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Lisandro Lopez
(Porto), Diego Milito (Genoa), Gonzalo Bergessio (San Lorenzo).

(Reporting by Brian Homewood; editing by Neil Maidment)