Argentina’s World Cup arrangements endured a blow on Tuesday as goalkeeper Sergio Romero was governed out of the competition with knee damage, the Argentina Football Association (AFA) said. The Manchester United goalkeeper harmed his correct knee amid preparing in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.
“Romero will be expelled from the rundown of 23 players who will take an interest in the 2018 World Cup in Russia,” the AFA said in an announcement. Romero, 31, is the most topped goalkeeper in the historical backdrop of the Argentina national group with 83 appearances and spoke to the nation at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.
The AFA said Romero had endured a blockage in his correct knee and was being assessed carefully. A substitution will be declared “in the coming days,” the announcement said. And in addition his World Cup understanding, Romero has spoken to Argentina in three Copa Americas and was likewise an individual from the side that won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Argentina, beaten finalists in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, open their Group D battle in Russia against Iceland on June 16. Other first round adversaries incorporate Croatia and Nigeria.