Argentines confirm Scots date

Hampden friendly set for November

Last updated: 6th October 2008

Argentines confirm Scots date

Mascherano and Tevez in squad

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Argentina have confirmed they will face Scotland in a high-profile friendly at Hampden Park in November.

The Argentines made the announcement after they also named their for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Chile.

Argentine will travel to Glasgow on November 19 after the two federations reached an agreement over the fee for the match.

Meanwhile, coach Alfio Basile has named four English-based players in his squad in the shape of Javier Mascherano, Carlos Tevez, Fabricio Coloccini and Pablo Zabaleta.

San Lorenzo quartet Agustin Orion, Cristian Ledesma, Gonzalo Bergessio and Pablo Barrientos have all been called up after their bright start to the new Argentine season.

Squad in full

Juan Pablo Carrizo (Lazio), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar), Agustin Orion (San Lorenzo); Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle), Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid), Javier Zanetti, Nicolas Burdisso (both Internazionale), Daniel Diaz (Getafe), Luciano Fabian Monzon (Betis), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City); Esteban Cambiasso (Internazionale), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Cristian Ledesma, Pablo Barrientos (Both San Lorenzo), Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors), Angel Di Maria (Benfica), Leandro Somoza (Velez Sarsfield); Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Carlos Tevez (Manchester United), Diego Milito (Genoa), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Bergessio (San Lorenzo)