Aguero, Messi team up in Argentine attack
Lionel Messi is joined in Argentina's attack by the fit-again Sergio Aguero to face Iceland in their World Cup Group D opener at Spartak Stadium.
Aguero had knee surgery in March but returned in a warm-up friendly against Haiti two weeks ago.
There is no place in Saturday's starting line-up for Juventus playmaker Paulo Dybala or club teammate Gonzalo Higuain.
Coach Jorge Sampaoli taking the surprising decision to reveal his starting line-up a day before the match and said he saw no reason to hide his selection.
"The team is very consolidated behind an idea and very well prepared," he said at the Spartak Stadium," he said on Friday.
Iceland's No.10 Gylfi Sigurdsson is fit to start despite, like Aguero, ending his English Premier League season in March because of a knee injury.
Coach Heimir Hallgrimsson has opted for Alfred Finnbogason to lead the attack in a likely 4-5-1 formatioin for what he described as "the biggest game in Icelandic football".
Argentina line-up: Willy Caballero, Eduardo Salvio, Nicolas Otamendi, Marcos Rojo, Nicolas Tagliafico, Lucas Biglia, Javier Mascherano, Maximiliano Meza, Lionel Messi, Angel di Maria, Sergio Aguero.
Iceland: Hannes Halldorsson, Birkir Mar Saevarsson, Ragnar Sigurdsson, Johann Berg Gudmundsson, Birkir Bjarnason, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Alfred Finnbogason, Kari Arnason, Aron Gunnarsson, Hordur Magnusson, Emil Hallfredsson.
