Batista announces experimental squad

Argentina coach Sergio Batista has recalled Manchester City's Pablo Zabaleta and Real Madrid's Ezequiel Garay to play against Nigeria and Poland next month.

The vast majority of Batista's squad are under the age of 25 and the Argentina boss has elected to give an international debut to Villarreal defender Mateo Musacchio as he runs the rule over his fringe players.

The squad will be under close scrutiny during the two friendly matches and will be hoping to make the final cut for the Copa America, which begins in Argentina on the July 1.

Batista's hopefuls face Nigeria in Abuja on June 1 before travelling to Warsaw to meet Poland four days later.

Squad: Oscar Ustari (Getafe), Adrian Gabbarini (Independiente); Nicolas Otamendi (Porto), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City), Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid), Federico Fazio (Sevilla), Emiliano Insua (Galatasaray), Marcos Angeleri (Sunderland), Mateo Musacchio (Villarreal); Fernando Belluschi (Porto), Alejandro Cabral (Legia Warsaw), Mario Bolatti (Internacional), Nicolas Bertolo (Zaragoza), Diego Perotti (Sevilla), Mauro Formica (Blackburn), Nicolas Gaitan (Benfica), Alberto Costa (Valencia); Jonathan Cristaldo (Metalist), Pablo Piatti (Almeria), Marco Ruben (Villarreal), Franco Jara (Benfica), Mauro Boselli (Genoa).