José María Minella
Minella made his debut in the Argentine national selection in 1933, after the successes with the shirt of Gimnasia; that team, however, was not properly considered official by the Federation. On January 6, 1935 he officially made his debut during the South American Championship in 1935, facing Chile in Lima. In 2-3-5 chosen by Manuel Seoane Minella was deployed as center-half and played the whole tournament in this position. On January 20 he took the field against Peru and on January 27 against Uruguay, both times as a starter, Argentina reached second place in the competition. In 1937 he participated in the second South American Championship, which was held entirely in Buenos Aires. Once again as a central midfielder, Minella was one of the cornerstones of that national team, since he played all the matches of the tournament. He made his debut on December 30, 1936 against Chile, and attended against Peru (January 16, 1937), Uruguay (January 23) and Brazil (January 30). At the end of the tournament, given the parity between Brazil and Argentina in the group, a play-off had to be played, in which Minella did not take part, replaced by Ernesto Lazzatti. In 1940 he participated in the Copa Juan R. Mignaburu and the Copa Héctor Rivadavia Gómez, while the following year he was part of the squad that played the Copa Presidente Roque Saenz Peña. In 1941 he was also called up for the South American, organized in Santiago, integrating the midfield together with Esperón and Sbarra in the first match against Peru on 12 February. On February 16 he was the starter against Ecuador, and on February 23 he played the first 40 minutes of the match with Uruguay. This was his last game in South American Championship premier international tournament. Minella turned down a chance to play for the South American Championship in 1942 where Argentina finished as runners-up.