Buenos Aires, Argentina (My Sportsbook) - Boca Juniors striker Rodrigo Palacio got his first competitive call-up to the Argentina squad for World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Colombia.

Palacio made his debut in a 1-1 friendly draw with Mexico earlier in March, but now will be ready for the March 26 qualifying match at Bolivia and then a home game four days later versus Columbia.

Pekerman added eight players to the group of 25 foreign-based players after the sixth round of Clausura.

Pekerman's team is currently first in the South American qualifying, with a 6-1-4 record.

The complete Argentine roster is:

GOALKEEPERS:

Roberto Abbondanzieri (Boca Juniors)

Leo Franco (Atletico Madrid)

German Lux (River Plate)

DEFENDERS:

Gonzalo Rodriguez (Villarreal)

Gabriel Milito (Real Zaragoza)

Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruna)

Diego Placente (Bayer Leverkusen)

Roberto Ayala (Valencia)

Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan)

Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan)

Leandro Cufre (Roma)

Clemente Rodriguez (Spartak Moscow)

Gabriel Heinze (Manchester United)

Daniel Diaz (Colon)

MIDFIELDERS:

Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan)

Juan Pablo Sorin (Villarreal)

Lionel Scaloni (Deportivo La Coruna)

Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal)

Luis Gonzalez (River Plate)

Javier Mascherano (River Plate)

Leonardo Ponzio (Real Zaragoza)

Pablo Aimar (Valencia)

Aldo Duscher (Deportivo La Coruna)

Lucas Bernardi (Monaco)

Fernando Belluschi (Newell's Old Boys)

STRIKERS:

Javier Saviola (Monaco)

Luciano Figueroa (Villarreal)

Luciano Galletti (Real Zaragoza)

Cesar Delgado (Cruz Azul)

Maxi Rodriguez (Espanyol)

Hernan Crespo (AC Milan)

Rolando Zarate (Velez Sarsfield)

Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors)