Argentina confirms the 2 rivals it will face in the United States – 2024-02-23 05:47:49

After the annoyance caused in China by the absence of Lionel Messi on his tour of Hong Kong with Inter Miami, and despite his request for an apology and explanation of why from the Argentine star on social networks, finally the Asian tour of The Argentine soccer team for this month of March was canceled last Saturday, February 17.

Without standing idly by, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) quickly moved to be able to carry out the friendly matches belonging to the FIFA date, one of the last to take place before the next Copa América 2024.

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This Wednesday it was confirmed that the world champions in Qatar 2022 will play their next games in the United States, highlighting among the changes, in addition to the venues, that there will also be another team that was not in the plans originally.

Teams and dates

The AFA confirmed that the teams of El Salvador and Nigeria will be their next rivals. “The Argentine National Team already knows the rivals it will face in the friendly tour of the United States. Firstly, Lionel Scaloni’s team will face El Salvador at the Lincoln Financial Field stadium in the city of Philadelphia (22 of March). Meanwhile, the second match will be against Nigeria at the Los Angeles Coliseum (March 26),†the football entity confirmed on its official website.

Argentina’s first match will be on Friday, March 22, against the Central American team at the Lincoln Financial Field stadium. Four days later, exactly on Tuesday the 26th of the same month, the albiceleste will face the African team at the Coliseum in the city of Los Angeles, California.

Without a doubt, the one who will benefit the most from the change of venue is Lionel Messi, since he will not have to travel so many kilometers to play both friendlies, a situation that worried the management of the MLS team to which he belongs since in the preseason He made long exhausting trips. At this time, the meeting times have not been confirmed.