Lionel Scaloni, coach of the Argentine national team, announced the official formation of the Tango team, against his Australian counterpart, in the match that sees the two teams together today at nine in the evening, at the “Ahmed Bin Ali” stadium, 2022 Qatar World Cup round of 16.
Argentina training
Goalkeeper: Martinez.
Defense: Acuña – Romero – Otamendi – Molina.
Midfield: Aleister – Enzo Fernandez – De Paul.
Attack: Alvarez – Messi – Papu Gomez.
Argentina training
Formation of Australia
Goalkeeper: Ryan.
Defense: Dejnik – Soter – Roles – Aziz Behich.
Midfield: Backus – Moy – Irvine – Lekki.
Etch: Duke – Riley McGarry.
Formation of Australia
The Argentina national team qualified for this role after an exciting scenario in the group stage, where they suffered a surprising first-round defeat by two goals to one against the Saudi national team, before winning the second leg with two clear goals over Mexico national team, then beat Poland in the last round by the same score to score 6. points and top its group.
While the Australian national team qualified for the round of 16, after making a surprise in their group, where they suffered a heavy defeat in the first round against France by four goals to one, then struggled to beat Tunisia in the second round with a clear goal , before beating Denmark in their last match also with a clear goal to qualify for second place in their group with 6 points, behind leaders France.
Argentina has participated in the World Cup 18 times in its history, and has been absent from the international tournament only 4 times in the years: 1938, 1950, 1954 and 1970. Argentina is one of the 3 South American countries that have won the title , together with Brazil (5) and Uruguay (2), winning the 1978 and 1986 World Cups.
On the other hand, the Australian national team has participated in the World Cup Finals three times, and this participation is the fourth for the Kangaroo team, as their 2010 participation in South Africa was the first since joining part of the AFC family, and conversely the previous two participations were in 1974 in West Germany and 2006 in Germany as a qualifying team for Oceania.
