With less than a week to go before the World Cup debut at the Group C against Saudi Arabiathe tuesday november 22the team led by captain Lionel Messi will face their last football test in search of a new victory to maintain the undefeated history.
The “Scaloneta” reached 35 games without losing after the last win against Jamaican (3-0) last September, and matched a mark they had registered Brazil (between 1993 and 1996) and Spain (between 2007 and 2009).
In the event of a new positive result, Argentina will be one game away from the longest streak in history, which belongs to Italy with 37 unbeaten games between 2018 and 2021.
At the football level, the friendly will serve the coaching staff to try variants to find a replacement for the injured Giovani Lo Celso.
Captain Lionel Messi will be from the start and will surely lead the attack along with Angel Di Maria and Lautaro Martinez.
The rival, the United Arab Emirates, number 46 in the ranking of the FIFAwill not be a demanding opponent and the presence of Arruabarrena on the substitute bench ensures the “friendly” character of the match.
The “Basque”, former DT of Tigre and Boca JuniorsHe told, jokingly, in different interviews that he had already warned his managers that they could not “touch” Messi because if something happened to him, he would not be able to return to Argentina.
This will be the first time in history that Argentina will play against Arab Emirates.
The last antecedent of the selected albiceleste in Middle East it was just during the cycle scalonisince in October 2018 they faced Iraq in a friendly played in Saudi Arabia.
formations
Argentina: Emiliano Martinez; Nahuel Molina, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi and Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes and Alejandro Gomez; Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez or Ángel Di María and Julián Alvarez. DT: Lionel Scaloni.
Arab Emirates: Khalid Eisa; Abdul Salam Mohammed, Khalifa Al Hammadi, Khaled Al Hashemi and Shaheen Abdul Rahman; Ali Salmeen and Abdullah Hamad; Harib Abdullah, Adbullah Ramadan, Caio Canedo; Ali Mabkhout. DT: Rodolfo Arruabarrena.
Referee: Ibrahim Nour Eldin, from Egypt.
Stadium: Mohamed Bin Zayed (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).
start time: 12.30.
TV: TyC Sports.
Source: Ambito
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