With Lionel Messi back, the argentine national team world champion will look for a new victory to continue with an ideal score in the table of the Qualifiers for him World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico 2026.
Current events and background of both teams
The captain is once again at the disposal of Lionel Scaloni after his absence even from the substitute bench in the victory against Bolivia (3-0) in the height of Peace but it is not yet confirmed if he will start or enter with the game already started since he only added 70 minutes with Inter Miami between two games in the last month due to discomfort in the hamstring of his right leg.
Paraguaywith the debut of the Argentine Daniel Garnero as coach replacing Guillermo Barros Schelottopresents himself as a rival to be careful more because of recent confrontations than because of his present.
The “albirroja” did not qualify for the last three World Cups and at the beginning of the journey towards the 2026 He only got one point out of the six at play.
On the first date they drew goalless against Peruat home, with one more player throughout the second half and then lost 1-0 on their visit to Venezuela.
However, the Argentina he could only beat Paraguay in one of the last six matches and it was in the group stage of the Copa America 2021 for 1-0.
In the qualifiers for Qatar 2022 There were two draws (1-1 in La Bombonera and 0-0 in Assumption) and on the way to Russia 2018 there was goalless equality in Paraguay and subsequent 1-0 defeat in Cordova.
The last triumphs of the “albiceleste” over Paraguay by Qualifiers were in the cycle Alejandro Sabella toward Brazil 2014 with 3-1 wins in Cordova and 5-2 in Assumption.
Outside of the history with the current rival, the current world and American champion has a perfect present given that he began the path towards defending the title in 2026 with an ideal score after the triumphs against Ecuador and Bolivia.
The cycle of Scaloni He has already played 63 games, with 43 wins, 15 draws and only five defeats, of which two were one in 2019 (Brazil 2-0), another in 2022 (Saudi Arabia 2-1) and none for Qualifiers.
For this second combo of matches, the coaching staff will have significant losses since Angel Di Mariacaptain and figure in the triumph in La Paz, Paulo Dybala and Lisandro Martínez They were left out due to various injuries.
Among the returns stand out Giovani Lo Celso and Marcos Acuña but both would start as substitutes.
How Paraguay arrives, with a new coach
In the other side, Daniel Garnero He was made official as the new coach on September 20 and with less than a month in office he has the mission of lifting up a team with many difficulties.
By Qualifiersthe “albirroja” only won one of the last eleven games and on the road they have lost three in a row, nine without winning and eight games without scoring goals.
The last victory was on date 2 of the qualifiers heading to Qatar 2022 in view of Venezuela in Merida with a goal Gaston Gimenez.
And the last goal outside Paraguay turned it Angel Romerocriminal, right before the Argentina in the 1-1 draw on the third date in the candy box.
Garnero He would present a line of five defenders for his debut and given the lack of time to work he would bet on players he knows from his last cycle for Freedom like the full-backs Iván Ramírez and Matias Espinoza and the midfielder Alvaro Campuzano.
In addition, it was played by two players absent in the cycle of Barros Schelotto as Gaston Gimenezfrom Formosa and cited by Scaloni in 2020and Adam Bareirowith a great scoring moment in San Lorenzo.
Among the absences due to injury, those of Julio Encisoyoung Brighton figure, Andres Cubasformer Boca, and Diego GomezMessi’s teammate at Inter Miami.
Argentina and Paraguay Tomorrow they will play the 100th match in the history that the “albiceleste” dominates with 51 wins against 15 for the “albirroja” and is completed with 33 draws.
What time does Argentina vs Paraguay play?
Time: 20:00
Where to watch Argentina vs Paraguay
TV: Public TV and TyC Sports.
Formations
Argentina: Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi and Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Alexis Mac Allister and Enzo Fernández; Lionel Messi, Julián Álvarez and Nicolás González. DT: Lionel Scaloni.
Paraguay: Carlos Coronel; Iván Ramírez, Fabián Balbuena, Gustavo Gómez, Junior Alonso and Matías Espinoza; Ramón Sosa, Richard Sánchez, Álvaro Campuzano and Miguel Almirón; Adam Bareiro. DT: Daniel Garnero.
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Stadium: Monumental
Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)
VAR: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
Source: Ambito
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