Now yes, definitely, club football has stopped and the players are World mode. stay alone 7 days for Argentina’s debut in Qatar, no more than six for the opening match between the local team and Ecuador, and little by little the players of the 32 teams are arriving in Arab territory.
The World Cup is coming, training has already started and the different teams are finalizing the details for the World Cup. One by one, all friendlies that will be played this weekalready button of the long-awaited event.
In total, they will be 43 games to play this weekamong which stands out the Argentina versus United Arab Emirates. They arrived on Monday Messi, you say maria and the 26-man squad in Abu Dhabi and are already starting preparations for a new World Cup with the national team. It will be the fifth for Leo, the only Argentine to reach that figure, and the fourth for Angelito.
The duel between the Lionel Scaloni and those of Vasco Arruabarrena, next Wednesday at 12:30 in Argentina, will take place at the Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed stadium and the Albiceleste team should field a starting eleven with a majority of starters. Then, logically, there would have been rotation in the second half.
That same day he will also play Saudi Arabia, La Scaloneta’s rival on her World Cup debut, at home against the current world runner-up Croatia at Msool Park stadium. It will be one of three friendlies between two teams on the schedule Qatar 2022. The other two: Ghana versus Swiss Y Japan versus Canadapossible round of 16 junctions.
Then, in addition to the aforementioned match in Argentina, ten other national teams will prepare against the teams that failed to qualify for the next big event.
Among the candidates, Germany will visit Oman Wednesday, the same day the other two rivals of the national team take the field in the group stage. Poland will receive Chile, while Mexico will face Sweden in Girona. Then on Thursday they will clash Spain with Giordano e Portugal-Nigeria, while friday Belgium he will do the same with Egypt.
In addition, a large number of friendlies between non-World Cup teams will be played, which will continue during the competition in Qatar, taking advantage of the shutdown of clubs from around the world.
Complete calendar of friendlies
Tuesday 11/15
- Venezuela versus Panama
- Dominican Republic vs. Cuba
Wednesday 11/16
- Saudi Arabia versus Croatia
- Mexico vs. Sweden
- UAE vs Argentina
- Poland vs. kilos
- Oman vs. Germany
- nepali vs. Pakistan
- Turkey versus Scotland
- Czech Republic vs. Faroe Islands
- Andorra vs. Austria
- Moldova vs. Azerbaijan
- Kosovo vs. Armenia
- Cyprus versus Bulgaria
- Gibraltar vs. Liechtenstein
- Algeria versus Mali
- Albania versus Italy
- Peru versus Paraguayan
- Nicaragua vs. The Saviour
- Uzbekistan vs. Kazakhstan
- Ivory Coast vs. Burundi
Thursday 11/17
- Ghana versus Swiss
- Japan versus Canada
- Iraq vs Costa Rica
- Jordan vs. Spain
- Morocco vs. Georgia
- Portugal vs. Nigeria
- Tajikistan vs. Russia
- Romania versus Slovenia
- malt vs. Greece
- Montenegro vs. Slovakia
- North Macedonia vs. Finland
- South Africa versus Mozambique
- Israel versus Zambia
- Luxembourg versus Hungary
- Ireland versus Norway
- Syria vs Belarus
- Saint Lucia vs. San Marino
Friday 11/18
- Cameroon vs. Panama
- Belgium vs. Egypt
- Bahrain vs. Serbian
- Bolivia versus Peru
- Dominican Republic vs. Cuba
*in bold, the teams from the World Cup.
Source: Clarin
