Argentina want to extend their record against UAE: how many matches would go unbeaten if La Scaleneta wins or draws?

It’s an uncomfortable match for the Argentina national team. Six days before the debut in Qatar 2022, the footballers of Lionel Scaloni they will play the friendly against United Arab Emirates on tiptoe, as they say, without wanting to risk anything for next Tuesday’s match Saudi Arabia.

“We will not take any chances under any circumstances. It will be the first time we will take the field with a team that thinks more about the future than the present.” declared the coach in the press conference.

Anyway, the match which will be played from 12:30 pm with an idiosyncrasy and a style of play similar to what Scaloneta will have at its first in Qatar 2022.

​Also, add the possibility of extending the 35 undefeated games, the longest in the history of the Argentine national team. Gone is a team record 31 games without a loss Coco Basile between 1991 and 1993, that those of staircases they overcame with a 3-0 win against Italy in the Final.

In this way, Messi and company try to continue this streak, reach 36 games without losing against the Emirates and, why not, continue this streak during the World Cup. The last defeat: on 3 June 2019, 2-0 against Brazil in the semi-finals of the Copa América. Since that day when Messi harshly criticized Conmebol, 24 wins and 11 draws. And they seek more.

The undefeated of the Selection, from first to last

• 2-1 v Chile (3rd place Copa América 2019)
• 0-0 v Chile (friendly)
• 4-0 vs Mexico (friendly)
• 2-2 v Germany (friendly)
• 6-1 vs Ecuador (friendly)
• 1-0 v Brazil (friendly)
• 2-2 v Uruguay (friendly)
• 1-0 v Ecuador (qualifying)
• 2-1 v Bolivia (qualifying)
• 1-1 v Paraguay (qualifying)
• 2-0 v Peru (qualifying)
• 1-1 v Chile (qualifying)
• 2-2 v Colombia (qualifying)
• 1-1 v Chile (Copa América 2021, group stage)
• 1-0 v Uruguay (Copa América 2021, group stage)
• 1-0 v Paraguay (Copa América 2021, group stage)
• 4-1 v Bolivia (Copa América 2021, group stage)
• 3-0 v Ecuador (Copa América 2021, quarter-finals)
• 1-1, 3-2 on penalties vs. Colombia (Copa América 2021, semi-finals)
• 1-0 v Brazil (Copa América 2021, Final)
• 3-1 v Venezuela (qualifying)
• 3-0 v Bolivia (qualifying)
• 0-0 v Paraguay (qualifying)
• 3-0 v Uruguay (qualifying)
• 1-0 v Peru (qualifying)
• 1-0 v Uruguay (qualifying)
• 0-0 v Brazil (qualifying)
• 2-1 v Chile (qualifying)
• 1-0 v Colombia (qualifying)
• 3-0 v Venezuela (qualifying)
• 1-1 v Ecuador (qualifying)
• 3-0 vs Italy (Final)
• 5-0 v Estonia (friendly)
• 3-0 vs Honduras (friendly)
• 3-0 vs Jamaican (friendly)