The long-awaited moment has finally arrived: the Argentina national team will debut this Tuesday, November 22, starting at 7 am (Argentina time), at Qatar World Cup 2022against Saudi Arabia, for Group C.
The first game of the team led by Lionel Scaloni will take place at the Lusail stadium (it has a capacity of 80,000 spectators) and will be led by the Slovenian Slavko Vincic, making his debut in the World Cup.
the meeting It will be broadcast by TyC Sports and Public TV.
The Argentine coach has everything ready for his debut, with the only question being who will replace the injured Gio Lo Celso in midfield: Alejandro Papu Gómez or Alexis Mac Allister. Apparently, Papu has an advantage starting from the starting 11.
For his part, Nicolás Tagliafico would win the fight to occupy the left side of Marcos Acuña, who was in the win with a crushing victory against the United Arab Emirates, in the last friendly before Qatar 2022.
Talking to the press, Lionel Messi ensured that he was physically fit and in top condition to start the journey to Qatar 2022: “I feel very good physically, I think I arrive at a great time both personally and physically and I have no problems at all. I heard that it was said that I train differently. And I trained differently because I had a stroke, as a precaution, but nothing strange.”
And launched: “It will certainly be my last World Cup, my last chance to realize that big dream that I have and that we all have”.
Scaloni, for his part, noted on the match: “To make your debut in a World Cup is the best thing that can happen to you, you have to get rid of as many dramas as possible. They (the players) know how to face because they have enough quality.”
“We are under no obligation to win a World Cup. We are wrong if we think so. We will compete so that people can enjoy watching the national team play football. We managed to get to this match as we wanted,” clarified the coach, who a few days ago alerted everyone by removing Nicolás González and Joaquín Correa from the roster due to various injuries, adding Thiago Almada and Ángel Belt.
For its part, Saudi Arabia, led by Hervé Renard, qualified for the World Cup as first in their group in the Asian qualifiers (they won seven games, drew two and lost one). In the previous one he also played a friendly match: with Croatia, on 16 November, with a 1-0 defeat.
Possible formations of Argentina and Saudi Arabia
Argentina: Emiliano Martinez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Alexis Mac Allister or Alejandro Gómez; Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez and Angel Di Maria. DT: Lionel Scaloni.
Saudi Arabia: Mohammed Al-Owais; Saud Abdul Hamid, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Ali Al-Bulaihi, Yasir Al-Shahrani; Mohammed Kano, Abdulelah Al-Malki, Firas Al-Brika, Salem Al-Dawsari; Salman Al-Faraj and Saleh Al-Shehri. DT: Hervé Renard.
Referee, time, tv and stadium
Referee: Slavko Vincic (Slovenia)
Now: 7:00 am
TV: Public TV / TyC Sports
Stage: lusail
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Source: Clarin
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