The last official match for Argentina will be against Ecuador, at the end of the Qualifiers. Photo: FRANKLIN JACOME / POOL / AFP.
The Argentine National Team is training in Bilbao, and while preparing for an open-door training session waiting to face Italy next Wednesday, June 1, a friendship has been confirmed for Week 5, against the Estonian National Team in San Sebastián.
Just a few months ago, Scaloni spoke about the possibility of measuring himself against European teams. Now, it has been confirmed that he will have the opportunity to play against two of them, in just 5 days.
Official confirmation has arrived, and after some winding, on June 5, Argentina will face Estonia at the Anoeta Stadium, which is owned by Real Sociedad. The venue, with a capacity of nearly 40,000 spectators.
The Argentine National Team trains in Bilbao, waiting for the match against Italy. Photo: AFA.
The Estonian national team is ranked 110th in the FIFA rankings, a table where Argentina is in fourth place behind Brazil, Belgium and France, in that order.
This is the first time Argentina will face Estonia, a team that has played seven games against Conmebol teams, reaped six defeats and just one win. They fell in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador (twice) and Venezuela. While it is 1-1 in history against Uruguay.
“Uruguay froze against Estonia”, they headlined in the neighboring country after a historic 2-0 recorded by locals in March 2011, in the capital Tallinn, a match played under snow, on a frozen pitch and with orange on the ball. . In June of that year, shortly before Celeste played the Copa América in Argentina (they were champions), they played again, this time in Rivera, Uruguay, and there, Maestro Tabárez’s men lost 3-0 , without complications.
Uruguayan Gaston Ramirez fought for the ball against Martin Vunk in a friendly played in March 2011. Photo: AFP PHOTO/RAIGO PAJULA.
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