By Alfredo Echenique
Feb 22, 2024, 17:11 PM EST
Next March there will be a new international FIFA date and the world champion team announced its two friendlies for this month. Argentina will play against El Salvador and Nigeria on March 22 and 26, respectively.
Both matches will be played on American soil. On the one hand, against El Salvador at the Lincoln Financial Field in the city of Philadelphia and against Nigeria it will be in Los Angeles, at the Coliseum Stadium with capacity for 78,000 people.
This will be the second time that Messi faces the Salvadoran national team. Well, a few weeks ago as part of the preseason tour, the Argentine star played a friendly with Inter Miami on Central American soil against the country’s national team.
These two friendlies will help the Argentine team adapt to the upcoming Copa América that will be held on American soil. The Albiceleste will seek between June and July of this year, to revalidate its continental title achieved in 2021. It must be remembered that the 2026 World Cup will also take place in the North American country.
China for the United States
Until very recently, the March friendlies for the Argentine team were scheduled to take place in Asian territory. One against Ivory Coast and another against Nigeria, both in China, however plans changed almost at the last minute, confirming the United States as the host of the friendlies.
On the other hand, the United States continues to be consolidated as a strategic point for the Argentine Football Association. It also recently inaugurated a headquarters and a training camp in the city of Miami.
Next stop: Copa América
After the two friendlies in March, the next obligatory stop for the world champion team will be the concentration a couple of weeks before the start of the Copa América in the United States. Where the Argentine team will also have a couple of friendly matches to prepare for its debut in the tournament.
From March 3 to 11, those led by Lionel Scaloni will have two friendlies to arrive in the best way against Canada or Trinidad and Tobago, the first match of group A of the Cup, these pre-tournament friendlies are not yet confirmed.
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