Confirmed the continuity of Lionel Scaloni as coach, the Argentine National Team has confirmed its rivals for the March friendlies that will help the world champion squad in Qatar 2022 to celebrate on a playing field with the people in the country.
The teams they will face will be rather testimonial.
It is that
they will be an excuse for the party for the third star to continue.
As anticipated a few days ago,
Panama
will be the first team to face Lionel Messi's National Team that was established at the Lusail Stadium in Doha on December 18, 2022. This match will be at the River Plate stadium on Thursday 23 of March.
However, the second rival is quite a surprise.
Although there were negotiations with
Suriname
, this option was finally ruled out.
And the national team of
Curaçao
will be the one that will be measured on Tuesday the 28th against the albiceleste cast.
As
Clarín
was able to confirm with AFA sources, this meeting is already closed, although it remains to be known in which scenario it will be held.
The president of the Argentine Football Association, Claudio Tapia, acknowledged in the run-up to The Best awards ceremony in Paris that the Mario Alberto Kempes de Córdoba could be a possible pitch.
But it's not agreed yet.
It is expected that between this week and the next the officialization of these two exhibition commitments will be publicly communicated, which will lack sporting importance since they are small-time rivals.
Both Panama and Curaçao will be partners in the Argentine celebration.
The island of Curaçao is located in the Antilles Sea about 50 kilometers north of Venezuela.
It is a neighbor of Aruba, a tourist destination chosen by those whose pocket allows it to rest between white sand and crystalline and warm waters.
It was a Spanish colony, a transit point for the Portuguese, and later remained in the hands of the Dutch crown.
It has less than 200,000 inhabitants and its territory is about 440 square kilometers.
His soccer team was excited about getting a place for the Qatar 2022 World Cup in the Concacaf Qualifiers, but it was not enough.
Dutch coach Guus Hiddink was at the helm in that process.
Currently his DT is the local Remko Bicentini.
The Panamanian team, meanwhile, only participated in the 2018 Russia World Cup (it lost all the Group G matches, against Belgium, England and Tunisia) and was left out of Qatar, also in the Concacaf Qualifiers.
The attention will be on Messi, Angel Di María, Emiliano Martínez and all the world champions.
As well as DT Lionel Scaloni, who agreed to continue until 2026. Once the second friendly scenario is resolved, it will be announced when and how tickets can be obtained to enjoy the party with the winners of the third star that It already shines on top of the AFA shield.