Hosts Paraguay national team His counterpart, Argentina, at 1:30 a.m. on Friday at Defensores del Chaco Stadium, in the 11th round of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup finals scheduled to be held in the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico.
Paraguay vs Argentina
And tops Argentina national team Qualifying standings with 22 points, three points ahead of its closest rival Colombian national teamThe team is in second place, while Paraguay is in sixth place with 13 points.
The Argentine national team is seeking to achieve another victory in order to maintain the three-point difference at the top of the group, but the task will not be easy for Paraguay, led by Argentine coach Gustavo Alvaro, who… He led the team to win two matches and draw the same in four matches, raising their score to 13 points in sixth place, in its quest to reach the World Cup finals for the first time since the team’s last appearance in the 2010 edition in South Africa.
The Argentine national team, led by Lionel Scaloni, is ready for the confrontation in light of the presence of the team’s core elements, led by the legend Lionel Messi, the team’s captain, the 2022 World Cup champion and the current American star of Inter Miami.
Historically, the two teams have met in 54 matches, of which “Albiceleste” won 29 matches, tied 19, and lost 6 matches, while the Argentine players scored 112 goals and conceded 46 goals.
The Argentine national team achieved the largest victory in the history of matches against its Paraguayan counterpart by eight clean goals, in a match that brought the two teams together in the middle of 3,000 spectators at the “Campos de Sports de Nyona” stadium in “Santiago”, the capital of Chile, in the first group matches of the “Sudamericano” tournament on October 20. 1926.
Messi failed to win the league title with Miami, after his team was eliminated in the final rounds of the season by Atalanta United with a score of 3/2 on aggregate in the two matches. Therefore, the former Barcelona star will be largely focused on the Argentine national team, as it seeks early access to the World Cup finals, amid doubts surrounding his future with the national team, as the picture is not yet clear about whether he will complete his international career or whether he will be absent from the team in the next World Cup.
Scaloni’s squad included familiar faces and stars who won the 2022 and Copa America this summer, such as goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, defenders Lisandro Martinez and Cristian Romero, midfield stars Alexis McAllister, Rodrigo De Paul and Enzo Fernandez, and attacking duo Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez, and also included a name joining the list for the first time, which is Enzo Barrencia, Valencia Spanish player.
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