Argentina was ready to begin its preparation for the Copa America 2024and he will do it facing Ecuador on Sunday, June 9 at Soldier Field in Chicago. The technician Lionel Scaloni decided to call up 29 players for the friendlies of the FIFA date, led by Lionel Messi and the surprising absence of the midfielder Paulo Dybala.
The current world champion arrives as the favorite against the northerners, and they hope to celebrate one more victory to be able to reach the continental competition in the best way, where they share the Group A with Peru, Chile and Canada. It will be his penultimate rehearsal to face his debut with the Canadians next Thursday, June 20 at 7:00 p.m. (Peru) at the Mercedes Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia.
The ‘albicelestes’ They have an incredible presence in the South American Qualifiers 2026have the absolute leadership of the standings with 15 points: they achieved five wins and only lost once, it was with Uruguay for 2-0.
The ‘Flea‘He analyzed what the Cup will be and highlighted the hierarchy of his team, but he did not recognize that it will not be easy to win this international tournament due to the level shown by other teams such as the ‘coffee makers’ and the ‘tricolor‘.
“I think that Argentina is always the favorite, beyond the fact that we came from winning all that, previously, when it was not possible that we could achieve the objectives, Argentina was also always the favorite. When a championship starts, be it a world championship, Copa América or whatever, Argentina is a candidate just like Brazil and more so in this Copa América. But I think that today the South American teams are very strong. Uruguay is very good, Colombia, Ecuador. Afterwards it becomes very difficult to play all the games, but I think it will be a very close Copa América,” said the ‘flea’ in an exclusive interview with Infobae.
The duel between the Argentines and Ecuadorians will take place this Sunday, June 9 at the Soldier Field stadium in Chicago. The agreed time will be at 6:00 p.m. for Peru, Ecuador and Colombia; While for Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela and the United States It will start at 7:00 p.m. And in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay It will be at 8:00 p.m.
The last time they saw each other was on the first date of the South American Qualifiers 2026when Argentina beat 1-0 Ecuador in Buenos Aires, on September 7, 2023. Lionel Messi He was the protagonist of the match with his score that made his squad score its first points in the competition.
The clash between ‘albicelestes’ and the northerners will be transmitted by Movistar Sports through its channels 3 and 703 in high definition. The cable operator will be in charge of bringing the incidents of the friendly to all Peruvian homes.
The ‘tricolor’ It is one of the surprises in the South American Qualifiers 2026is in the classification zone at World Cup Canada, United States and Mexico; He is in fifth position with 8 points. The team of Felix Sanchez He has an important streak of five consecutive games without losing.
Ecuador Guatemala and France faced each other on the first FIFA date in March, where they won 2-0 against the ‘blue and white’, and lost 2-0 with the ‘roosters’. Both games were in New Jersey.
Now the objective is to win the 2024 Copa América and for them they chose friendlies with Argentina and Bolivia in preparation for the international competition, where they share Group B with Mexico, Venezuela and Jamaica.
