The Argentine soccer team will play a friendly this Sunday, June 9, with a view to the Copa America 2024 which will be held in the United States.
The rival will be the national team of Ecuadorfrom 8 p.m. in our country, whom he will face at the Soldier Field stadium in Chicago.
The meeting can be seen live through Telefe, Public Television and TyC Sports.
In addition, it can be followed live on the Flow and Directv Go platform.
After facing Ecuador, the Argentine National Team will play the last friendly against Guatemala before the start of the Copa América. The game will be on Friday, June 14 at Commanders Field in Maryland at 9 p.m. (Argentine time).
These friendlies, first with Ecuador and then Guatemala, will be the final test for coach Lionel Scaloni, who will have to cut three players to complete the final 26-man squad.
The good news was that defender Germán Pezzella joined the field work, although the coaching staff is cautious, since he trained differently together with Guido Rodríguez, who suffers from the flu.
The Betis defender, who is coming from a micro fissure in a toe, also tried to do some work with the ball, but as the days go by it will be known if he is finally part of the roster or will watch the Copa América from the outside.
These friendlies will serve to reach the continental competition in the best way, where they share Group A with Peru, Chile and Canada.
The debut match against the Canadians is scheduled for Thursday, June 20 at 9 p.m. (Argentina time) at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, within the framework of the first day of the group stage.
After their debut, Messi and company will face Chile on Tuesday the 25th at 10 p.m. They will close their group against Peru, on Saturday the 29th at 9 p.m.
“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 even Copa América,” said Lionel Messi in an exclusive interview with Infobae.
Ecuador is one of the surprises in the 2026 South American Qualifiers, Canada, the United States and Mexico are in the World Cup qualification zone; He is in fifth position with 8 points.
Probable formations of Argentina and Ecuador
Argentina: Emiliano Martínez; Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian Romero, Lisandro Martínez or Leonardo Balerdi, Marcos Acuña; Exequiel Palacios, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso; Lionel Messi; Alejandro Garnacho or Nicolás González and Lautaro Martínez.
Ecuador: Hernán Galindez; Ángelo Preciado, Félix Torres, Willan Pacho, Piero Hincapié; Moisés Caicedo, Carlos Gruezo, Joao Ortiz; Jhon Yeboah, Kendry Páez and Enner Valencia.
