There’s less and less left to see the argentine team world champion in action. For the first time in an official tournament, beyond the South American Qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup to be played in the United States, Mexico and Canada in two years, Lionel Scaloni’s team will take the field in the America Cup and will seek to defend the title it achieved at the legendary Maracaná stadium in 2021.
Eight days before Argentina’s debut against Canada in the Mercedez Stadiumthe home of Atlanta United of the MLS, Messi and company are in the final set-up. On Friday, the national team will face Guatemala in the city of Washington and, after that, the coach will give the final list of 26 players with the cut of three players. While waiting for that, the delegation enjoyed a relaxed night in Miami.
As it is already a classic, while Diego Iacovonecook and official grill of the National Team who has been in the AFA for more than two decades in that capacity, was arranging the meat, the one who appeared on the scene was Draw Martínez to capture the moment and posted it on his social networks. “What do we have today, Dieguito?”the archer asked the person in charge of attending to the cuts available in the embers.
“Entraña, flag, achuras, chicken center, you have everything my friend”, one of the employees with the greatest tradition and very loved by all the soccer players who visit the Ezeiza property can be heard saying. In addition to the video, Martínez uploaded an image to his Instagram account in which he can be seen with Nicolás Tagliafico (part of his head appears), Gerónimo Rulli and one of the senior team’s props, Juan Cruz Souto.
In this way, in the next few hours the Argentine team and the rest of the members of the delegation will arrive in the capital of the United States for the duel against the Central American team. After the 1-0 victory against Ecuador in Chicago, and after analyzing the tests of Germán Pezzella and Guido Rodríguez, who were thoroughly tested by the coaching staff to see if they can be counted for the continental tournament, The names that are outlined to be cut are on the table and would be Valentín Barco, Leonardo Balerdi and Valentín Carboni.
The former Boca Juniors runs from behind because Marcos Acuña he performed in his litmus test against Ecuador. The Olympique de Marseille defender bids with Lucas Martínez Quarta, but he would be at a disadvantage because the former River Plate player can play as a central and lateral marker. On Carboni’s side, he would stay out because Scaloni would prefer to take Angel Correa, which culminated a good season at Atlético de Madrid. Confirmation of the cuts would be resolved on Friday.
What will Argentina’s agenda be like in the Copa América? The National Team is seeded in Group A and on Thursday, June 20, they will play their first game against the Canadians, who won the playoff against Trinidad and Tobago. The path in the area will continue on Tuesday the 25th against Chile in one of the imposing sports venues in the US such as the MetLife in New Jersey, venue of the final of the competition in 2016 that established the trans-Andean team as two-time champions of America after winning by penalties. The last match of the group stage for the National Team will be on Saturday the 29th against Peru at the Hard Rock Stadium, the home of the Miami Dolphins of the NFL.
