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This Friday, from 9 p.m. (Argentine time), the national team faces Guatemala within the framework of the last friendly before the Copa América 2024. The match, which takes place at the Commanders Field stadium in Maryland, United States, can be seen live on television through TyC Sports and Telefé, as well as streaming through the TyC Sports Play and MiTelefe platforms. In addition, there is the possibility of following minute by minute with statistics updated in real time at campollena.com.
The Albiceleste team arrives at this match in good spirits after the victory by the minimum difference against Ecuador, with a goal from Ángel Di María, in last Sunday’s friendly in Chicago. The rival on duty, for its part, has just scored last week against two weak rivals in the second round of the United States-Mexico-Canada 2026 World Cup qualifiers: first they beat 6 to 0 to Dominica and later won 3 to 0 to the British Virgin Islands.
The match against the Central American team will be the last test for the coaching staff to finish defining the squad list for the Copa América. The deadline to present the roster, which was extended from 23 to 26 players as in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, is Saturday, June 15, one day after the international friendly. Scaloni has more certainties than doubts, but he will have to disaffect three players from among those called up.
“In principle, we are going to give the list after the game with Guatemala. It doesn’t make much sense to make the cut without waiting for that match.. It’s a setback for the kids left out, but it is what it is. We need them to come because there is another game, things can happen and they will be with us until the last day. “That’s our idea,” summed up the world champion coach in Chicago, after the victory by the slightest difference against ‘La Tri.’
On the main sports prediction platforms around the planet, The Argentine team has a wide advantage to win the friendly this Friday. If this is achieved, the betting houses pay odds of just 1.06 against the 40.00 that are paid for a hypothetical triumph by Guatemala. The tie, for its part, is trading around 18.00.
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