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The Argentine team faces the last friendly before the 2024 Copa América in the United States. After Sunday’s victory by the minimum difference against Ecuador, with a goal from Ángel Di María, Now they will face Guatemala, the team against which Lionel Scaloni debuted as coach of the albiceleste in 2018. The match will be this Friday, June 14 at 9 p.m. (Argentine time) at the Commanders Field stadium in Maryland, with television broadcast by TyC Sports and Telefé.
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. Scaloni must withdraw three players from those called up. With 25 names on the table, three footballers are fighting for the last spot: Valentín Barco, Guido Rodríguez and Valentín Carboni. Those who would be left out, then, would be two of those three protagonists and Leonardo Balerdi (unless Germán Pezzella is not 100% physically fit).
The friendly, which takes place this Friday in the United States, can be seen live on television through TyC Sports and Telefé, as well as streaming through the TyC Sports Play and MiTelefé platforms. For their part, those who have Flow, Telecentro Play or DGO can tune in to both channels directly through the cable operator (in all cases an active subscription is required). In addition, there is the possibility of following minute by minute with statistics updated in real time at campollena.com.
The last time the Argentine team and Guatemala met was almost six years ago, on September 8, 2018. in the first game after the national team’s bad experience in the 2018 World Cup in Russia (they were eliminated in the round of 16). Was the Scaloni’s debut at the helm of the team and the duel ended with a 3-0 win for the Albiceleste thanks to the goals of Gonzalo ‘Pity’ Martínez, Giovani Lo Celso and Giovanni Simeone. Six of the 11 footballers who started in that match are part of the squad in 2024: Gerónimo Rulli, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Tagliafico, Lo Celso, Leandro Paredes and Exequiel Palacios.
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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