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Lautaro Martínez moved. Argentina – Guatemala is at stake in Washington.
The starters of the Argentina and Guatemala teams re-enter the field, ready for the game. After the anthems, it will be time for the draw and the opening whistle in a stadium full of our country’s jerseys.
The Argentine soccer players who are available for tonight’s game are on the playing field, where the goalkeepers were already moving in one of the goals. The public applauds; Messi greets.
Scaloni ordered that the Argentine team act from the first minute of play with the following team: Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez; Nahuel Molina, Nicolás Otamendi, Lisandro Martínez and Nicolás González; Valentín Carboni, Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernández and Giovani Lo Celso; Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martínez. Germán Pezzella, Leonardo Balerdi and Marcos Acuña were left off the substitute bench.
The formation of the Guatemalan team is confirmed by its coach, Luis Tena. The 11 who will act from the beginning are Nicholas Hagen; José Ardón, José Pinto, José Morales and Nicolás Samayoa; Marco Domínguez, Oscar Castellanos, Jonathan Franco and Oscar Santis; Elmer Cardoza and Rubio Rubin.
The Argentine team’s match can be followed on television through the TyC Sports and Telefé signals, as well as by streaming via the TyC Sports Play and MiTelefé platforms. In THE NATION There will be minute-by-minute coverage, while there is access to statistics updated in real time on campollena.com.
Upon the arrival of the Argentine team to the stadium, the footballers went out onto the playing field. There was a classic situation before each game: Leandro Paredes and Rodrigo De Paul, who are substitutes this time, eat candy while the field begins to take on color with the fans.
The senior teams of Argentina and Guatemala have met only twice in history, in both cases with victories for the Albiceleste team, which did not concede goals: they won 4-0 in 2013 and 3-0 in 2018, in the that it was the first game of the Scaloni era.
This Friday, from 9 p.m. in our country, the Argentine team faces Guatemala in the last friendly preparation to compete in the Copa América. At the Commanders Field stadium in Washington, with refereeing by the American Joe Dickerson, the match will serve for Lionel Scaloni to define the 26 players who will make up the roster for the tournament that will begin next Thursday.
