The Argentine soccer team will face this Saturday its last match of the group stage of the Copa America 2024 which is being played in the United States.
The national cast will face its pair of Peruwithin the framework of the third and final date of Zone A. The match will begin at 9 p.m. in our country and can be seen live on Dsports, Telefé, TV Pública and TyC Sports.
Television signals can be tuned in through streaming platforms such as DGO and Flow.
The match will be played at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
At the same time, Canada and Chile will face each other to finish defining the positions of the zone, which has Argentina as the leader with 6 points, followed by Canada (3), plus Peru and Chile (one point each).
It should be noted that the top two teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals of the competition.
The peculiarity for the national team is that its coach Lionel Scaloni will not be able to be on the substitute bench, since he was sanctioned by Conmebol.
Scaloni was suspended for one match for coming on late in the second half against Chile. He will be replaced by Pablo Aimar or Roberto Ayala and AFA will have to pay a fine of US$15,000.
Without Messi and with more changes
The captain of the Argentine National Team, Lionel Messi, is ruled out for this match where the Albiceleste will close its participation in the group stage of the Copa América. In any case, he does not have any injuries and will reach the quarterfinals well.
Messi’s absence was a very clear possibility since Scaloni had confirmed after the victory against the Trans-Andeans, which consummated the selection of the National Team to the quarterfinals, that he was going to rotate players: “It will be fair for the boys who have not yet played “They played, because I want to see them and they deserve it.”
Messi’s return would take place in the quarter-final match, which would be on July 4 if they finish first or a day later if they finish second.
Another player who has been ruled out is left back Marcos Acuña, due to a muscle problem. Acuña’s return will depend on the progress of his injury. He is expected to be available for a hypothetical semi-final, should Argentina advance to that stage.
With this scenario, we will see a very different national team than the one in the first two games, which ended with victories over Canada (2-0) and Chile (1-0).
Peru, for its part, started the Copa América with a 0-0 draw against Chile and then fell 1-0 against Canada, so its chances of qualifying are slim.
Argentina and Chile have faced each other 54 times, with 35 wins for the national team, 5 for Peru and 14 draws. The last time they met was in October 2023 for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, when the Albiceleste won 2-0 away with goals from Lionel Messi.
Probable formations:
Argentina: Emiliano Martinez, Gonzalo Montiel, German Pezzella, Nicolas Otamendi, Marcos Acuna; Exequiel Palacios, Enzo Fernandez or Leandro Paredes, Guido Rodriguez; Valentin Carboni, Lautaro Martinez and Alejandro Garnacho. DT: Pablo Aimar or Roberto Ayala.
Peru: Pedro Gallese; Miguel Araujo, Aldo Corzo, Alexander Callens, Andy Polo; Sergio Peña, Wilder Cartagena, Piero Quispe, Marcos Lopez; Gianluca Lapadula and Paolo Guerrero. DT: Jorge Fossati.
- Hour: twenty-one.
- Referee: César Ramos (Mexico).
- Stadium: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami.
- TV: TyC Sports, Telefé, Public TV and DSPORTS.
