One of the matches will be at the Monumental de River stadium, while the other remains to be confirmed. The official announcements and the renewal of Lionel Scaloni as DT are expected.
The third star continues to celebrate. After the celebration with millions of people in the streets of Buenos Aires, who received the world champion team in Qatar 2022, it is expected for the reunion of Lionel Messi and company with the people at the end of March when the Argentina return to the country to play two friendlies in the FIFA window. And two possible rivals are already appearing, not yet confirmed: one is a possible crossover of the Copa América 2024 and the other an exotic country for modern football.
The conversations exist and progress is being made on them to try to close the agreements to be able to have the first teams that the Senior Selection will face with the third star embroidered on the shield. One of those matches will be on the River field, between March 22 and 23. And the adversary for that first friendly engagement would be Panama.
Although in the AFA, as usual, they are handled with secrecy and will not confirm anything until the commitments are signed, in the Central American country the news is already reverberating since he will face Messi once more following seven years (the last time was in the Copa América Centenario in 2016).
There are still issues to be resolved. For example, Panama has to request an authorization since it should play in two different confederations in the same week because on March 28 it will be measured once morest Costa Rica, which also belongs to Concacaf. Argentina is part of Conmebol. Both confederations recently sealed an agreement for the next Copa América, which will be in the United States in 2024.
The second rival would be, if confirmed, more exotic. It is that there are talks with Surinam, a small country in the North of South America. It is located next to French Guiana and formerly had the name of Dutch Guiana. He has already closed a crossing with Mexico and then he might play once morest Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina, who still has to sign his new contract.
Another issue that remains to be resolved is the setting for that second game, which would be on March 27 or 28. There is a chance to play it in the Interior or that it will be played once more in the Monumental.
In the coming weeks, they will seek to finish defining everything so that what will be a true light blue and white party takes shape that, of course, will have the World Cup won at the Lusail stadium once morest France as the main protagonist.
By then the continuity of the coach should already be resolved. “Wait for good news”said Claudio Tapiapresident of the AFA, in his last public appearance, in the official presentation of the candidacy for the 2030 World Cup together with Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile.
There is an in-person conversation pending that will take place when Scaloni returns to Argentina at the end of February or beginning of March. But, barring unforeseen events, they will shake hands to make the renewal official until 2026.
