Panama gave the list of players for the match against Argentina: the exorbitant price difference between the teams

Next Thursday the argentina national team will celebrate the title obtained in the Qatar 2022 World Cup in front of more than 80 thousand spectators in the monumental stadium from River Plate. The rival will be Panamawhich reported this Wednesday the list of those summoned – a sort of B alignment – to play with the cast made by Lionel Scaloni. The Central American team will come with a group of 20 players, 16 less than the Albicelestes, who five days later will have another game against curacao.

Despite the numerical inferiority, there is a big price difference between the two teams. According to the site reference transfer market, which is dedicated to publishing the estimated values ​​in euros of footballers, the total of 36 summoned by Scaloni add €814.7 million ($863.5 million). While the total of the aforementioned Panamanians reaches €3.2 million ($3.4 million).

In Argentina, according to said portal, the most expensive are Lautaro Martinez (75 million euros), Cristian Romero (60 million), Enzo Fernandez (55 million), Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez and Lisandro Martinez, the three with 50 million.

While in Panama there is not a single player who reaches the million and the most appreciated are three who reach 300 thousand euros and they play Venezuelan football, Alfredo Stephens (Puerto Cabello Academy), Ivan Anderson (Ivan Anderson) and Jovany Ramos (Tachira Sports).

There are 28 other Argentine footballers whose value exceeds the cumulative number of Panamanian players. Only two do not reach 3.2 million euros: Nicolas Otamendi (3 million) and the juvenile Valentin Carboni (1.5).

The Canaleros oh It’s hotas the Panamanian team is called, they have only qualified for a World Cup once and that was in Russia 2018, where they were knocked out in the first round after losing all three games in Group H against Belgium (0-3), England (1-6) y Tunisia (1-2).

For the last World Cup, he reached the octagonal final and was close to qualifying as he finished fifth and the top four earned a ticket to Qatar.

Regarding confrontations with Argentina, there are two precedents with victories for the Albiceleste: 3-1 in 2009 in a friendly match played at the Colón stadium in Santa Fe, with a team full of local players summoned by the reminder Diego Armando Maradona. Then they crossed paths in the Copa América Bicentenario played in the United States in 2016, with a 5-1 victory in the group stage.

The third duel will take place next Thursday, March 23 from 7:00 p.m. at the Monumental, before a huge frame of expectations for the tickets that will start selling tomorrow and fans already know where they can buy them and the different prices.

After the game against Argentina, the Panamanian team will play as visitors on Tuesday 28 against Costa Rica.

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