Lionel Messi will travel to Argentina to face Panama and Curacao (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

After winning the World Cup and celebrating with millions of Argentine fans in the country, the Selection led by Lionel Scaloni will take advantage of the next FIFA Date to play two friendly matches against his own which will serve as a pretext to lift the trophy again. The team he leads Lionel Messi will be presented in March with two confrontations which will be divided between Buenos Aires there Santiago del Estero.

After three Ligue 1 matches and the memorable Champions League round of 16 second leg against Bayern Munich, the For money he will take a plane to Buenos Aires to get dressed albiceleste. It will be after hosting Rennes at Princes Park (Sunday March 19, from 1:05 p.m.), as part of the 28th date of the French championship.

Messi’s first engagement with Argentina will be on Thursday, March 23 at the renovated stadium Most monumental stadium before Panama, cast who were at the gates of getting the draft ticket that Concacaf grants. With 21 points, they were four behind Costa Rica, a country that then secured their presence in the world soccer event by beating New Zealand 1-0.

The River Plate home, which is usually home to the national team during South American qualifying, has increased its capacity to just over 83,000 spectators, pending the completion of the Belgrano Lower Stand.

The other confrontation will take place on Tuesday March 28 against Curaçao at the Único Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero.. This was announced in the last hours by AFA President Claudio Chiqui Tapia and Governor Gerardo Zamora. Thus, the stage where the Argentine Supercup was played this Wednesday between Boca Juniors and Patronato de Paraná will receive the world champions. The Central American country has never managed to qualify for a World Cup and is currently ranked 86th in the FIFA rankings, below Bahrain and ahead of Haiti and Zambia.

“I’m really looking forward to the day so I can enjoy what it will be like. I remember how crazy it was when we went to play with Bolivia after the Copa América which we won. I have no doubt that now it will be even more important,” Lionel Messi said after winning The Best Player of the Season award when asked about the festivities that will take place in Argentina for the upcoming national team friendlies. .

During the award ceremony held in Paris, he also welcomed the renewal of Lionel Scaloni as Argentina’s technical director until 2026. “Scaloni makes me happy. I said it at the time. It’s great for this group of the national team. Although they have already won, they are a young group and they have a lot to do to be in the national team, which he trained and knows all the players by heart,” remarked La Pulga.

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