
Argentina faces Venezuela as part of the Qualifications for the 2026 World Cup, on the night of Thursday to Friday (1h30). Here is all the essential information on this match.
Already qualified for the 2026 World Cup on the North American continent, Argentina will continue to prepare the event by refining its automatisms. The band at Leo Messi faces Venezuela, seventh in the AMSUD zone, to confirm its hegemony. A match that will have a special flavor for Lionel Scaloni since the Argentina coach will reach the 70 games mark on the bench.
“It was unthinkable to stay here as long since the first day I arrived. It has been years and years ago, it is a great joy to be able to continue to be here and, above all, to continue to maintain a line. It is the most important “said Scaloni. “The matches of Venezuela and the Ecuador, beyond the fact that these are qualification matches, we take them to try to continue to maintain a line of play, by giving the best of ourselves, but also by taking advantage of the fact that we are already qualified to give the opportunity to a player we expect and that we want to see on the field. We hope to be able to give the chance to some players who were not lucky during these two matches. »» Lionel Messi, who may be preserved at the start, said that it would be his last rally in a qualifying campaign.
The expected compos
Argentine : Martínez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Medina; Of Paul, Paredes, Simeone; Palacios, Almada, Álvarez.
Venezuela : Romo; Aramburu, Navarro, Ángel, Ferraresi; Martínez, Cáseres, Herrera; Martínez, Soteldo, Rondón.
Where to see the match?
This match between Argentina and Venezuela counting for the qualifying campaign for the 2026 World Cup will be broadcast on the Live Foot Team, on the night of Thursday to Friday, from 1:30.