With the clean and jerk after his recent 2021 Copa América title, the Argentine National Team will look to achieve another sporting feat this Sunday when he visits Brazil for the South American Qualifiers. It will be another historic opportunity for the Albiceleste, which in case of winning will reach the Verdeamarela in the overall record of 108 clashes.
But also, the sporting milestone that can break is that no team could defeat Brazil in qualifying matches in their territory. In fact, in history only six matches lost the Scratch being host; the latter meant a trophy for Argentina after 28 years.
The match, valid for the postponed seventh date that was to be played in March, will be from 4pm (TV: TyC Sports and Public TV) at the Corinthians Arena in São Paulo.
Unlike the final of the Copa América played in the mythical Maracanã stadium -which meant Lionel Messi’s first title with the Senior National Team- there will be only 1,500 people specially invited, without sale of tickets to the public usually.
“Messi is fine, luckily the kick (against Venezuela) was only a scare,” said coach Lionel Scaloni, facing a new South American classic.
Although he did not confirm it in a press conference, Scaloni would propose two modifications regarding the success of last Thursday against Venezuela with the income of Cristian Romero and Leandro Paredes, who, because they were suspended, were not part of the starting eleven in the 3-1 in Caracas.
Cuti Romero will enter the rear for Germán Pezzella and Paredes would do it for Guido Rodríguez in the midfield. There are also doubts in the left side, regarding the presence of Marcos Acuña or the entry of Nicolás Tagliafico.
Brazil arrives as the cuco in these Qualifiers, because he won the seven games he played, the last on Thursday in Santiago against Chile (1-0) and despite the fact that the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) avoided entering into conflict with the Premier League.
So things, Coach Tite decided not to mention the nine footballers who are active in the English competition, so he turned to players from other competitions, including Brasileirao himself.
Argentina adds 15 points -4 wins and 3 draws- and he is the guard of Brazil (21), the only undefeated of the qualifying for Qatar 2022.
Scare in the preview
The Brazilian health authorities opened an investigation Suspecting that Emiliano Martínez, Emiliano Buendía (both from Aston Villa), Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso (from Tottenham) did not comply with the controls against covid-19 entering Brazil for people from England. For the AFA, meanwhile, all the protocols required by Conmebol, who finally interceded so that the players can be available for the meeting.
Scaloni spoke
The Argentine coach clarified this Saturday that the Flea is “well” after the kick of Venezuelan defender Luis Martínez in last Thursday’s victory in Caracas. “Leo (Messi) okay, luckily the kick was just a scare. We will still confirm their condition 100% when we do field work, “explained Scaloni, who did not confirm the eleven that will jump to the Superclásico de América.
“It is one more game. The changes are not a matter of taste, because it is proven that everyone has performed. It is important to be able to enjoy everyone and that the team does not suffer“, argued the coach.
“Whoever plays, Brazil is always an important rival. Coming off an incredible positive streak and proves to be up to par for his players of enormous quality. We will face the game with the utmost demand, “he analyzed.
Finally, Scaloni was “happy” in the face of Thursday 9’s clash with Bolivia, in which the public will return to the field, with reduced capacity of 30 percent in the Monumental.
“The most beautiful thing is that people can return to the field to see the National Team, to their idols. After having won the Cup, we had almost no access to the people; It is a good time for those who go to the field to have their players close by “, he concluded.
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