La Albiceleste will play their first matches as world champions in March: they will be two friendly matches, the first against Panama in the Monumental.
The end of the year 2022 was unbeatable for the Argentina national team, to have succeeded World champion in Qatar. Thus, his third star was embroidered worldwide and ended a 36-year drought without world titles – in 2021 he ended a 28-year drought at continental level with the Copa América.
The title celebration with more than Five million Argentines on the streets They traveled the world and since then there has been no end to the joy that in 2023 the Albiceleste will play his first two games as current world champion on national soil.
The matches will be played on the first FIFA date of the year, between March 21 and 28, and in the absence of confirmation about the rivals, It is a fact that the first of these will be played in the Monumental stadium, while the second could be moved to an inland stadium.
The rivals? In the absence of official confirmation, on Thursday the 23rd they will meet Panama in Núñez, while between the 26th and 28th there would be a duel that will be confirmed against Suriname in a stadium. It is estimated that it will be in another province of the country, it could be Córdoba.
La Scaloneta’s Path: From Criticizing to Winning Everything
hand in hand Lionel Scalonithat started its cycle as an interim after the painful elimination from Russia in 2018 and managed to gain ratification based on good results in his first six months in office, Argentina started a new era after the end of the cycle of most members of the generation which was runner-up in Brazil 2014.
After a 2019 in which he played some friendlies and the only official competition was the America cup in which the national team finished third and a 2020 in which there was no activity for 10 months due to the pandemic, 2021 was charged and brought great joys.
Already in 2022, the whole year was planned with a view to November, given the world cup. With qualification for Qatar secured, there was time to try to continue filming with wins: the qualifiers concluded with wins against Chile, Colombia and Venezuela, while drawing with Ecuador.
On June 1, a new title arrived: in the Finalissima, held between the winners of the Copa América and the Eurocopa, beat Italy 3-0 at Wembley in a brilliant performance. In that same window, they beat Estonia 5-0 in a friendly, as well as against Honduras and Jamaica in September and the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi days before the start of the World Cup.
The match that was never played was that of September 5, 2021, when 5 minutes after the classic between Brazil and Argentina in Sao Paulo, police officers tried to arrest several Argentine players for alleged irregularities during the journey from England, when they were still there COVID protocols active. After negotiations, claims and various decisions, it was decided to end it and to no avail.
However, at the start of the tournament in Qatar, everything fell apart: after 36 games without defeats, more specifically from the semifinals of the Copa América 2019, lost 2-1 to Saudi Arabia on the first date of Group C. However, Argentina bounced back quickly with 2-0 wins over Mexico and Poland, allowing him to not only qualify, but also stay in first place in the area.
in eighth, La Scaloneta met Australia and won 2-1 in a game that should have been thrashed and ended in suffering. In the quarterfinals, the story was repeated against the Netherlands: the Albiceleste missed a two-goal lead on the hour mark, drew 2–2 and had to resort to penalties to get into the semi-finals. Then, looking for a place in the final, he faced Croatia and shone with a resounding 3-0. in the last duel defeated France on penalties in a historic final, with a 3-3 from 120 officials and a heroic save from Dibu at the last minute.
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THE AGENDA OF ARGENTINA IN 2023
March 2023: International friendlies
Thursday 23 March, Monumental Stadium | Argentina – Panama
Stadium to be confirmed between 26 and 28 March | Argentina – Suriname
THE AGENDA OF ARGENTINA IN 2022
January 2022: Qualifiers (dates 15 and 16)
Thursday, January 27, Zorros del Desierto Stadium, Calama | Chile 1-2 Argentina
Tuesday 1 February, Mario Kempes Stadium | Argentina 1-0 Colombia
March 2022: Qualifiers (dates 17 and 18)
Friday, March 25, 8:30 p.m., Alberto J. Armando Stadium | Argentina 3-0 Venezuela
Tuesday, March 29, 8:30 p.m., Guayaquil Monumental Stadium | Ecuador 1-1 Argentina
April 1, 2022: Qatar World Cup draw
June 2022: Euro-American finals
Wednesday 1 June, 3:45pm, Wembley Stadium, London | Argentina 3-0 Italy
Sunday, June 5, 4 p.m., El Sadar Stadium, Pamplona | Argentina 5-0 Estonia
September 2022: International friendlies
Friday, September 23, Hard Rock Stadium, Miami | Argentina 3-0 Honduras
Tuesday September 27, Red Bull Arena, New York | Argentina 3-0 Jamaica
November 2022: Friendly and World Cup
Wednesday November 16, Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | Argentina 5-0 United Arab Emirates
November 21 to December 18: World Cup in Qatar 2022
Tuesday November 22, Lusail Stadium iconic| Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia
Saturday, November 26, 4 p.m., Lusail Iconic Stadium | Argentina 2-0 Mexico
Wednesday November 30, 4 p.m., Stadium 974 | Argentina 2-0 Poland
Saturday 3 December, 4 pm, Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium | Argentina 2-1 Australia
Friday, December 9, 4:00 PM, Lusail Iconic Stadium | Argentina 2-2 (4-3) Netherlands
Tuesday, December 13, 4:00 PM, Lusail Iconic Stadium | Argentina 3-0 Croatia
Sunday, December 18, 12 noon, Lusail Iconic Stadium | Argentina vs. France
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