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Messi returns against Brasil and Uruguay

Messi returns against Brasil and Uruguay

The AFA confirmed that Argentina will play two FIFA friendly matches in November: first against the “Verdeamarela” (The Green and Yellow), in Saudi Arabia, and then against the “Celeste” (The Sky Blue). How do you see them Messi?

The November FIFA matches will set the big return of Lionel Messi to the Argentine National Team. The American Cup and the mediatic confrontation with Conmebol, that cost him 3 months of suspension had been left behind, so the 10 is ready to wear once again the “sky blue and white”.

Tough we have to wait until Thursday to know the selected players by Scaloni to be part of the last two matches of the year, AFA confirmed they will be against Brasil and Uruguay. The clash against Brasil, which will not be able to count with Neymar, was set a few days ago: it is going to be on Friday, November 15th at 02 pm (argentine time), in the King Saud University Stadium, located in Riyadh (capital of Saudi Arabia).

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Meanwhile, after Paraguay officialized that it wasn’t going to face Argentina due to “a breach of the contract signed by the promoter” of the match, from AFA informed that the other match is going to be against Uruguay. The match will be played on Tuesday, November 19th, at the New Bloomfield Stadium of Tel Aviv, schedule to be confirmed.

This way, the Argentine National Team will be able to finally play in Israel, a country that couldn’t face a short time before the World Cup in Russia. The political conflict with the Palestinian forced AFA to analyze the situation, where there were threats and lot of controversy, and it was decided not to play the friendly match agreed to be played in Jerusalem.

On the other hand, Argentina has a favorable record in Riyadh: on October 11th of 2018, played faced Irak in the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium and it was 4-0. Goals of Lautaro Martinez, Roberto Pereyra, Germán Pezzella and Franco Cervi.
 
Source: https://www.ole.com.ar/seleccion/seleccion-argentina-messi-uruguay-brasil_0_pVaPwlXq.html

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