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Argentina confirmed to play Mexico twice in November

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The Argentina national team will play two friendly matches in November, both of which will come against Mexico.

Lionel SCALONI will have two last matches to test out players to close 2018 and both matches will reportedly take place in Argentina. Mexican federation spokewoman, Beatriz RAMOS confirmed it all on Wednesday stating the following:

“We have reached an agreement with the Argentina Football Association for the FIFA date matches in November for Saturday the 17th and Tuesday the 20th in cities to be decided.”

There are rumors that one of the matches would take place at La Bombonera with the second outside of Buenos Aires. The official Argentina account also confirmed the information with a tweet.

It would be the last two matches of the year before a permanent coach for Argentina would be selected in December.

Argentina coach Lionel SCALONI confirms team vs. Iraq, DYBALA starts

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Argentina coach Lionel SCALONI has confirmed the starting eleven against Iraq.

Sergio ROMERO will start as the goalkeeper and while no Mauro ICARDI in the line-up, Paulo DYBALA of Juventus gets the start. Here’s the confirmed team.

ROMERO; BUSTOS, PEZZELLA, FUNES MORI, ACUNA; MEZA, VAZQUEZ, DYBALA; Lautaro, DE PAUL.

This would be the first cap for Rodrigo DE PAUL of Udinese.

Argentina international, former Inter player Nicolas BURDISSO announces retirement

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Nicolas BURDISSO has retired as a professional footballer after 19 years.

Former Argentina international and Inter player Nicolas BURDISSO has announced his retirement at the age of 37, through a post on social media. He played for five clubs throughout his career, one in Argentina and the other four in Italy.

He started off with Boca Juniors and played for the senior team from 1999-2004 before joining Inter. He stayed five years with Inter and joined rivals AS Roma until 2014 before joining Genoa for three years. He finished his career with Torino, spending one season.

With the Argentina national team, BURDISSO was capped a total of 49 times between 2003-2011 where he scored two goals. A member of two World Cup squads, he was there for Germany 2006 and was part of the 2010 World Cup tam. He won the 2001 FIFA U20 World Cup as well as olympic gold at the 2004 summer games.

Juan FOYTH of Tottenham Hotspur talks Argentina friendly matches

Roy Nemer
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Juan FOYTH has joined the Argentina national team for the first time, after having to be left out of last month’s squad due to injury.

The former Estudiantes de la Plata man is finding it difficult to get minutes at his current club Tottenham, but Argentina coach Lionel SCALONI doesn’t appear to have a problem having him in the team. Following a training session in Saudi Arabia, FOYTH spoke to the media about the team’s upcoming matches against Iraq and Brazil. Here’s what he had to say:

About the match against Iraq:

“We know that Iraq is a strong team and wearing this shirt, you can’t ever relax because when you relax, the worst thing happens.”

FOYTH also commented on the match against Brazil:

“It’s not a friendly. It’s one of the most important matches in the world and we will do our best to make the national team look good.”

Two Argentina line-ups from training sessions ahead matches, DYBALA, ICARDI, more

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Argentina coach Lionel SCALONI has tried out two different formations in training with a possibility that we see both in this week’s friendly matches.

With SCALONI having most of the players available, he tried out two formations while training in Saudi Arabia. The first one, per Ole, is rumored to start against Brazil.

ROMERO; SARAVIA, FOYTH, KANNEMANN, TAGLIAFICO; ASCACIBAR, PAREDES; MEZA, LO CELSO, CERVI; ICARDI

Argentina Brazil
Possible Argentina line-up against Brazil.

Ole does note that Manchester City’s Nicolas OTAMENDI is not yet with the team and he might feature in that eleven. The second formation, which could start against Iraq is the following:

RULLI; SALVIO, PEZZELLA, FUNES MORI, ACUNA; PEREYRA, BATTAGLIA, VAZQUEZ; DYBALA; SIMEONE, Lautaro MARTINEZ.

Argentina Iraq
Possible Argentina line-up against Iraq.

It is being rumored that SCALONI would use two different sets of players for the two matches.

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