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Franco Mastantuono to be called up for Argentina for March matches

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Franco Mastantuono is set to be called up to the Argentina national team for the matches in March.

Mastantuono will be part of the Argentina national team that will play Mauritania on March 27 at La Bombonera. Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni announced his last of players for March but Mastantuono was not part of the team. Here is the updated list of players:

Goalkeepers:

Emiliano Martínez

Gerónimo Rulli

Juan Musso

Defenders:

Nahuel Molina

Gonzalo Montiel

Cristian Romero

Leonardo Balerdi

Marcos Senesi

Nicolás Otamendi

Tomás Palacios

Nicolás Tagliafico

Marcos Rojas

Marcos Acuña

Midfielders:

Leandro Paredes

Máximo Perrone

Alexis Mac Allister

Enzo Fernández

Valentín Barco

Rodrigo De Paul

Exequiel Palacios

Forwards:

Lionel Messi

Nico Paz

Gianluca Prestianni

Nicolás González

Giuliano Simeone

Thiago Almada

José Manuel López

Julián Álvarez

Franco Mastantuono

Argentina to play Mauritania in March

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The Argentina national team will play Mauritania in March.

Argentina have announced that they will play on March 27 against Mauritania at La Bombonera. The official Argentina social media account announced the match.

Lionel Scaloni’s team were set to play Spain in the Finalissima but that match was cancelled. A friendly match against Guatemala was also announced but that has also been cancelled due to FIFA rules.

Valentín Barco scores for Strasbourg in 1-1 draw vs. Rijeka

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Valentín Barco scored for Strasbourg in their 1-1 draw against Rijeka.

Barco got his first goal in the Conference League, scoring for Strasbourg as they eliminated Rijeka 3-2 over two matches. With the first match ending 2-1 for Strasbourg, Rijeka took a 1-0 lead in the second match.

At 1-0, the Argentine received the ball inside the penalty area and his effort from close range beat the goalkeeper and he would score to draw Strasbourg level and give them the lead in the tie.

Joaquín Panichelli also started the match for Strasbourg.

Nicolás Domínguez scores for Nottingham Forest in 2-1 win vs. Midtjylland

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Nicolás Domínguez scored for Nottingham Forest in their penalty shootout win their 2-1 win against Midtjylland.

Domínguez got his first goal in the Conference League, scoring for Nottingham Forest as they won on penalty kicks. With the score at 0-0 but Midtjylland leading 1-0 over two legs, the Argentine scored a header to give Nottingham Forest the lead and draw them level in the tie.

Nottingham Forest would take a 2-0 lead before Midtjylland would score and the match would go to penalty kicks. Midtjylland would miss their two penalty kicks and Nottingham Forest would score three to win 3-0 in the penalty shootout.

Lionel Messi in new Argentina national team away World Cup shirt

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Lionel Messi has posted pictures in the Argentina national team’s new away shirt for the World Cup.

Messi posted two pictures on his Instagram account in the new dark shirt for the Argentina. Adidas has once more opted to shy away from an all blue or dark blue color for Argentina’s alternate kit.

In 2018, Adidas went with an all black kit alternate kit and in 2022, Argentina had a pre-dominant purple color World Cup away shirt. For 2026, Adidas have gone with a black kit which has different shades of blue across it.

The AFA emblem with the three stars and the World Cup champions badge is in white, same as the numbering and lettering.

Fans looking to get their hands on the new kit can already purchase the 2026 Argentina away jersey through the official AFA Store, where it is now available as part of the latest collection ahead of the World Cup.