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Argentina to wear sky blue and white shirt, black shorts and socks vs. Brazil

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The Argentina national team will be wearing their traditional sky blue and white shirt but with black shorts and socks against Brazil.

Argentina will play Brazil at the Maracana and the World champions will be wearing the black shorts and socks. Lionel Scaloni’s team wore white shorts and white socks the last time they played Brazil at the Maracana which was won Argentina won the 2021 Copa America.

In the 2021 World Cup qualifying match which was suspended after five minutes, Argentina were wearing black shorts with dark navy blue socks. For Brazil, they will wear their traditional yellow shirts with blue shorts and white socks.

Emiliano Martinez will be wearing his red shirt, shorts and socks, as he did against the Netherlands at the World Cup.

Ángel Di María, Lautaro Martinez or Leandro Paredes could start for Argentina

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Ángel Di María, Lautaro Martinez or Leandro Paredes could be starting for Argentina against Brazil.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni could make some changes for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifying match. According to TyC Sports, Ángel Di María could start in place of Nicolás González.

Scaloni could also start Leandro Paredes in place of both Ángel Di María and Nicolás González and start with four midfielders. Up front, Lautaro Martinez could start in place of Julián Álvarez. Here is the rumored eleven:

Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina, Cuti Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernández, Alexis Mac Allister; Ángel Di María or Nicolás González or Leandro Paredes, Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martínez or Julián Álvarez.

Kylian Mbappe talks about Lionel Messi winning the Ballon d’Or

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Kylian Mbappe spoke about Lionel Messi winning the Ballon d’Or and in place of him.

Mbappe spoke at a press conference prior to France’s European qualifying match against Gibraltar and he was asked about Lionel Messi winning the Ballon d’Or. Here is what Mbappe had to say:

“No, no, no, no. As I said, I am not someone that is afraid. I have no problem, the ranking is what it is. Messi deserves it. When Messi wins the World Cup, Messi has to win the World Cup. That’s how it works. He’s one of the best players in history, if not the best.

“Haaland and I had a great season… but after winning the World Cup, the other things don’t weigh as much.

“On the night of December 18, I had found out that I lost the World Cup and the Ballon d’Or. Leo deserved it.”

The last time Argentina lost a World Cup qualifier and a qualifier at home

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Argentina lost 2-0 vs. Uruguay on Thursday and it was their first World Cup qualifying loss since 2017 and their first at home in over seven years.

Lionel Scaloni’s team lost for the first time since their 2-1 match against Saudi Arabia at the World Cup. Having gone undefeated throughout all of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Scaloni’s team have now lost for the first time in these qualifiers.

The last time Argentina had lost a World Cup qualifier was away against Bolivia in 2017 when Edgardo Bauza was still coach of the team. Lionel Messi had missed that match due a suspension he received against Chile for speaking out against the referees.

Argentina’s last World Cup qualifying loss at home came in October 2016 in a 1-0 defeat against Paraguay. It was a match where Lionel Messi did not play due to injury and it was Sergio Agüero who wore the number 10 shirt as he missed a penalty in that match.

Scaloni’s 2-0 loss against Uruguay was his first loss in a World Cup qualifying match.

Argentina U17 win 4-0 vs. Poland at the World Cup and top the group

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The Argentina U17 team won 4-0 vs. Poland at the World Cup as they top the group.

Diego Placente’s team started the U17 World Cup with a 2-1 loss against Senegal but went on to win their last two games. Argentina played Poland on Friday and a 4-0 win qualifies them to the Round of 16 at the World Cup.

Argentina took a 1-0 lead off a corner kick. The ball was sent into the penalty area and it was Thiago Ezequiel Laplace who would score off a scramble to give Argentina the 1-0 lead.

Agustin Ruberto would score off the kick off in the second half, his third goal of the U17 World Cup. It was a through ball for Ruberto who was able to fight off his defender and score.

It was great play by the right back Gimenez and his pass was touched by the goalkeeper but it fell to Ian Subiabre who scored the third goal of the match for Argentina. Subiabre would also get an assist.

A dribble by Subiabre and a pass from inside Argentina’s half found Santiago Lopez who scored to give Argentina the 4-0 lead.

Placente’s team will now play on November 21 against the third best placed team in groups B, E and F which can be either Uzbekistan, South Korea, Burkina Faso, Venezuela. Mexico or New Zealand.

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