Franco Mastantuono is out for Argentina and will not play against Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
Mastantuino will not play in both of Argentina’s friendly matches. The official Argentina national team social media account has mentioned that Mastantuono has a muscle overload in his left leg and is out for both games.
The Argentina national team will play Venezuela on Friday and Puerto Rico on Tuesday.
Nico Paz, Marcos Senesi and Giovani Lo Celso are set to start for Argentina against Venezuela.
The Argentina national team will play Venezuela on Friday at the Hard Rock stadium. According to Gastón Edul, Paz, Senesi and Lo Celso will be in the starting eleven.
Argentina against Puerto Rico has been moved to Miami on Tuesday.
The Argentina national team was set to play Puerto Rico in Chicago on Monday but that match will change venues and days. The official Argentina social media account has announced that the match will now take place at Inter Miami’s Chase Stadium on Tuesday and not on Monday.
Lionel Scaloni’s team will play Venezuela on Friday, October 10 at the Hard Rock stadium in Miami, Florida.
Lionel Messi is not confirmed to start for the Argentina national team against Venezuela on Friday and Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano has commented about it.
Messi trained with the Argentina national team in Miami and they will play Venezuela in Miami on Friday. Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni did not confirm if Messi will start the match.
Inter Miami play Atlanta United on Saturday and Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano spoke at a press conference on Friday, here is what he had to say:
“If he’s not playing today and there’s any chance, I’d love to have Leo Messi. But the reality is that he hasn’t been with us.
“When they go to the national team, we don’t get involved in that; it’s not that we’re calling them out. They’re affected by the national team, and for now, everything is still fine.”
On this day in 2009, Martín Palermo scored for Argentina in a 2-1 win against Peru.
On October 10, 2009, the Argentina national team hosted Peru in a World Cup qualifying match at El Monumental. Diego Maradona’s team needed a win to go into the last World Cup qualifying match against Uruguay.
Maradona named the following starting eleven:
Sergio Romero; Jonás Guttiérez, Rolando Schiavi, Gabriel Heinze, Emiliano Insúa; Enzo Pérez, Javier Mascherano, Ángel Di María, Pablo Aimar; Lionel Messi and Gonzalo Higuaín
Pablo Aimar had returned to the Argentina national team and Gonzalo Higuaín got his first start for the team. Higuaín would score Argentina’s first goal as the rain started to come down over the stadium.
Peru would draw level in injury time. Maradona had substituted Palermo into the match and Argentina were awarded a corner kick.
The ball fell to Palermo in the rain and he scored to give Argentina the 2-1 lead. Argentina would win and everyone would celebrate with Palermo being the hero.
