The focus of the weekend will be FIFA day. For many teams, including Argentina, this will be the final test before the Copa América. La Scaloneta will play its first friendly of the year against El Salvador next Friday in Philadelphia and will then do the same against Costa Rica in Los Angeles.

And Lionel Scaloni had an entire army in the city that Rocky Balboa immortalized. With appearances from Emiliano Martínez, Nahuel Molina, Rodrigo De Paul, Germán Pezzella, Walter Benítez, Leandro Paredes, Nicolás Valentini and Guido Rodríguez, the 25 invitees to this US tour were completed.

The only one who will not play is Licha Martínez, who is in the final stages of recovery from a medial collateral ligament injury in his knee. The coach will have to determine by Friday a replacement for Lionel Messi, who was sidelined after suffering a muscle injury at Inter Miami.

From there, doubt arose in the mind of the world champion coach from Santa Fe. It is known that Ángel Di María is the main reference for this call and will be captain in La Pulga’s absence, but it could also be time to hand the title to Alejandro Garnacho, who is currently prominent at Manchester United, with ai It came from defeating and eliminating Liverpool in the FA Cup.

The biggest absentee is Lionel Messi, who will not participate in the friendlies due to a minor right hamstring injury he suffered in the match between Inter Miami and Nashville on Wednesday, March 13. albicelestes was ready and spent the day in the United States without the 10th world champion.