The Argentine national team will have a marked schedule next week, during which it will play against the Mauritania team in an international friendly. According to the Argentine News Agency, the team led by Lionel Scaloni will have evening training sessions and press statements before the match on Friday, March 27. The match against the African continent's team will be the first of two that the national team has scheduled for the penultimate FIFA date before the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The Argentine national team will have a week full of activity in the days leading up to the friendly match it will play on Friday, March 27, at 8:15 PM, against the Mauritanian national team. The activity will begin on Monday, when the representatives of the World champion and two-time America's Cup champion must arrive in the country, as most of the called-up players play in European football, and some, among whom stands out star Lionel Messi, play in North America. The practices of the national team, led by Lionel Scaloni, will begin on Tuesday, March 24, and will continue without interruption until Thursday, 26, in the afternoon shift at the Ezeiza Lionel Andrés Messi facility. Additionally, with a time to be confirmed, the 47-year-old coach will have a press conference before the match, to be held on Thursday, before proceeding to the first friendly match, which will pit Argentina against Mauritania next Friday, March 27, at the Alberto J. Armando stadium, better known as 'La Bombonera', property of Boca Juniors. The match with which the national team will end the FIFA date will pair it with Zambia, another African rival that did not qualify for the next World Cup, in a week in which Argentina was supposed to play the Finalissima against Spain, which pits the American champion against the European one, although it was canceled due to the armed conflict in the Middle East.
