The Alberto J. Armando stadium, popularly known as La Bombonera, will host the Argentine national team for the first time since November 2024. According to the Argentine News Agency, the national team's last match at Boca's stadium was against Peru in the South American qualifiers. In a new FIFA window ahead of the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, Argentina will host its Mauritanian counterpart, aiming to prepare in the best possible way for the world championship. On a warm March night, after less than a year and a half of absence, the Argentine team reunited with the La Bombonera crowd. The context is an international friendly, scheduled urgently due to absences from the Finalissima against Spain and the subsequent match against Guatemala. With just a few days to schedule an opponent and trying to avoid what happened in the previous FIFA window, when the team played only one match, the Argentine Football Association reached an agreement to face Mauritania and Zambia, both at the Alberto J. Armando. This Friday's match will be the thirty-seventh for the national team in the La Boca neighborhood, with a record of 25 wins, 8 draws, and only 3 defeats. Of the 36 total matches, two were in the last CONMEBOL qualifiers, with a tough 2-0 defeat to Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguayan team and a one-goal victory against Peru in the last match on November 20, 2024. Additionally, the first match in history took place on November 14, 1956, with a friendly against Uruguay that ended 2-2, and at this stadium, one of the great disappointments in the team's history occurred: a 2-2 draw with Peru in 1969, which eliminated the Argentine team from the World Cup held in Mexico the following year.
