It was revealed that Argentina played Australia's starting 11: Messi, Di Maria led, a position in doubt
On June 15, at 20:00 Beijing time, Argentina will play a warm-up match against Australia at the Beijing Workers Stadium. According to Argentina's "Ole newspaper", coach Scaloni will send the strongest 11 players in this game, of which Messi and Di Maria lead the striker, Enzo Fernandez and McAllister are in the midfield, but due to the late arrival of "Spider" Alvarez, Scaloni may adjust in the "No. 9 position".
Screenshot of the newspaper
During this trip to China, the Argentine team received high courtesy from Chinese fans. In order to give back to the local fans and prepare for the upcoming US-Canada-Mexico World Qualifiers, which will take on Ecuador and Bolivia in September, Scaloni will make his main appearance in the warm-up match against Australia.
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Scaloni will only make one adjustment to the starter compared to the Qatar World Cup final: Acuña will replace Thaliafico as left-back. The remaining starters remain the same, with Dib Martinez in goal, Otamendi and Romero in a centre-back partnership, Molina at right-back, De Paul, Enzo and McAllister in midfield, Messi and Di Maria on both wings, and "Spider" Alvarez as a single arrow.
Alvarez shot instantly
However, Alvarez will not arrive in Beijing until this morning because of his participation in Manchester City's victory celebrations. In the event of being very tired and missing multiple training sessions, Alvarez may not start. Coupled with the fact that Lautaro Martinez did not travel to China with the team (Lautaro rested to recuperate), Scaloni will consider sending Giovanni Simeone to start at the No. 9 position.
Alvarez and Messi
In the 1/8 final of the Qatar World Cup, Argentina defeated Australia 2-1, and there was Pap Gomez in the starting lineup at that time, but this trip to China, Scaloni did not bring the Argentine veteran.
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Argentina expected starting lineup:
Goalkeeper: Dib Martinez
Defenders: Molina, Christian Romero, Otamendi, Acuña
Midfielders: De Paul, McAllister, Enzo Fernandes
Forwards: Messi, Alvarez (Giovanni Simeone), Di Maria
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