Why did Argentina play a pleasant in opposition to the U-20 workforce after the Uruguay match?

Argentina‘s nationwide workforce shocked followers by organizing a pleasant match in opposition to the U-20 workforce lower than 24 hours after their World Cup Qualifier in opposition to Uruguay. So, why Lionel Scaloni’s facet performed this sport forward of the essential Brazil match?

Argentina secured a slender 1-0 victory over Uruguay in Matchday 13 of the CONMEBOL 2026 World Cup Qualifiers, placing them getting ready to securing their qualification for the worldwide competitors.

The workforce’s subsequent match is in opposition to Brazil on Tuesday on the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. Nevertheless, earlier than that, Argentina confronted the U-20 workforce in a particular pleasant.

Argentina’s pleasant for charity

On Saturday, coach Lionel Scaloni, alongside Argentina Soccer Federation president Claudio Tapia, introduced the pleasant match to lift funds for the Penna Hospital in Bahia Blanca, which has been severely impacted by current flooding.

This initiative was pushed by the teaching employees, together with gamers German Pezzella and Lautaro Martinez, each of whom hail from the affected metropolis. The pleasant, known as a “coaching session with spectators,” occurred on the Tomas Adolfo Duco Stadium, the place followers had the chance to look at the World Cup-winning workforce.

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The match, performed in two 20-minute halves, served as each a charity occasion and a chance for Scaloni to rotate his squad. It allowed gamers who didn’t function within the Uruguay match to achieve worthwhile minutes forward of the Brazil sport. The senior workforce secured a 2-0 victory, with targets from Angel Correa and Nico Paz.

Lineups for the sport

Argentina’s beginning lineup: Walter Benitez; Juan Foyth, German Pezzella, Leonardo Balerdi, Facundo Medina; Exequiel Palacios, Maximo Perrone, Nico Paz, Angel Correa, Benjamin Dominguez; Santiago Castro.

Argentina U-20 beginning lineup: Geronimo Rulli; Dylan Gorosito, Valente Pierani, Tobias Ramírez, Teo Pagano; Valentino Acuña, Milton Delgado, Lautaro Millan; Ian Subiabre, Santiago Hidalgo, Dylan Aquino