Argentina will meet its fans again after winning the Copa América and without its two stars. FM del Viento will broadcast it live from the Monumental.
The Argentine national team will meet its fans again after winning the 2024 Copa América and will host Chile in Núñez, as part of the seventh round of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Augusto Rakijar, special correspondent for FM del Viento, will be broadcasting the match along with a great team that accompanies him.
Argentina by FM del Viento
The match will be played at the Monumental stadium at 9pm, with Venezuelan referee Jesús Valenzuela and will be broadcast live on FM Del Viento . Special correspondent Augusto Rakijar said that “Argentina will showcase the Copa América that it recently won in the US because it will reunite with its fans and bid farewell to one of the five most famous idols in the history of the National Team. So many years and achievements obtained by Di Maria make him truly an indispensable man in the history of our rich national team.”
Argentina comes to this match emboldened by the conquest of the 2024 Copa América in the United States and at the same time with the mission of not missing the injured Lionel Messi and the retired -from the National Team- Ángel Di María. Without his two biggest references and with Alexis Mac Allister between cottons , there are three doubts about how Lionel Scaloni will face this match, since he will seek to make the team as little resentful as possible given the magnitude of the absences.
Nicolás González , the new attacker for Juventus of Italy , is expected to take Di María’s place , something that has already happened on several occasions and is pleasing to the coach, while the surprise would be the entry of Valentín Carboni to take the place left by the Inter Miami player.
Carboni, who was part of the 2024 Copa América, is forging his first weapons in the National Team and would be facing a great possibility, which would relegate Julián Álvarez or Lautaro Martínez to the substitute bench.
On the other hand , without any major surprises, the team would have Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez in goal, while in defense Nahuel Molina and Marcos Acuña are expected to play on the sides, and in central defense Cristian “Cuti” Romero and Lisandro Martínez, who would win the position again from Nicolás Otamendi.
In midfield, Rodrigo De Paul and Enzo Fernández are a sure thing, while the coaching staff will wait until the last minute to see how Mac Allister develops (he is suffering from discomfort), otherwise his place will go to Leandro Paredes.
For its part, Chile will try to leave behind the poor Copa América it played in (it was eliminated in the first round) and will seek to return to winning ways officially after six matches .
Currently, Ricardo Gareca’s team is in eighth place in the standings, with five points, and due to goal difference (Paraguay has the advantage), it is not managing to enter the play-off spot for the 2026 World Cup.
The following are the probable formations of Argentina and Chile
Argentina: Emiliano Martinez; Coach: Lionel Scaloni.
Chile: Gabriel Arias; Mauricio Isla, Paulo Diaz, Guillermo Maripan, Thomas Galdames or Eugenio Mena; Erick Pulgar, Rodrigo Echeverria; Marcelino Nunez, Williams Alarcon, Carlos Palacios; Eduardo Vargas. Coach: Ricardo Gareca.
