Overview
- Multiple outlets report Angola will pay about €12 million for Argentina to play a friendly in Luanda’s Estádio 11 de Novembro on 14 November.
- Panorama reports organizers required Lionel Messi’s presence and coach Lionel Scaloni plans to take his leading players.
- Panorama says a planned India date against Australia was canceled, and Morocco’s interest waned after lower financial terms.
- The match forms part of Angola’s AFCON build-up under new coach Patrice Beaumelle, with Group B featuring Egypt, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.
- The fixture falls in the final FIFA window of the year, with Argentina set to assemble in Spain before traveling to Luanda and then returning to Europe.