Overview
- More than 20,000 fans attended the public session at Elche’s Martínez Valero, according to local reporting.
- Argentina depart Spain today for Luanda to face Angola on Friday at 13:00 Argentina time at Estadio 11 de Novembro.
- Messi is expected to start alongside Lautaro Martínez, with veterans such as Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico, Rodrigo De Paul and Giovani Lo Celso included.
- Scaloni plans to make extensive substitutions so most of the squad gets minutes rather than anyone playing the full match.
- Argentine media report that France’s federation is exploring a March 2026 friendly against Argentina, a possibility contingent on France qualifying and not yet confirmed.