the Argentine national team You already know your group and your competitors Group J For the World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States in 2026. One of them will be African. It’s about to AlgeriaIt is an opponent that the national team has never met in matches for points, although they have met it once in a friendly match.
It was in 2007 when Argentina and Algeria met for the only time. It was at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, where the team led by Alfio Basile played a friendly match in preparation for the Copa America tournament in Venezuela, which will be held a few months later.
The win was 4-3, despite a performance that left many in doubt at the time. They won 1-0, lost 2-1, then turned the score to 4-2, and in the end the Africans came close to qualifying. The goals were scored twice by Lionel Messi, one of them from a penalty kick, by Carlos Tevez and Esteban Cambiasso.
The national team consists of Roberto Abbondanzeri. Nicolas Burdisso, Roberto Ayala, Gabriel Milito, and Javier Pinola; Javier Zanetti, Fernando Gago and Esteban Cambiasso; Lionel Messi; Carlos Tevez and Diego Milito. Later, Javier Mascherano, Luis Gonzalez, Hernan Crespo and Pablo Aimar entered.
Who are the Algerian personalities? Riyad Mahrez, who plays in Saudi Arabia after a long spell at Manchester City, is a beacon for the North African side.