The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar will get underway on Sunday (November 20) but football fans can catch an early glimpse of tournament favorites Argentina and striker Lionel Messi when they take on UAE in a World Cup warm-up match on Wednesday (November 16). Apart from Argentina, four-time FIFA World Cup champions Germany will also be in action against Oman.
Robert Lewandowski and his Poland side will also take on Chile in a Warm-up game while 2018 World Cup runners-up Croatia will face Iran in a friendly warm-up game in Riyadh. Argentina forward Lionel Messi is relishing the build-up to the Qatar World Cup, head coach Lionel Scaloni said on Tuesday as he prepares the team for their warm-up clash with the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi.
Argentina are looking to win their third world title and first since 1986 and Paris St Germain forward Messi will be expected to play a key role in their campaign. “I see him as always… eager to enjoy the World Cup,” Scaloni told reporters ahead of Wednesday’s game.
“He knows how to play wearing this pullover. He’s partaking in his partners, instructional meetings, the stay and the entire cycle.”
Argentina will be without midfielder Giovani Lo Celso for the competition in Qatar and Scaloni said supplanting him would be troublesome. “Football-wise there’s no comparative player in the group,” Scaloni said. “Yet, it’ll rely upon each match’s expectations.”
The agreeable will be Argentina’s last test before their Reality Cup opener against Saudi Arabia on Nov. 22. They likewise face Mexico and Poland in Gathering C.
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