The United Arab Emirates and Argentina meet on Wednesday 16 November at 17:30 at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi in the Cougars’ final test match before the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Cup.

The United Arab Emirates, a representative team coached by former Argentina international Rodolfo Arruabarrena and whose players only play in the domestic league, finished their qualifying group for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar only 3rd in the preliminary matches in Asia behind Iran and the South. Korea.

However, the Emiratis got another chance, but lost the first playoff match against Australia with a score of 1:2 (the Kangaroos qualified for the final tournament after winning the decisive match against Peru).

In September, the United Arab Emirates lost both friendlies, 0-1 against Paraguay (d) and 0-4 against Venezuela (a).

Argentina, coached by Lionel Scaloni, finished 2nd in South American qualifying with 39 points from 17 games (the last, with Brazil, the winners of the qualifiers, was annulled), without defeat.

The Cougars were followed by the CONMEBOL-UEFA final between the Copa America and Euro 2020 winners, in which they beat Italy 3-0 (Lautaro 28, Di Maria 45+1 and Dybala 90+4). .

In friendly matches in September, Argentina defeated Honduras and Jamaica, each time with a score of 3-0.

Lionel Messi, who later arrived at the team’s training camp, has little chance of playing against the United Arab Emirates, especially as he came on as a substitute in Sunday’s Ligue 1 win at home to Auxerre. 75th match. a minute with Pablo Sarabia.

Apart from Argentina, the PSG star has several favorites for the top title to be handed out in Qatar: “First of all, it’s Brazil and France, two very strong teams with homogeneous groups that have been stable for several years. Spain cannot be overlooked either, because they have developed a young squad, with clear ideas of the game, they have some valuable and talented young people.

Argentina, two-time world champions (1978, 1986) and two-time world runners-up (1990 and 2014), will make their final tournament debut in Qatar on November 22 against Saudi Arabia before taking on Mexico (November). 26) and Poland (November 30).

Superbet offers odds of 1.55 on the prediction “Over 2.5”: at least three goals scored in the match United Arab Emirates – Argentina.

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