The Mexican U-23 team will face each other in two friendly matches for the Argentina team, directed by Javier Mascherano. The Mexican team will seek to see action, while the albiceleste prepares to Paris 2024.
The Mexican Football Federation (FMF) announced this Friday the news in a press release.
When will the friendly matches between Mexico and Argentina be?
The first duel will be on Friday, March 22 at the El Encanto Stadium in Mazatlán. The second game will be on Monday the 25th of the same month at the Cuauhtémoc Stadium in Puebla, in central Mexico.
The duel will be part of the FIFA date in March and will serve Argentina as part of its preparation for the Paris men’s football tournament 2024in which the albiceleste will seek to win their third Olympic gold medal in the competition.
Argentina obtained its ticket to the Paris event in the South American Olympic Qualifiers last February along with Paraguay.
For its part, the Mexican U-23 team, led by Ricardo Cadena, will not be in Paris, so it will use the duels against Argentina to give activity to a generation of footballers who He was left without going to his biggest tournament when he fell in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf U-20 World Cup.
It will be the fifth time Mexico and Argentina face each other in the sub’23 categorythe last occasion was at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, with a 2-1 victory for the Argentines.
The history of these teams is divided into two albiceleste victories, a draw and a Mexican triumph.
According to the Mexican Soccer Team page, these will be the ticket sale dates:
Banorte Presale from March 6 to 10; Franjabonados pre-sale March 11 and general sale starting March 12.
The background between Argentina and Mexico U23 in official matches
March 24, 1995 in Ciudad Mar del Plata, Argentina. (0-0, Argentina win on penalties)
August 8, 2003 in the Dominican Republic. (4-3, please Argentina)
October 28, 2011 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. (1-0, please Mexico)
August 1, 2019 in Lima, Peru. (2-1, please Argentina).
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