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In the Saudi Arabian Jeddah, Argentina and Iraq play a friendly international match on Thursday-evening. For Iraq this is of course quite a happening, although Argentina has left its main assets at home.
Argentina:
After the unsuccessful World Cup last summer, Argentina is still in a transition phase. The arrows are obviously focused on next year’s Copa America, but until that time the two-time world champion will have plenty of time to experiment extensively. Just like in his previous international matches against Guatemala (3-0) and Colombia (0-0), interim national coach Lionel Scaloni has left his biggest players at home. Familiar names such as Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain, Angel di Maria and Lionel Messi are therefore no longer present. “It is now up to the young guard to show what they have in store, so that my successor will soon know what kind of meat he has in the tub,” Scaloni declared their absence.
What remains is a relatively inexperienced selection. Of the midfielders and the attackers, only Eduardo Salvio (Benfica) and Paulo Dybala (Juventus) have more than ten international matches behind their names. Yet the Argentines still have a lot of quality, because apart from Dybala Mauro Icardi is also in the selection. The Inter-striker was recently in the Champions League a real tormentor for PSV goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet. However, it remains to be seen whether Icardi will take action against Iraq. According to Argentinian OlĂ©, Scaloni split his selection in two and Icardi was spared the South American neighbors’ quarrel from Brazil a few days later. Dybala will probably kick off on Thursday-evening.
Iraq:
Partly because of the many war violence, the Iraqi national team did not hear much, but under national coach Srecko Katanec the country hopes to grow into a local superpower. The country, which won the AFC Asian Cup in 2007 by defeating, among others, South Korea and Saudi Arabia. in any case, dares to dream of new successes again.
The vast majority of players are still active in the Iraq Premier League, a competition that I honestly do not follow weekly. However, the two star players earn their living abroad. Attack Justin Meram plays for the American Columbus Crew and midfielder Osama Rashid, who played together with Stefan de Vrij and Jordy Clasie in the youth training of Feyenoord, defends the colors of Portuguese Santa Clara. Furthermore, the only eighteen-year-old striker Mohanad Ali is also someone to keep an eye on. In just six matches, the striker of Al-Shorta was already four times accurate, which gave him the interest of Turkish Goztepe. In his own country he is already compared to Mohamed Salah, although of course that is mainly based on hope.