Argentina vs Honduras

Lionel Messi and his World Cup bound Argentina national team plays a tuneup match against Honduras at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Sept. 23, 2022.

For Argentina it may be a friendly, but for us we plan to leave our soul on the field and show that Honduras is a team that has the qualities and desire to compete.” Argentina last won the World Cup trophy in Mexico in 1986 and have twice lost in the final to Germany since then, most recently in Brazil in 2014. Asked if he worries about injuring an Argentine player before the World Cup, he replied: “You never have bad intentions entering a match like this, but we plan to come out strong and play hard. Even though they won’t be in this World Cup, they have been in recent Cups and have a strong tradition. “We will try to build on our recent success, including a win over Canada.” The Honduras and Jamaica matches will be used to finalize the roster and tactics heading into the Qatar World Cup, which kicks off Nov. One year later, after Argentina was knocked out by France in the Round of 16 at the 2018 World Cup, Sampaoli was let go. “We have maximum respect for the Honduran team. “It bothers me because I want him to be here, (Thursday) was our last chance to train and he isn’t here,” Scaloni said. Argentina has allowed a total of two goals in the past 12 games. Martinez got his papers, arrived in Miami Thursday morning and Scaloni said he hopes he can play Friday night. It was his first coaching job at the senior level and, naturally, there were skeptics in the passionate Argentine fan base.