Argentina beat El Salvador 3-0 in an international warm-up match on Saturday morning (23), despite missing Ballon d'Or winner Mez, who withdrew from the squad due to injury. However, the scorer had a disappointing performance in the Lumatines. He ate white fruit in the battle, setting a shameful record of 15 consecutive national team matches with zero goals. The Inter Milan striker did not have enough class to replace Mez and support the Argentine frontline.
Due to the huge gap between the two teams, Argentina opened their record 16 minutes into the game when Di Maria opened a corner kick, which was entered by backbone Kristian Lomé, and at the end of the first half, midfielder Ansou Fernandes caught the melee in front of the goal to shoot 2-0. After the change of sides, Luszczu also added a goal, in other words, all three Argentine goalscorers came from the London club.
As for striker Nadalu Martinez, who was initially expected to play, he played the entire game in this match. Although he contributed an assist, he has never broken the national team's goal shortage. The last time he got into a game for Argentina, it was a September 2022 warm-up match against Honduras. Since then, he has played nearly 15 games for the national team, eating white fruit, and has played 37 games for Inter this season, scoring 26 goals. The warm-up match is expected to be against Costa Rica next Wednesday (27th). Leader Scaloni should replace Nadalu Martinez with Zulian Ivaris.
