Gustavo Yarocchi, a well-known Argentine media personality, disclosed that our country will depart on April 14 to formally extend a gracious invitation to the Argentine Football Association to invite the Argentine national soccer team to China during the June international match window to play a friendly match against Central American soccer powerhouse Costa Rica.
In addition to the showdown with Costa Rica, Argentina will face another opponent from South America on this international day, a matchup that could be with Ecuador or Colombia.
Given that Argentina has won the World Cup and topped the FIFA rankings, their appearance fee should not be underestimated. It is reported that our tournament organizers offered as much as one million dollars. However, despite inviting the world champion team to China with a million-dollar fee, they did not form a competitive relationship with the Chinese men's soccer team. This decision also triggered the doubts of many Chinese netizens.
As previously reported, our men's soccer team's abandonment of the encounter with Argentina is based on a clear understanding of the power gap between the two sides. At present, the actual goal of our men's soccer team is to use the warm-up matches to win in order to improve the points and avoid further decline in the world ranking. Therefore, it seems that Argentina can no longer avoid a fierce battle at their doorstep.
Looking back to the last international day, our men's soccer team has played twice against a slightly lower ranked opponent, New Zealand. In the first match, our men's soccer team drew 0-0 with their opponents with one more player. In the second match, our men's soccer team defeated their opponents with a score of 1-2. Currently, our men's soccer team has slipped to 81st in the world ranking and 11th in Asia. Argentina's men's soccer team's win puts it back on top of world soccer, surpassing Brazil and France.
