In the early morning hours of Saturday 23rd, Argentina beat El Salvador 3-0 in an international warm-up match, despite the fact that their king of the ball, Mez, was unable to play due to injury. However, it is worth noting that scorer Lumatinis had a disappointing performance as he swallowed the white ball to record an embarrassing 15 consecutive national team matches with zero goals. The Inter Milan striker seemed to struggle to fill the void left by Mez, failing to effectively support Argentina's front line.
In a matchup of opposing forces, Argentina knocked on the door in the 16th minute when Di Maria's corner kick was assisted by Kristian Lomé, who scored with ease. At the end of the first half, midfielder Ansufenandis capitalized on the chaos to extend the lead to 2-0. In the second half, Lusitano added a second, and it's worth noting that all three goalscorers came from clubs in London.
As for the otherwise highly-anticipated striker Nadalu Martinez, he played the entire match and contributed an assist but still failed to break his national team's goal drought. The last time he scored for Argentina was in September 2022 in a warm-up match against Honduras. Since then, he has appeared in 14 games for the national team, while in that time he has scored 26 goals in 37 games for Inter Milan. With the upcoming warm-up match against Costa Rica next Wednesday (27th), leader Scaloni should perhaps consider replacing Nadalu Martinez with Zulian Ivaris.
