A crucial date arrives for Lionel Messi and it's not the Champions League nor the World Cup
The final test before the World Cup already has date, time and place, where he will play against United Arab Emirates.
After the tour of the United States where the Argentine National Team won against Honduras and Jamaica (3-0 both), the players will meet again 10 days before the start of Qatar 2022, in what will now be the last test to see how Lionel Messi's national team arrives.
It is not yet known whether they will meet in Spain and depart from there, or do so at the destination of their next friendly. However, coach Lionel Scaloni already knows that he will have one last test to get rid of doubts.
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Now it has been confirmed that the National Team will play a friendly match in the days prior to the start of the World Cup against the United Arab Emirates, which is coached by the Argentine and former Boca coach Rodolfo 'Vasco' Arruabarrena.
According to sports journalist Gaston Edul, the National Team will leave its training camp in Qatar on November 16 for Abu Dhabi, and will play against the locals at the Mohammed Bin Zayed stadium. Although the opponent and the date were already known, the venue, the schedule and even whether it would be behind closed doors or not were unknown.
When should Scaloni present the list for Qatar 2022?
The deadline for submitting the preliminary list is October 31, in which there can be up to 35 players. Then, the final cut-off date will be November 14 at the latest, so the friendly match against the Middle East team will be played only by players who will participate in the World Cup.
