The warning that Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi receive for this FIFA International Break

The Argentine National Team returns to action in this new FIFA International Break. The team of Lionel Messi and company will have an important match for the Conmebol qualifiers towards the 2026 World Cup. However, one of the players of their rivals to face, already sends a message to the entire Argentine team led by Messi and Julian Alvarez. All this within a few days of facing them.

Paraguayan defender Junior Alonso spoke about facing Argentina. The former Boca Juniors highlighted that a victory at the Monumental is possible: "We always think big, that we can achieve important things. A victory there is not impossible either, we have already done it in Córdoba, in the last games against them we did well, on Boca's field we have tied with them." Heading to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the Paraguay National Team defeated the Albiceleste by the minimum on October 11, 2016. Derlis González scored the only goal and Junior Alonso occupied the left wing.

Finally, the former Boca footballer referred to the idea of the new coach, who will make his debut in Paraguay this Thursday: "We will try to play an intelligent game, to use the coach's strategy for this game and be able to achieve a point and why no, the three points." Both teams face each other this week in a match that promises great emotions.

Julian Alvarez close to a Lionel Messi record

After the recent UEFA Champions League match, Julián Álvarez became the youngest Argentine player to score from a direct free kick in the Champions League since Lionel Messi (22 years and 168 days) against Dynamo Kiev on December 9, 2009. The former River Plate footballer has already scored four goals and three assists in eight games played this season and for many, he is being a little more decisive than Haaland in Manchester City's last games.