Information and predictions for United Arab Emirates vs Argentina
Defending the longest unbeaten streak of a national team, Argentina will play its last friendly match this Wednesday, November 16, before the debut in the World Cup in Qatar. He will face the team from the United Arab Emirates, who didn’t get a place in the World Cup. The meeting point will be the Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed stadium, in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Start is scheduled for 12:30 pm.
The recent performance of the UAE
Having collected 12 points (three wins, three draws and four defeats) in the third phase of the Asian Qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar, the UAE team completed its participation in the third place of group A, which had Iran (25 points ) and South Korea (23) in the first two positions and, in this way, reaching direct places in the 2022 World Cup.
He had, however, the possibility of disputing the repechage. Crashed in the extra game with Australia. It won 2-1, which made the preparation cycle for the 2026 World Cup to start in September, which will be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. Also facing South American teams, however, which did not get a place in Qatar, he was defeated in the friendlies. It took Paraguay 1-0 and was thrashed by Venezuela by 4-0.
The closest objective of the United Arab Emirates, however, is to put the team in good conditions to compete in the 25th edition of the Gulf Cup of Nations in January, which will be hosted by Iraq. The tournament will have eight participants who were divided into two brackets. The teams from Bahrain (January 7), Kuwait (10) and Qatar (13) will count as opponents in the initial stage. In addition to the friendly against Argentina, he has on his agenda a test against Kazakhstan on the next 19th of November.
Argentina’s current form
It was against the Brazilian national team, on July 2, 2019, in the semifinals of that year’s Copa América, that Argentina lost for the last time. It took the canary team 2-0. Then began a sequence that reached 35 matches without defeat. There were 24 wins and 11 draws. During the period, he won the 2021 version of the Copa América and secured his place in the Qatar World Cup with the second position of the South American Qualifiers by accumulating 39 points (11 wins and six draws). Six less than Brazil, leader of the dispute.
This Wednesday’s duel allows him, in addition to being a preparation platform for the World Cup, to overcome the second longest undefeated series in the history established by a national team. She is from Spain, which went unbeaten between February 2007 and June 2009. To break the record, which is held by the Brazilian team, which set 36 games without suffering a defeat between December 1993 and January 1996, it will have to rely on Qatar Cup matches. In the tournament, the Argentine team was inserted in group C. It will face Saudi Arabia (November 22), Mexico (November 26) and Poland (November 30) as opponents.
For the World Cup, coach Lionel Scaloni, who already had his contract renewed for after the competition, did not present any surprises in the squad. Even with striker Germán Cano, from Fluminense, having been top scorer in the Brazilian Championship, he was left out of the list, which has the following athletes:
Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa), Franco Armani (River Plate) and Gerónimo Rulli (Villarreal);
Defenders: Nahuel Molina (Atlético Madrid), Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla), Cristian Romero (Tottenham), Germán Pezzella (Betis), Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica), Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United), Marcos Acuña (Sevilla), Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon ) and Juan Foyth (Villarreal),
Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul (Atlético Madrid), Leandro Paredes (Juventus), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), Guido Rodríguez (Betis), Alejandro Gómez (Sevilla), Enzo Fernández (Benfica) and Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen);
Forwards: Lionel Messi (PSG), Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan), Ángel Di María (Juventus), Julián Álvarez (Manchester City), Paulo Dybala (Roma), Nicolás González (Fiorentina), and Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) .
Prediction and final prediction for United Arab Emirates vs Argentina:
Owner of a squad full of players with decision-making capacity, Argentina has the prediction of the victory against the United Arab Emirates, the tip indicated for this Wednesday’s friendly in its preparation for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
