Di Maria scored the only goal to help Argentina win 1-0 against Ecuador in a friendly match before the 2024 Copa America.
This morning (June 10), Argentina had an international friendly match with Ecuador to prepare for Copa America 2024. In this match, Coach Scaloni left Messi on the bench, but Argentina’s starting lineup was still very strong. .
Therefore, Argentina easily controlled the match and pressed Ecuador. Scoring opportunities were continuously created by coach Scaloni’s team, but it was not until the 40th minute that Di Maria scored to help the home team take the lead.
Di Maria’s goal helped the match become more exciting and had more notable attacking situations. On the Ecuadorian side, this team played with determination to find the equalizer, but their final passes lacked the necessary precision.
In the second half, both Argentina and Ecuador made changes. On the Argentina side, Coach Scaloni brought Messi onto the field to replace Di Maria, but M10 was unable to score for Argentina.
Messi did not score when coming off the bench (Photo: Getty Images).
On the other side of the front line, coach Félix Sánchez’s team played hard, but could not get an equalizer. In the end, Argentina won 1-0 against Ecuador to have good momentum for Copa America 2024.
Argentina still has one more friendly match with Guatemala taking place on June 15 before officially competing in Copa America 2024, where they will face Canada, Chile and Peru in the group stage.