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International Friendly

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Argentina

Home

08:48

UTC kickoff

Jordan

Away

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Date

Jul 18, 2026

Kick-off

08:48 UTC

Venue

Estadio Monumental

Competition

International Friendly

Match brief

Argentina face Jordan at Estadio Monumental on Saturday, Jul 18 · 08:48. Full coverage — lineups, live updates and post-match reaction — will appear on this page as the match approaches.

Home

A pre-tournament friendly at the Estadio Monumental gives Scaloni one last 90 minutes to settle his XI before the World Cup knockout rounds restart.

Storylines

  • Final audition for the wing-back roles, with Molina and Acuña pushing for starts.
  • Garnacho and Nico González in line for extended minutes off the bench.
  • Jordan are unbeaten on the road in 2026 and will treat the match as a showcase.

Player to watch

Ángel Di María

Forward · #11

A farewell-tour storyline — every cap from here counts.

Head to head

2

Played

2

Argentina

0

Draws

0

Jordan

Team sheets

Probable lineups

Argentina

Lionel Scaloni

4-3-3
  1. 23Emiliano MartínezGK
  2. 4Gonzalo MontielRB
  3. 13Cristian RomeroCB
  4. 19Nicolás OtamendiCB
  5. 3Nicolás TagliaficoLB
  6. 7Rodrigo De PaulCM
  7. 5Leandro ParedesCM
  8. 20Alexis Mac AllisterCM
  9. 11Ángel Di MaríaRW
  10. 9Julián ÁlvarezST
  11. 10Lionel MessiRW

Jordan

Hussein Ammouta

4-4-2
  1. 1Yazeed AbulailaGK
  2. 2Mohammad Abu HashishRB
  3. 5Yazan Al-ArabCB
  4. 4Abdallah NasibCB
  5. 3Ihsan HaddadLB
  6. 7Noor Al-RawabdehRM
  7. 6Nour Al-RawabdehCM
  8. 8Mahmoud Al-MardiCM
  9. 11Mousa TamariLM
  10. 9Ali OlwanST
  11. 17Yazan Al-NaimatST

Match timeline

Live timeline

  1. KO

    Kick-off in Buenos Aires.

  2. 22'Argentina

    Di María opens the scoring with a curling left-footer.

  3. HT

    Half-time: Argentina 1 — 0 Jordan.

  4. 61'Argentina

    Triple change — Garnacho, Enzo and Lautaro all introduced.

  5. 78'Argentina

    Lautaro Martínez heads in from a Molina cross.

  6. FT

    Full-time. A tidy work-out before the World Cup restart.

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