Two nations looking to return to form will do battle today in an international friendly between Argentina and Slovenia. The World Cup tune-up scheduled for 3 p.m. ET will be held at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on beIN Sports.
With a confrontation with Bosnia-Herzegovina rapidly approaching, Argentina head coach anxiously anticipates Saturday's friendly with Slovenia. For him, Slovenia will only serve as a taste of what's to come.
"Slovenia are a European team who show some similarities to Bosnia, even though Bosnia are more attacking," he said (via Fox Sports). "We'll see which starting line-up we put out as we have a number of injury problems."
Injuries remain a concern for all parties involved, especially Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. "It is just a friendly and we are very close to our trip to Brazil, but we are going to give everything we can," he added. "No one wants any injury to occur. We are all being very careful of that, but we still all want to win, do our best, play well and I believe we have done that."
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Player to Watch: Argentina's Javier Mascherano remains the driving force behind the national team's midfield. In 27 league starts with Barcelona last season, the 29-year-old averaged 2.9 tackles, 2.9 interceptions and 3.3 clearances per match.
Argentina's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Romero; Rojo, Fernández, Garay, Zabaleta; Maria, Mascherano, Gago; Messi, Higuain, Aguero
Slovenia's Projected Lineup (4-4-1-1): Obiak; Jokic, Cesar, Samardzic, Brecko; Lazarevic, Stevanovic, Kurtic, Kirm; Ilicic; Novakovic
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