Two teams looking to return to form will do battle today in an international friendly between Hong Kong and Argentina. The match scheduled for 8 a.m. ET will be held at Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on beIN Sports.
Argentina's Lionel Messi had this to offer to TyC Sports ahead of today's international encounter (via Four Four Two): "The team now has another coach with different ideas. He was trying new things and that takes time. Little by little, the team is going to get what he is looking for."
"The match [against Brazil] was defined by two errors," he added. "First, the bad clearance, which cost us a goal, and then I could not get the penalty. If I had converted it, it would have been a different game. They [Brazil] wanted to defend and go out on the counter, and at 2-0, there were already spaces."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Argentina's Javier Pastore is projected to get the start in the club's 4-2-3-1 formation. The 25-year-old has made nine appearances for Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 this season, providing three assists in the process. With an average of 1.8 key passes and two take-ons per match, Pastore will look to add dynamism to a starting XI not featuring Messi nor Angel Di Maria.
Argentina's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Guzman; Roncaglia, Vergini, Otamendi, Vangioni; Gago, Perez; Banega, Gaitan, Pastore; Higuain
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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