As part of the build-up to the 2023 Australia/New Zealand World Cup, the first FIFA date of the year will give the Argentina national team the opportunity to travel to Maori lands.
La Albiceleste will be the team invited in the window associated with the play-off in New Zealand in February. It will take place from the 17th to the 23rd of that month in Auckland/Tamagi Makarao and Hamilton/Kirikiroa.
Monday, February 20
04.00 New Zealand v Argentina at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Thursday 23 February
04.00 New Zealand v Argentina at North Harbor Stadium, Auckland
Additionally, the national team will play another friendly against one of the teams selected for the play-off on February 17.
It should be noted that both Hamilton and Auckland are the cities to visit for Argentina in July when the group stage of the World Cup begins. In this sense, experience will be valuable to know the places hosting the exam.
Competitor
New Zealand will be one of the home teams at the 2023 World Cup and will be aiming to show its best side in Group A, where it will share Norway, the Philippines and Switzerland. The Football Ferns They are currently 22nd in the FIFA rankings, seven places ahead of Argentina. They faced South Korea in their last two games, narrowly losing the first and drawing 1-1 in the second.
The record against Argentina is brief: the two teams have met four times. In March 2000, New Zealand traveled to Buenos Aires to play two friendly matches: the Albiceleste won the first match 2–1 and the second match ended in a 1–1 draw. They met again in the 2008 Friendly Cup in Suwon, South Korea Ferns They won 1-0. The most recent precedent is from March 2019: at the Nations Cup in Australia, where New Zealand won 2-0.
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