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Argentina Beats Bolivia 4-0 in Its First Match Since Lionel Messi’s International Retirement – WTOP News

  • Argentina routed Burkina Faso 7-0 on Saturday in an international friendly at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, extending its strong start to the post-World Cup period.
  • Burkina Faso arrived just five hours before kickoff after a private flight from Morocco was canceled due to technical problems, leaving the team stranded with less than 30 hours to prepare.
  • Argentina dominated from the start, establishing a 5-0 halftime lead through goals from Lautaro Martínez, Gianluca Prestianni, Nico Paz, Julián Álvarez, and an own goal by Moumoune Diallo.
  • Coach Lionel Scaloni praised the visitors for making the match possible, saying, "I would like to sincerely thank those who have come from Burkina Faso."
  • Lionel Messi will mark the formal end of his 21-year international career on Tuesday against Benin at the Monumental, with Scaloni describing it as "an unforgettable day for everyone.
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Due to travel chaos, many national players denied Burkina Faso the flight to play against Argentina (0:7), including Leverkusen captain Edmond Tapsoba.

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With a notable extra-court advantage, the runner-up of the world Argentina scored 7-0 in a friendly match to Burkina Faso, a group that faced several complications to travel and arrived in Buenos Aires five hours before the match and with an alternate campus.

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The score of shame. Argentina did not pity a Burkina Faso in a friendly match played in Buenos Aires, where the African team had landed just five hours earlier after an 11-hour flight from their country. To top it off, Lionel Scaloni's team faced their sub-23 team, to which ... Continue reading "Argentina goes to a newly arrived Burkina Faso of an 11-hour flight and with the sub-23 team"

·Madrid, Spain
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BUENOS AIRES Nogometaši Argentine, aktualni svjetski doprvaci, svladali su sčak 7-0 Burkinu Faso u Buenos Airesu, u prijateljskom ogledu. Argentinci su uvjerljivu pobjedu protiv 62. reprezentacije sa svjetske ljestvice FIFA-e ostvarili nekoliko dana prije službenog odlaska iz […] Objava Vatreni nisu jedini primili sedam golova. Argentina je zabila sedmicu – Burkini Faso pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.

Burkina Faso's national selection lived a busy week before facing Argentina in Buenos Aires in a friendly match, on the night of Saturday to Sunday. In question: several flights cancelled at the last minute that delayed their departure and organizational conditions that questioned the holding of the meeting by causing tensions within the Group of the Stallions.

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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The friendly match between Argentina and Burkina Faso is going completely wrong. The African country's first team is refusing to board the plane—with the exception of one player. Therefore, the African country is supplementing the team with Under-23 players, according to Argentine media reports.

·Rotterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Todo Noticias broke the news in Argentina on Saturday, September 19, 2026.
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