The Argentine National Team began preparing its last matches of 2026, which will be the friendly matches against Uruguay, in La Bombonera, and Costa Rica, at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in Córdoba.
In this context, José Manuel López and Agustín Giay arrived in the country to join the squad led by Lionel Scaloni. The two players, who play in Palmeiras, also took advantage of their contact with the press to refer to the intense schedule they face with
their club.
José Manuel López spoke about the final against Estudiantes
The striker highlighted the number of competitions that the Verdao still has to face and the importance of the decisive commitments that are coming
. José Manuel López was excited about the end of the year of Palmeiras
“I am happy for everything that is coming, a lot of games in the year, we compete for everything and the definition phase is coming,” López said when analyzing the closing of the season of Palmeiras, which is still in the running for the Copa Libertadores, the Brazil Cup and the Brasileirao
.
In addition, he referred to the confrontation against Estudiantes de La Plata for the continental title and valued the fact of competing with another Argentine team: “It's nice to play against an Argentine team, there will be an Argentine crowd and it makes things more beautiful. We have been working well and we hope to win it this year
.”
Agustín Giay anticipated a special definition for Palmeiras. For
his part, the defender also referred to the schedule that awaits the Brazilian team and highlighted the peculiarity of competing in an international final against an Argentine representative
. Agustín Giay finds it motivating to face an Argentine team in the Libertadores final
“We have Estudiantes and the Brazil Cup with Gremio. We have a very busy end to the year. It's a special condiment to play against an Argentinian,” said Giay
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The final of the Copa Libertadores between Palmeiras and Estudiantes will be played on Saturday, November 28, starting at 17:00 in Argentina, at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo. For the Brazilian team it will be their second consecutive definition, after losing to Flamengo in 2025
