The Argentine men's football team plans to visit China in October this year, and the number one star Messi will play an important role in it

Argentine media recently revealed that the Argentine national team plans to visit China in October this year and play a friendly match with the Chinese national team. According to the Argentine media "TYC", Argentina will participate in two friendly matches in China, one of which is a contract with the national football team, while the other opponent may be Japan, Russia or South Korea.

Messi, the king of the ball

This news comes from the newspaper's reporter Gaston Edward, who specializes in following up on the news of the Argentine national team and players, and has repeatedly broken the news of Argentina's visit to China in the past.FernandezThe social platform X (formerly Twitter) has more than 1 million "followers", and even transfer expert Fabrizio Romano is its "follower".

However, according to the 2026 World Cup qualifier schedule, if the national football team defeats Indonesia and Bahrain in the two stage 3 matches (also known as the round of 18) in June, it is still expected to enter the play-offs, which will be held on October 8, 11 and 14, so that Argentina's visit to China is still uncertain.

The Argentine national team and Lionel Messi are expected to visit China in October

If Argentina confirms its visit to China, it will be the second time since June 2023, when the new World Cup champions beat Australia 2-0 in Beijing, and Lionel Messi played the whole game.

Argentina was originally scheduled to visit China again in March last year, playing two friendly matches in Hangzhou and Beijing, but in January last year, Messi visited Hong Kong with the American professional league team Inter Miami, and a storm broke out, which led to the cancellation of the two friendly matches, and the Hangzhou Sports Bureau said that the reason was "well known" at the time.

If the national football team qualifies for the round of 18 of the World Cup, it will need to play in the play-offs in October

It is worth mentioning that the last time Argentina played against the national football team was back in 1984, when the national football team won 1:0 with Zhao Dayu's goal; The difference between the two armies in the world rankings is currently 93 places (Argentina is No. 1; The national football team is ranked 94th).