Argentina was able to travel from the United States to Barranquilla for Thursday’s match in Maturín against Venezuela. Hurricane Milton prevented their travel.
The world and Copa América champions were stranded in Miami due to severe weather from Hurricane Milton, which caused all flights to be canceled and signaled that the match could be postponed until Friday.
Coach Lionel Scaloni had requested to fly to Venezuela on Tuesday, but US authorities canceled that possibility as Hurricane Milton passed near Miami, where the Albiceleste are training, making it impossible to travel from Argentina to Venezuela due to the diplomatic conflict. You may also like the Bolivia vs. Argentina match in jeopardy. Colombia qualifiers.
But in the end, in the late afternoon, Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez, Julián Álvarez, ‘Cuti’ Romero, Rodrigo De Paul, Alexis Mac Allister, and the entire crew took a direct flight to Barranquilla, then traveled to Maturín for the match. Thursday against Venezuela on day nine of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
The Argentina players disembarked from Avianca flight 7851 at Ernesto Cortissoz airport, then cleared immigration before flying to the match venue. You might also like: Colombia: What to Do to Beat Bolivia at the Top.
El Heraldo journalist Rafael Castillo said “We were the only media present at the airport. “The players were very serious and did not make any statements.”
According to the account of “Perhaps, the Argentine National Team will continue to Maturín on this Venezuelan airline plane.” You may also be interested in: This is why the Argentine National Team has not yet arrived in Venezuela.
Scaloni told the press that Venezuela is a difficult opponent, they are unbeaten at home in the Qualifiers, under the leadership of the Argentine Fernando Batista. He made it clear that “we respect that, it is a difficult team, we will face. the match as it deserves.”
Argentina leads with 18 points, followed by Colombia with 16; Uruguay with 15; Ecuador with 11; Brazil and Venezuela with 10; Paraguay and Bolivia with 9; Chile with 5 and Peru with 3 units.
