The Argentina national football team, led by Lionel Scaloni, played a strong friendly match against Burkina Faso (under-23) to take advantage of the first international break of the current 2026/2027 season.
The "Tango Dancers" faced their Burkina Faso counterparts this morning, Sunday, at two o'clock Cairo and Mecca time.
Argentina succeeded in sweeping Burkina Faso with seven goals without reply in the penultimate match on the country's schedule for the current break.
Lautaro Martínez opened the scoring in the fourth minute of the match, and in the eighth minute, Burkina Faso player Momouni Diallo scored an own goal, adding Argentina's second.
In the 12th minute, Benfica player Gianluca Prestianni successfully scored the third goal for Argentina, while Nico Paz added the fourth in the 35th minute.
Quickly, in the 36th minute, Julián Álvarez scored the fifth goal, ending the first half with a wide margin.
In the second half, Real Madrid player Franco Mastantuono, on loan to Italian side Fiorentina, scored the sixth goal in the 57th minute of the match, before Giuliano Simeone concluded the scoring in the 93rd minute.
