Argentina vs Honduras

2022 - 9 - 24

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Argentina vs. Honduras - Football Match Report - September 23 ... (ESPN)

Sept 23 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi scored twice and Argentina dominated Honduras 3-0 on Friday in Miami as the World Cup-bound team continues to fine-tune its ...

The crowd roared in approval nonetheless. Messi's team mates immediately got in the faces of the Honduras players and the teams exchanged words but stopped short of trading blows. [Marcelo Santos](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/260308/Marcelo-Santos) fouled Argentina's [Giovani Lo Celso](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/207343/Giovani-Lo-Celso) and Messi coolly slotted home the penalty for a 2-0 advantage.

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Dangerous shoulder charge on Lionel Messi sparks brawl in ... (SPORTbible)

Messi collapsed to the floor after colliding with Honduras midfielder Deiby Flores.

SPORTbible Stories is the brand-new podcast from the SPORT team at LADbible. Argentina are now unbeaten in their last 34 matches. Flores was eventually pushed away from the Argentina players by his goalkeeper Luis Lopez, with his removal from the situation enough to calm tempers. Messi collapsed to the floor holding his face, while Flores raced away with the ball. As Flores reached the ball, he turned his back towards Messi with his shoulder appearing to connect with the PSG forward's head. [TyC Sports](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXIEw-NxTCE) [Argentina](https://www.sportbible.com/argentina)'s friendly against Honduras threatened to boil over on Saturday after [Lionel Messi](https://www.sportbible.com/lionel-messi) was targeted with a dangerous shoulder charge by an opposing player.

Argentina coach Scaloni: 'I didn't want to risk Dybala against ... (Football Italia)

Lionel Scaloni explained why he decided not to deploy Roma star Paulo Dybala against Honduras but suggested that he'll be available for Argentina's next.

[Atalanta](/teams/atalanta) before this international break, suffering a left flexor problem in the warm-up. “I decided not to risk Paulo. [Roma](/teams/roma) star [Paulo Dybala](https://football-italia.net/player/paulo-dybala/) against Honduras but suggested that he’ll be available for Argentina’s next friendly against Jamaica.

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