Overview
- Bolivia, which rallied 2-1 over Surinam on Thursday in Monterrey, will face Iraq on Tuesday at Estadio BBVA for a 2026 World Cup berth.
- Moisés Paniagua and Miguel Terceros scored the comeback goals that overturned Liam van Gelderen’s opener for Surinam.
- Monterrey’s staging was under the spotlight as a World Cup site, with governor Samuel García gifting Infantino a regional hat and a Mexico away jersey, and 33,547 fans recorded in the stands.
- Argentina wraps this window with two home friendlies at La Bombonera, starting Friday against Mauritania before Zambia on Tuesday, and Lionel Scaloni said Lionel Messi will play in both as roster deadlines hit May 11 for the preliminary list and May 30 for the final 26.
- Argentine F1 driver Franco Colapinto heads to Suzuka after finishing 10th in Shanghai, with an April calendar pause opening a proposed April 26 exhibition run in Buenos Aires that organizers describe as pending team confirmation and set to use an older-spec car in current livery.