Argentina vs Paraguay live online: Messi on bench, score, stats and updates | FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier

Hello and welcome to Argentina vs Paraguay!

How about this for a way to (more or less) kick off a week-long feast of international soccer. The world champions are here and are back on the march towards the FIFA World Cup 2026, which will, of course, be played in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

After starting off with wins over Ecuador and Bolivia, La Albiceleste will be expecting another against Paraguay at Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires.

But will they have to do it without Lionel Messi? We’ll be discussing that, and plenty more, over the next little while.

I’m Roddy and thanks for joining me for this one!