6-0! Messi assisted Argentina with two assists and Oka scored 3 goals. The 24-year-old high center forward made a brilliant debut.

On October 15, Argentina played in a warm-up match against Puerto Rico. Argentina is ranked 1st in the world and Puerto Rico is 155th. The latter was eliminated in the North American qualifiers for the World Cup and missed the opportunity to qualify for the United States, Canada and Mexico. The strength of the Puerto Rico team is limited and there is a big gap between them and Argentina. Argentina easily won this game. 6-0! Messi helped Argentina win with two assists, and Oka scored 3 goals. The 24-year-old high center forward made a brilliant debut.

Messi missed the last game between Argentina and Venezuela. Argentina relied on Lo Celso's goal to win 1-0. Facing Puerto Rico, Messi returned and started the game, partnering with Jose Lopez on the striker. In the midfield position of the Argentina team, from left to right are McAllister, Lo Celso, De Paul and Simeone Jr., Gonzalez, Otamendi, Valerdi and Montiel partner as defenders, goalkeeper Martin, and Argentina coach Scaloni uses a 442 formation.

Argentina relied on its strength advantage to score 3 goals in the first half to crush its opponents. In the 14th minute, Messi hit the crossbar with a kick in the penalty area. Gonzalez made a volley and turned into an assist. McAllister scored with a header in front of the goal. In the 23rd minute, Messi passed the ball into the penalty area and Montiel volleyed to give Argentina a 2-0 lead.

In the 28th minute, Messi passed the ball into the penalty area from a high ball. Gonzalez headed the ball over, but Lopez's header was blocked. In the 36th minute, Messi launched the attack with a long pass and found Gonzalez, who stepped in behind. Gonzalez headed the ball to Lopez. The latter played the role of a fulcrum center and passed the ball behind his back to McAllister. Wheat scored twice with a push shot.

We need to focus on Lopez. The 24-year-old Argentine forward plays for Palmeiras in the Brazilian League. He has played 51 times for Palmeiras this season, starting 29 times. He scored 22 goals and assisted 5 times, helping Palmeiras lead the Brazilian League. Last season, he had 22 goals and 6 assists. Lopez is 1.88 meters tall and is the high forward player that the Argentina team lacked before. Now Scaloni's team finally has a high forward who can shoot and pass. In this game against Puerto Rico, Lopez made his debut for the national team, making up for Argentina's shortcomings. Lopez has the ability to play for a European giant.

In the second half of this game, Argentina still dominated the game. Argentina scored another goal in the 64th minute. Gonzalez hit the goal and caused an own goal from the opponent's defender. In the 79th minute, Messi passed the ball to Gonzalez who came in behind, and Gonzalez assisted Lautaro, who came on the bench, to score, 5-0! Gonzalez, who switched to left back, had 2 assists and an own goal. In the 84th minute, Messi made a wonderful move and Lautaro scored twice. In the end, Argentina defeated Puerto Rico 6-0. The biggest discoveries in this game were Lopez and left back Oka Huang.