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In the 40th minute, with Messi observing from the bench, Di Maria set the goal with a back-heel assist from Christian Romero.After scoring against Costa Rica on March 26, Di Maria scored again in his second straight international match. The 36-year-old midfielder is now four goals behind Diego Maradona for fourth place in Argentina’s all-time scoring list, and he is level with Gonzalo Higuain for fifth place with 31 goals for his career.

The current World Cup and Copa America champions, Argentina, have not lost in their last seven matches against Ecuador, a run that began in 2019.Argentina: Liоnel Scalоni’s team will play a friendly encоunter against Guatemala in Washingtоn D.C. оn Friday tо cоnclude their pre-Cоpa America schedule. оn June 20, they will face Canada in their first grоup rоund match.

Before facing Venezuela in their Copa America opener on June 22, Ecuador will play two more international friendly matches against Bolivia on Wednesday and Honduras on June 16.