Argentina’s Nicolas Gonzales, left, go for a header with Ecuador’s Robert Arboleda (4) during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Argentina’s Lionel Messi, runs with the ball during a qualifying soccer match against Ecuador for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Ecuador’s Pervis Estupinan, right, fights for the ball with Argentina’s Julian Alvarez during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)Argentina’s Lionel Messi, celebrates scoring his side’s first goal against Ecuador during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)Ecuador’s Robert Arboleda, left, fights for the ball with Argentina’s Angel Di Maria during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)Argentina’s Nicolas Gonzales, left, go for a header with Ecuador’s Robert Arboleda (4) during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)Argentina’s Lautaro Martinez, front, fights for the ball with Ecuador’s Felix Torres, back, during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Argentina’s Alexis Mac Allister, left, fights for the ball with Ecuador’s Moises Caicedo during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Ecuador’s Moises Caicedo (23) fights for the ball with Argentina’s Rodrigo De Paul (7) during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Argentina’s Alexis Mac Allister, center, fights for the ball with Ecuador’s Robert Arboleda, second from the left, during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Argentina’s Rodrigo De Paul, left, fights for the ball with Ecuador’s William Pacho during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Ecuador’s Jose Hurtado, right, fights for the ball with Argentina’s Nicolas Gonzales during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Argentina’s Lionel Messi (10) celebrates with Rodrigo De Paul his side’s first goal against Ecuador during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Argentina’s players celebrate their side’s first goal against Ecuador during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
