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Madrid: In an international friendly at Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Venezuela defeated Argentina 3-1.
Newcastle's Salomon Rondon opened the scoring for Venezuela in the sixth minute, with Jhon Murillo and Josef Martinez finding the back of the net as well. Lautaro Martinez scored the Argentina's only goal in the 59th minute.
The preparation match for Copa America saw Lionel Messi return to Argentina after taking a voluntary break from the national team.
Argentina were without a few of their more experienced veterans. Angel Di Maria and Nicolas Otamendi are both injured and thus unavailable to coach Lionel Scaloni.