Argentina beat Angola 2-0 in friendly celebrating 50 years of African nation's independence

VIDEO SHOWS: ARGENTINA TEAM BUS ARRIVING AT ESTADIO 11 DE NOVEMBRO FOR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY AWAY TO ANGOLA/ FANS ARRIVING AT STADIUM/ COMMENTS FROM FANS SHOWS: LUANDA, ANGOLA (NOVEMBER 14, 2025) (REUTERS – Access al)  1. BUS CARRYING ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM 2. VARIOUS OF FANS SURROUNDING BUS  3. EXTERIOR OF ESTADIO 11 DE NOVEMBRO 4. YOUNG FAN WALKING PAST IN ARGENTINA JERSEY 5. MAN IN HIGH-VIS VEST WAVING ON TRAFFIC 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) ANGOLAN FOOTBALL FAN, EUGENIO (NO SURNAME GIVEN), SAYING: “It’s a good game because for practically two days we’re going to have the world champions in Angola. It’s a great honour to witness this historic event.” 7. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) ANGOLAN FOOTBALL FAN, AVO SAMBA, SAYING: “50 years of independence so they’ve come here to support the Angolan national football team.” 8. FAN GETTING ANGOLAN FLAG EMBLEM PAINTED ON THEIR FACE 9. VARIOUS OF FANS ARRIVING AT STADIUM 10. STADIUM EXTERIOR WITH CARS GOING PAST STORY: Lionel Messi scored one goal and laid on another for Lautaro Martinez as World Champions Argentina defeated Angola 2-0 in a friendly in Luanda on Friday (November 14) that marked 50 years of the independence for the hosts. Messi’s pinpoint pass into the box from the right on 43 minutes was drilled into the back of the net by Martinez for his 36th international goal to give the visitors a halftime lead. The same two players combined for the second goal seven minutes from the end when Martinez turned provider as Messi was played into space in the box and struck the ball low into the far corner. That took his tally of international goals to 115. Argentina were enticed to play the match by a reported $12-million pay-day, with officials selling tickets to the 48,000-seater Estadio Nacional 11 de Novembro for $1. The match is Argentina’s only fixture of the international window, while Angola look ahead to the start of next month’s Africa Cup of Nations where they are in a group with Egypt, South Africa and Zimbabwe. (Production: Tomas Teixeira, Conal Quinn)

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