Argentina rolled past Guatemala 3-0 in a friendly at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Friday night.
Even without mainstays Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala, Sergio Aguero, Angel Di Maria and Gonzalo Higuain, Argentina had no problem exploiting Guatemala's spotty defense as a group of rising talents anchored interim manager Lionel Scaloni's attack.
Gonzalo Martinez opened the scoring on a penalty kick in the 27th minute, and the lead ballooned late in the first half as Giovani Lo Celso (35th minute) and Giovanni Simeone (44th minute) both found the back of the net.
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