Chelsea's Barco sets up Simeone as Argentina thrash Burkina Faso 7-0

📰 Chelsea's Valentín Barco came off the bench to set up Argentina's seventh goal in a 7-0 rout of Burkina Faso. 📌 Key points 🏟️ Argentina thrashed Burkina Faso 7-0 in Buenos Aires. 🔁 Barco replaced Alexis Mac Allister in the second half. ⚽ His stoppage-time cross was headed in by Giuliano Simeone. 🧤 Chelsea keeper Emiliano Martínez kept a clean sheet. ✈️ Burkina Faso arrived only hours before kick-off after flight chaos. 📝 What happened ⚽ Argentina beat Burkina Faso 7-0 in a friendly in Buenos Aires on 3 October, with goals from Lautaro Martínez, Gianluca Prestianni, Nico Paz, Julián Álvarez, Franco Mastantuono, Giuliano Simeone and an own goal. 🔁 According to Read Chelsea, Barco came on for Mac Allister with the game long since won. In stoppage time he floated a ball to the far post and Simeone headed home the seventh. He also fired one effort wide. 🧤 Fellow Chelsea player Emiliano Martínez started in goal, kept a clean sheet and received an ovation from the Monumental crowd when he was substituted in the second half. ✈️ ESPN reported that Burkina Faso's private flight from Morocco was cancelled because of technical problems, and they arrived around five hours before kick-off. Several senior players dropped out through fatigue, leaving a young side. Lionel Scaloni thanked the visitors, saying they had dignified football by turning up. 📊 By the numbers • Argentina 7-0 Burkina Faso • Lautaro Martínez: 1 goal, 2 assists; 42 goals in 86 caps (beIN SPORTS) • Barco's assist: stoppage-time header for Simeone 🔭 Why it matters For Barco, who joined Chelsea from Strasbourg this summer, a brief but telling cameo for his country is a timely confidence boost. Argentina play Benin on Tuesday in Lionel Messi's farewell international, while Chelsea resume their league campaign against Bournemouth on 10 October.