Leo Messi, striker for Paris Saint Germain, has joined this Monday the concentration of the Argentina team in Abu Dhabi, where he will play on Wednesday his last preparatory friendly for the World Cup in Qatar 2022.
The great figure and captain of the Albiceleste arrived in the Emirati capital together with Ángel di María and Leandro Paredes to join the group that was already under the orders of coach Leonel Scaloni, who is scheduled to train this Monday at the Al Nahyan stadium.
Messi participated this Sunday in the match between Paris Saint Germain against Auxerre in the French Ligue 1, in which Christophe Galtier’s team thrashed 5-0. He was replaced after 75 minutes by the Spaniard Pablo Sarabia.
Di María and Paredes were substitutes with Juventus against Lazio ( 3-0) but played in the second half by replacing Moise Kean (m.62) and Manuel Locatelli (m.84), respectively.
Argentina will debut in the World Cup on November 22 against Saudi Arabia; will face Mexico on Saturday 26 and Poland on Wednesday 30.
Argentina began to report with its great figures starting this Monday and to prepare the matches . Eamong the teams that have already arrived in Qatar are the United States and others began to join in nearby countries.
The list of 22 summoned from Argentina had Gio Lo Celso absent due to an ankle injury and Ángel Correa who did not have many minutes at Atlético de Madrid. Argentina arrives as one of the great favorites for the World Cup.
The 26 members of Argentina:
– Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martínez, Franco Armani and Gerónimo Rulli
– Defenders: Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico, Gonzalo Montiel, Germán Pezzella, Lisandro Martínez, Marcos Acuña and Juan Foyth.
– Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Guido Rodríguez, Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gómez, Alexis Mac Allister, Exequiel Palacios and Enzo Fernández .
– Forwards: Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez, Ángel Di María, Joaquín Correa, Nicolás González, Julián Álvarez and Paulo Dybala.
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