The Selection, with a renewed air after the changes in the list: photo shoot, lessons and procedures in a relaxed atmosphere

The sandstorm is over. The winds that brought unexpected tensions to the preview of the debut within the Selection They left behind two injuries, which created a surprising unease within the coaching staff and the squad. It wasn’t in the plans to make any changes. But they should have taken strong decisions. There were farewells to two colleagues who were part of this cycle and who remained close to the World Cup, like Joachim Correa Y Nicola Gonzalez. However, after that mini intimate duel, they quickly decided to move on. And the new winds have cleaned up the dust from those unexpected declines immediately after the debut to clear the weather and focus on the first rival: Saudi Arabia.

The jokes, the smiles and the complicity are back inside the blue and white bunker of the Qatar University. This became clear during this Saturday as the players went through various stringent FIFA-imposed procedures with the best of waves. The arrivals of Thiago Almada Y Angelo Correa they helped turn the page and look forward.

First the classic and obligatory official photo played. The group. But also individual. For the first time, the 26 cited by Lionel Scaloni they had to wear footballer’s clothes. They wore the starter outfit, the same one they’ll be wearing this Tuesday at the Group C premiere.

And between flashes and flashes, there were jokes and games. That’s where it was Dibu Martínez with gloves, but without letting go of the phone to record everything. While waiting to get in front of the camera lens and strike a pose, the players enjoyed a darts competition in which Guido Rodríguez He demonstrated his great aim.

Once the images were solved, which the members of the technical staff also had to do, they all acted like students. They sat and listened for a while to the so-called CUT IT (Team Arrival Meeting, for its acronym in English), which is nothing more and nothing less than the referee interview to which the 32 World Cup delegations must undergo.

In it, a FIFA referee coach reviews the player regulations, updates them on the latest changes, the scope and use of the LAUNCH. Basically, it’s a lowering of the referee line.

Finally, there was the most cumbersome part, i.e. passport control and the documentation of each member of the Albiceleste entourage, here in Doha. In any case, the protagonists of La Scaloneta managed calmly and respected every requirement.

Everything in order, there was lunch, a nap and everything was ready for the third training session in the Middle East, with the aim of winning the first game to start with good sensations, the ones that have already begun to manifest themselves again in Lionel The team and Messi’s club after the earthquake that threatened to break the Argentine peace.

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