Lionel Messi surprised and appeared in training for the national team a few hours after the victory against Mexico

The Argentine national team trained this Sunday morning on pitch 3 of the Qatar National University. A few hours have passed since the sumptuous victory against Mexico which allowed Lionel Scaloni’s team to enter the race for access to the round of 16 of the Qatar World Cup 2022. And the big surprise, in a training where only substitutes usually move, was the presence of Lionel Messi.

Is that once the 13 substitutes have made an activation and the four goalkeepers have worked in another sector of the property with coach Martín Tocalli, Messi appeared from the door leading to pitch 1. You did it accompanied by Rodrigo De Paul, a great friend of him in this group. They were both wearing slippers and walked relentlessly towards one of the perimeter fences of the field, where the shade gave some relief in the face of a once again scorching sun which made the 28°C marked by the thermometer.

Already against the fence, Messi and De Paul, both with a bottle of water in hand, sat down on a cordon and chatted animatedly while observing the movements of their teammates under the watchful eye of physical trainer Luis Martín.

Among the 13 players who did the physical activation was Enzo Fernández, the other great protagonist of the victory against Mexico, since he not only helped the team win dynamically, but also sealed the result with a great goal minutes from the end of the match match.

They have worked alongside Fernández, Juan Foyth, Nicolás Tagliafico, Leandro Paredes, Nicolás Pezzella, Julián Álvarez, Cristian Romero, Exequiel Palacios, Ángel Correa, Thiago Almada, Alejandro Papu Gómez, Paulo Dybala and Nahuel Molina. Clearly, the mood was different from that first training session after the setback against Saudi Arabia.

For his part, Emiliano Martínez was the only owner who worked. He did it in the company of Franco Armani, Gerónimo Rulli and Federico Gomes Herth, the sparring partner who brought the national team so that goalkeepers can work as a couple.

How will the selection agenda continue? For now, after training, the players will have the opportunity to reunite with their families. Just as they were essential for them to change the mood after the initial slap, now they will be important for the team to keep morale up thinking about the match that awaits us on Wednesday, against Poland, at 16:00 in Argentina, in the stadium 974, the one armed with containers and which will disappear once the World Cup is over.

This Monday, coach Lionel Scaloni and his coaching staff will return to work, but they will do so behind closed doors. There he will certainly begin to draw the starting team, which will play against Robert Lewandowski and his companions looking, in principle, for qualification for the round of 16 and, if possible, first place in Group C in order to avoid an early crossing against France . .

DT should make changes. Even if it is still too early to speculate, Enzo Fernández has certainly earned his place in the eleven. We will have to wait to see what decisions Scaloni will make.

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