The agenda of the Argentina national team: what he did in his last training session before Curaçao and the trip to Conmebol

These are hours of mobilization for the Argentine national team. After the exciting celebration at the Monumental stadium, the intimate party on Saturday at the Ezeiza property and the Sunday free to enjoy with the family, it’s time to refocus for the second friendly of the FIFA appointment, with a few hours before where he will receive a new recognition by Conmebol, for which the completed team will travel this Monday to Asunción del Paraguay.

For now, this Monday morning was the time for the meeting of the coaching staff led by Lionel Scaloni and the players in the renamed “Lionel Andrés Messi” headquarters in Ezeiza. With far fewer fans around than last week, Albiceleste held their last training session before the match against Curaçao, which if they win will leave them number 1 in the FIFA rankings in the next update.

The training session began at 10:30, behind closed doors, in which some details were finalized and some questions were defined regarding the starting eleven who will take the field at the Madre de Ciudades stadium, in a Santiago del Estero revolutionized by the return of the Argentina national team.

“The coaching staff organized ball drills and positional work in small spaces,” according to the AFA, although it was reported that Leandro Paredes, Lautaro Martinez AND Gonzalo Montiel they would start, after completing a soccer match in small spaces.

Of course, Lionel Messi will have the chance to be the first Argentine footballer to score 100 international goals from the start.

The eleven? Emiliano Martinez; Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian Romero or Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico or Marcos Acuña; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Alexis Mac Allister or Gio Lo Celso; Messi, Lautaro Martínez and Ángel Di María or Nicolás González.

Travel and recognition in Luque

In this way, the selected world champion has closed the preparation in the country since in the afternoon he will travel to Paraguay, where he will receive a tribute from Conmebol, and then to Santiago del Estero, to play against Curaçao this Tuesday from 20:30 .

Not much is known about the recognition that will be made in the preview of the Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana draws, but it will last a maximum of an hour, since they will have to get back on the charter plane to disembark in the capital Santiago and rest in front of the friendly

The “Albiceleste” will not train again at the “Lionel Andrés Messi” facility in Ezeiza until next September, for the start of the South American qualifiers, since by the FIFA June date it is estimated that they will tour Asia .

How is Santiago del Estero prepared?

The city of Santiago del Estero will welcome the Argentina national team with a fence along the eight kilometers that separate the local airport from the hotel where the World Champion team in Qatar 2022 will stay.

About 3,500 police officers are involved in the entire security operation, according to what the commissioner reported to Télam Louis Montenegroof the General Directorate of Police Security of Santiago del Estero.

The police officers will be in charge of security during the entire stay of the Argentina national team in the province.

As expected, the players and the technical staff led by Lionel Scaloni will be received at the airport by the provincial authorities, to then board a convertible bus to start a caravan towards the Hilton hotel, in the center of the capital Santiago del Estero. .

“The eight kilometers that make up this route have already been fenced off”, assured the Montenegrin commissioner, who underlined the intention that “those who want to come and greet the national team do so with the necessary safety and due care”.

He also explained that the control in the Único stadium will consist of five fenced trunks: one of these will be entrance control to avoid fake tickets; then there will be another for the requisition, followed by the Tribuna Segura and finally it will be possible to enter the stadium, where the match organized by the AFA will begin at 20:30.

For its part, the Municipality of the capital of Santiago will participate in the operation with road agents, who will collaborate in the diversion of heavy traffic and other vehicles on the route that the Scaloneta will make, as indicated by the municipal entity.

The preparation of the party

As for the party, it is expected that it will be similar to last Thursday at the Monumental. As in Buenos Aires, Sergio Goicochea will be the host of the event. As for the bands, they will be playing The fly, The T and the Mlocal artists, DJs, Band XXI, The Totora AND D Madness. The national anthem will instead be played by The Santiagueño Manseros, The Mulieris AND Nestor Garnica.