he Argentine national team At the head of it is its leader Lionel MessiAt night, he arrived at the hotel in which he was going to stay peace Until next Tuesday, when he faces his counterpart Bolivian for the second date South American Qualifiers heading to World Cup 2026. About 600 people were part of the reception whose common denominator was the popular revelry of La Pulga.
The national team arrived at 10:25 pm (9:25 pm local time) at the Camino Real Hotel on board the yellow bus of the local company Curcuencho, one hour after arriving at El Alto Airport. Messi got off the bus behind him Christian Romerowho carried a oxygen tube the same as Exequiel Palaciosand before Nicolas Otamendi, who was followed by Angel Di Maria, carrying a bag and waving a slight salute to the screaming fans.
The first to get out of the car was goalkeeper Franco Armani. In addition to these 600 fans of Messi and his teammates, there were already 300 others who went to meet them at the airport.. La Paz’s altitude of 3,650 meters is in itself a worrying element for every team arriving from the plain, and Lionel Scaloni already mentioned this during the midday press conference in Ezeiza. That’s why he is Cutie The Bayer Leverkusen player’s movement with those small silver tubes with a green cap was not strange.
The match will be held against a team led by Argentine Gustavo Costas on Tuesday at five o’clock in the evening in Argentina., opens the full and expanded day of qualifying, which will only end when the Brazilian national team visits Peru from 11:00 p.m. Half an hour ago, Chile will receive Colombia. Previously, starting at six in the evening, a big match will be held at an altitude of 2,850 meters in Quito, where Ecuador hosts Uruguay, led by Marcelo Bielsa, while starting at seven in the evening, Venezuela, led by Fernando Batista, hosts Paraguay, which leads the group. And also the Argentine Guillermo Barros Schelotto.
The Argentine national team is scheduled to train lightly on Monday At 4pm local time, the same time as the following day’s match, at The Strongest, Scaloni will make the final adjustments while considering Tuesday’s lineup, which is not scheduled to be finalized until noon the same day.
Regarding the potential team, it should be noted The Albiceleste team trained today, Sunday On the field in the absence of the captain Lionel Messifrom Differentiated work. The star was not with the group in the movements that were developed on one of the fields of the property owned by AFA in Ezeiza. And then Coach Lionel Scaloni informed the decision on Messi’s availability at a press conference.
Scaloni’s speech on the physical condition of Messi and Cotey Romero.
Messi asked for a change at the end of the match with Ecuador (1-0) due to physical exhaustion But he does not have any injuries This was also proven by imaging studies conducted on Saturday in one of Buenos Aires’ clinics. The 36-year-old star is ready to be part of the squad at the Hernando Siles Stadium, but in any case the possibility of keeping him on the bench to avoid the physical demands of playing at the highest level has not been ruled out. Andean city.
Since making his Inter Miami debut on July 21, The tenth of Albiceleste He collected twelve matches, without having participated in the pre-season after his departure from Paris Saint-Germain. Messi trained with light loads in the two training sessions after the match with Ecuador. The national team will face world champion Bolivia on Tuesday from five in the evening at Hernando Sales Stadium, which is located at an altitude of about 3,650 meters above sea level, to determine the second date for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers between the United States, Canada and Mexico.
With information from Telam.
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