In the report delivered by the AFA to the press, it was reported that the footballers began the day in the gym and then went to the field of play to continue the activity under the orders of the physical trainer Luis Martín.
Then, with Scaloni’s coaching staff, they carried out coordination and speed exercises and finished with tactical work.
The National Team has two pitches available with artificial lighting since all training will be in the evening due to the high temperatures that are still registered in the Qatari winter.
The other issue that worries Scaloni is the situation of Marcos Acuna, who drags a pubalgia that has him mistreat. The “Egg” played the first 45 minutes in the last friendly but was later replaced.
In the last few hours it was also known that another player who seriously worried the DT is Alejandro Gómez. “Papu”, who could not occupy a place on the bench against the United Arab Emirates either, has pain in his left knee and will also be demanded thoroughly on Friday, along with Acuña. It’s another red light on at Qatar University.
In an interview with Public TV that was broadcast this Thursday, Scaloni had reiterated the idea that “until the day before the game” there is “time to change if there is any problem in the list”, as he said as soon as the game against the Emirates.
The entire delegation of the team will spend the second night at the University of Qatar, which was decorated with the albiceleste colors as if it were the AFA premises in Ezeiza.
Captain Lionel Messi He occupies room “B201” alone but his neighbors are the duo Nicolás Otamendi and Rodrigo De Paul and in “B204” Leandro Paredes and Ángel Di María were located.
Alejandro “Papu” Gómez also posted images of his room that has a giant banner on the wall with the phrase “Together we are invincible.”
Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez, for his part, received another with the legend “We are all, we are one.”
For dinner, the delegation’s first barbecue during their stay in the Middle East was held.
The activity will continue on Friday with a new training session ahead of the great debut on Tuesday against Saudi Arabia at the Lusail stadium, the largest in Qatar and venue for the final on December 18.
Source: Ambito
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