Messi led the players out onto one of the Qatar University pitches and met with the coach for five minutes, lionel scalonibeside Rodrigo DePaul, Leandro Paredes Y Alejandro “Papu” Gomez.
Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi, the other leaders of the national squad, left a few minutes later but did not approach the central circle where Messi and Scaloni and the other mentioned footballers were.
The rest of the team stayed even further away while the impromptu meeting between the DT, the captain and their closest group took place.
This image was the highlight of the first 15 minutes of the last practice that were opened to the press with an unprecedented turnout due to the expectation generated in the world by the momentous match against Mexico, starting at 4:00 p.m. at the Lusail stadium.
During practice, the coaching staff seeks to resolve the doubts it has to put together the formation that, as Scaloni already announced at a press conference, will have variants.
The unknowns to be resolved are the wings, Otamendi’s companion at the back and the position of the third midfielder.
That is to say, Nahuel Molina or Gonzalo Montiel, Nicolás Tagliafico or Marcos Acuña, Cristian Romero or Lisandro Martínez and again the options of Enzo Fernández and Alexis Mac Allister.
The team would be completed with Emiliano Martínez; Otamendi, Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Ángel Di María, Lautaro Martínez and Lionel Messi.
Argentina will play Mexico tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. at the Lusail stadium and will already know the result of the other group C match between Poland and the leader, Saudi Arabia, at 10:00 a.m. at Education City.
Source: Ambito
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