After the 15 minutes open to the press in the last practice at the University of Qatar, the coach diagrammed a tactical job with 11 footballers and no goalkeeper.
The bibs that DT distributed while the press left the premises were owned by Gonzalo Montiel, Nicolás Otamendi, Cristian Romero, Lisandro Martínez and Marcos Acuña; Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernández and Rodrigo De Paul; Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martinez.
In principle, Leandro Paredes did not participate in this exercise, who started against Saudi Arabia and was replaced 15 minutes into the second half by Fernández.
Later, the Juventus player was in the work of stopped ball.
That team formed Emiliano Martinez; Montiel, Otamendi, Martínez and Acuña; From Paul, Paredes and Enzo; Say Maria, Messi and Lautaro.
But at the last moment the player who joined the work is guido rodriguezthe positional midfielder for Betis from Spain, who would enter through Paredes to give the team the possibility of having a better recovery in the central zone.
In this way, in relation to the lineup put on the field in the debut against Saudi Arabia (1-2), there would be five modifications from the start: Montiel for Nahuel Molina, “Licha” Martínez for Romero, Acuña for Nicolás Tagliafico, Guido Rodríguez for Paredes and Enzo Fernández for Alejandro Gómez.
So, the formation that the coaching staff will only confirm a couple of hours before 4 p.m. on Saturday will be with Emiliano Martinez; Montiel, Otamendi, Lisandro Martínez and Acuña; De Paul, Rodríguez and Fernández; Di Maria, Messi and Lautaro Martinez.
Messi trained at the same time as the rest
The captain of the Selection, Lionel Messiled the last training session of the squad this Friday before facing the decisive match against Mexico, for the second date of group C.
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.
Source: Ambito
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