And just as it happened after the victory over Mexico, the call for the soccer players’ children was attracted by the presence of the singer Tini Stoessel, who went to visit her partner, Rodrigo De Paul.
That frame will surely have been an additional gift for Victoria Paredes, the daughter of the Argentine midfielder who celebrated her nine years with a large group of relatives.
A pink and white cake with the corresponding nine candles that were extinguished by Victoria to immediately receive her father’s kiss, was framed by the effusiveness of her relatives, while the mother, Camila Galante, wrote a message with her photo on networks social networks with the phrase: “Sweetheart, may you always be happy.
As is customary, different groups of families gathered at different points in the large concentration area of this study center in the Qatari capital, highlighting, for example, the soccer “dynasty” of the Mac Allisters, who, led by his father Carlos and followed by his sons Kevin and Francis, went to celebrate twice the meeting with his son and brother Alexis, scorer of the first goal against Poland.
Thus, within a meeting day but without fanfare, given that in less than 48 hours Argentina will have to be playing against Australia for the round of 16, these visits returned to fortify the spirits of the footballers, while flying overhead as the only concern muscular discomfort that jeopardizes the participation of angel di maria in that match against the oceanic.
Light training and restlessness for “Fideo”
Ángel Di María has an overload in the quadriceps of his right leg and his presence is in doubt from the start for next Saturday’s match against Australia for the round of 16 of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The man from Rosario underwent medical studies on Thursday prior to practice and they ruled out a muscle injury, but the overload could also leave him outside the starting team.
The Maracanã hero felt the discomfort early in the second half against Poland and coach Lionel Scaloni took him out as a precaution after 15 minutes for Leandro Paredes.
The Juventus player was in kinesiology and barely did a little jogging in the recovery practice carried out by the squad, behind closed doors, at the University of Qatar.
As happens the day after the games, the players who played the most minutes did light and regenerative tasks in the gym and did not go out on the pitch.
The rest completed a slightly more demanding activity with physical exercises under the orders of physical trainer Luis Martín and ball work with collaborators Walter Samuel, Roberto Ayala and Pablo Aimar.
Some of the starters who came onto the field of play were Julián Álvarez, Alexis Mac Allister and Enzo Fernández, but they were on one side with sneakers, according to the images released by the AFA of the activity, closed to the press.
Captain Lionel Messi does not appear in them, who along with Rodrigo De Paul and Nicolás Otamendi are the only field footballers who completed all of Argentina’s matches in Qatar 2022.
The loss of “Fideo” would represent a serious problem for the coaching staff since after the loss of Nicolás González in the run-up to the start of the World Cup, he does not have a natural replacement.
In some training sessions during the stay in Qatar, Scaloni tested Paulo Dybala in that position but the Cordoba player does not have the imbalance in one-on-one that Di María provides in attack both right and left.
The other options that DT has are those of Alejandro “Papu” Gómez, Ángel Correa and even Thiago Almada, the youngest on the squad, who added his first minutes in the team in a World Cup when he entered against Poland at the end of the meeting.
Di María, however, will do everything possible to be there from the start and the final decision will be made by Scaloni and the medical team.
Something similar happened in the preview of the 2021 Copa América final and after a talk, Scaloni decided to start the left-handed player who had been a substitute for a large part of the tournament played in Brazil.
Friday’s practice will start at 12 with the first fifteen minutes open to the press and will be the only one the coaching staff will have to test the team they will present against Australia on Saturday.
Coach Lionel Scaloni will give the usual press conference at 9:30 a.m. -together with a player- at the Doha Media Center and then return to the National Team’s bunker to lead what will be the only formal practice the squad will have before facing to the “Socceroos” in search of the quarter-finals on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at the 45,032-capacity Ahmad bin Ali Stadium.
Source: Ambito
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