The footballers who made the greatest physical wear and tear during the 120 minutes that the confrontation with the Netherlands lasted carried out a regenerative task as usual after each game.
Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez -Argentine hero in the penalty shootout-, Lisandro Martínez, Cristian Romero, Nahuel Molina, Marcos Acuña, Alexis Mac Allister, Germán Pezzella, Enzo Fernández, Julián Álvarez, Lautaro Martínez, Nicolás Tagliafico, Rodrigo De Paul, Nicolás Otamendi and Ángel Di María began the session on the stationary bicycles located next to the fields of the University of Qatar.
In that open period for the press, the captain Lionel Messi, one of those who played the entire game, remained in the concentration.
Substitute goalkeepers Franco Armani and Gerónimo Rulli did their specific task and the rest of the squad’s players, Gonzalo Montiel, Thiago Almada, Ángel Correa, Guido Rodríguez, Paulo Dybala, Juan Foyth and Exequiel Palacios, developed physical and recreational exercises with the ball.
After the heated quarterfinal match, the Argentine squad returned to the concentration and went to bed at 4:30 in the local morning, what generated that the works of this Saturday were light to favor the rest.
Di María later joined a differentiated training session carried out by Alejandro “Papu” Gómez, another of the physically affected players.
The footballers were later visited by their relatives at the University grounds and some of them followed on television the two quarterfinal matches that were played this Saturday: Portugal-Morocco and France-England.
Argentina will return to training on Sunday, behind closed doors, with a view to the semifinal match against Croatia, scheduled for this Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. at the Lusail Stadium.
Source: Ambito
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