Lionel Messi loved it, Scaloni's surprising decision ahead of the Argentina vs. Mexico match
The coach trained with the squad yesterday and drew attention with one of his decisions.
After the resounding unexpected defeat against Saudi Arabia, Lionel Scaloni held an open training session ahead of the duel against Mexico, which will take place this Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at the Lusail stadium. According to reports, a fully packed stadium (60,000 people) is expected, where there would be more Mexican than Argentine supporters.
In practice, Lionel Messi was the first to go to training at the University of Qatar and joined Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Alejandro Gómez and Lionel Scaloni, who was observed smiling, and also the physical trainer Luis Martín . They all did it 10 minutes before to participate in a rondo, quite relaxed.
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The manager switched to defense and midfield in trial, where all indications are that he would make five changes. One in the central rear, with the possible entry of Lisandro Martínez for Cristian Romero. In turn, he would change to the wings: Gonzalo Montiel would win the position over Nahuel Molina, while Marcos Acuña would go instead of Nicolás Tagliafico.
In soccer practice, the midfield formed with Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes and Enzo Fernández. However, Scaloni held talks with the players to talk about the starting lineup. In this context, everything indicates that Guido Rodríguez would enter instead of the Juventus midfielder, and finally Alexis Mac Allister would play for Gómez, always taking into account the information from Esteban Edul.
The probable formation of the Argentine National Team
After trying different alternatives during the afternoon session this Friday, Lionel Scaloni would go with: Emiliano Martínez; Gonzalo Montiel, Lisandro Martinez, Nicolás Otamendi, Marcos Acuña; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes Guido Rodríguez, Alexis Mac Allister; Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez and Angel Di Maria.
