Argentina train in open session with one eye on Honduras | OneFootball

On the eve of the friendly against Honduras, which will serve as a real test before the World Cup, Argentina’s third training session in Kansas will be anything but routine: it can be followed live, with updates on the injured players’ progress, the likely lineup for Saturday, and what the World Cup buildup is like from the inside.

The evening practice will begin at 7:30 p.m. Argentina time (5:30 p.m. local time, a schedule chosen by the coaching staff to ease the effects of the heat in the American city) and will have the special feature of being open to the press. In other words, for the first time since the full squad has been together, there will be live images of the team’s preparation.

Although the first match will be this Saturday against Honduras, a friendly that Scaloni will use as a testing platform to give several players minutes and build rhythm, similar to what will happen next Tuesday against Iceland, the main goal these days is to get players back in shape for the opener against Algeria. When? June 16.

Most of the players carrying knocks are progressing well in their recovery, much to Argentina’s relief, except for the unusual case of Nicolás Paz, who is further behind than expected but is not at risk of missing the World Cup despite the precautionary call-up of Emiliano Buendía.

The Como midfielder is still feeling pain in his left knee due to a minor bone injury, and his progress is the one Scaloni is monitoring most closely. For that reason, he is undergoing special treatment and today will be one of the main focuses of the open training session. The plan is for him to train alongside the group after the first friendly against Honduras (he will not play in that one or in the second against Iceland).

The starting eleven Scaloni lined up in the first practice session with Honduras in mind

Gerónimo Rulli; Nicolás Capaldo, Nicolás Otamendi, Lisandro Martínez, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernández, Alexis Mac Allister; Giuliano Simeone, Lautaro Martínez and Thiago Almada.

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