Argentina train in public, with Honduras in their sights | 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 not be just another one: it can be followed live, with details on the progress of the injured players, the likely team for Saturday, and what the World Cup build-up feels like from the inside.

The evening training session will begin at 7:30 p.m. Argentina time (5:30 p.m. local time, the schedule the coaching staff chose to lessen the effects of the heat in the American city) and will have the particular feature of being open to the press. In other words, for the first time since the full squad is 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 help them gain rhythm, similar to what will happen next Tuesday against Iceland, the main objective these days is to get players back fit for the debut 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 without any 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 as a result of a minor bone injury, and his progress is the one Scaloni is watching 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 the second against Iceland).

The starting eleven Scaloni fielded in the first training 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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