With the FIFA World Cup 2022 set to start on Sunday, it appears to be like like Lionel Messi may miss Argentina’s opener, scheduled for November 22, in opposition to Saudi Arabia on the Lusail Stadium in Lusail. It has been extensively reported that Messi and 6 different gamers from the Argentine camp missed coaching at Qatar College. Captain Messi and 4 different Argentina gamers (together with Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Nicolas Otamendi and Angel di Maria) have been coaching individually from remainder of the group and stayed within the gymnasium on Friday, as revealed by the AFA. Additionally, Lisandro Martinez and Juan Foyth missed Friday’s coaching, though the administration hasn’t revealed any purpose, however such practices are frequent to forestall accidents.
Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni has already needed to ship again Joaquin Correa and Nicolas Gonzalez as a result of accidents. The Argentine group has their base camp at Qatar College. It was reportedly that they rejected their 5-star lodging as a result of presence of barbecue stands within the establishment. On arriving in Doha on Thursday, the group as a substitute headed to Qatar College to remain within the pupil halls there.
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The choice was additionally made by the AFA officers, in order that the gamers can have asados, which is among the nation’s conventional barbeque dishes. A official from the Argentine FA informed the Mail, “We visited the campus a number of instances and selected it as a result of not solely does it have nice amenities nevertheless it additionally has open-air house for asados. This is essential to the gamers and Argentines normally, it’s a part of our tradition.”
“We need to make them really feel at residence whereas they’re in Qatar and the easiest way to do that is to be sure that they get a style of residence whereas specializing in the soccer”, the official additional added.