Lionel Messi arrives in the United Arab Emirates to prepare for the Qatar World Cup with the Albiceleste

This Sunday, November 20 will mark the start of the Qatar 2022 World Cup with the match between the host team and Ecuador. For this reason, the teams that will participate in this competition are preparing the final details to meet the challenge in the best possible way.

One of these teams is the Argentinian team which is preparing in the United Arab Emirates to hold its last friendly match and little by little those summoned by Lionel Scaloni are joining the preparations. .

One of them was Lionel Messi. The PSG striker is already under the orders of the DT after arriving in Abu Dhabi on Monday morning accompanied by Leandro Benegas and Ángel Di María . For the same reason, it is expected that the exattacante of Barcelona will be present in the practice open to the public which will take place on the day.

As expected, his arrival caused a stir among those present at the scene who tried to greet him or at least take a photo with him.

The arrival of Joaquín Correa, Lautaro Martínez, Nico González, Paulo Dybala, Enzo Fernández, Nicolás Otamendi, Alejandro Gómez, Marcos Acuña and Gonzalo Montiel is also expected this Monday.

All will join the players who have already said they are present in the preparations. The first of them was Franco Armani, goalkeeper of River Plate, who came from Argentina with the coaching staff. Then they were followed by Claudio Bravo’s Betis teammates Guido Rodríguez and Germán Pazzella.

Likewise, Cuti Romero, Rodrigo de Paul, Nahuel Molina, Gerónimo Rulli, Juan Foyth and Exequiel Palacios have already landed in the United Arab Emirates.

The Argentine national team have scheduled a friendly final against their home pair for Wednesday where Scaloni will have to see the final technical and tactical details before focusing on the group stage of the competition. where they will have to be measured against Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland.

The debut of the Albiceleste will take place on November 22 against the Asian team at the Lusail stadium.

The Argentinian striker arrives in good physical and football condition for this call with his team. Last weekend, the striker played an active role in PSG’s 5-0 win over Auxerre, although he couldn’t score on the scoreboard on that occasion. .

Of course, that was an important part of the win. In the 11th minute, he leaked a pass over the defense leaving only Nuno Mendes who took a cross for Kylian Mbappé to make it 1-0 for the hosts .

Then, in the 37th minute, he managed to get a chance to score, but the play ended up being canceled by a team-mate’s attacking position.

Already in the second half, and with a score of 3-0 in favor of the Parisians, Messi attacked and when he reached the area his shot smashed into the post, marking his last dangerous game before being substituted in the 74th minute. .

With this result, PSG reaffirm their unbeaten leadership in French competition, remaining in first place in the standings with 41 points, five points ahead of Lens, their closest rival.