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Argentina national team arrive in Kansas City for World Cup base

The Argentina national team arrived in Kansas City for their World Cup base.

Argentina national team players and the coaching staff are in Kansas City to begin training for the World Cup. Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni and his coaching staff arrived, as did several Argentina national team players, some of which will not be at the World Cup.

Agustín Giay, Santiago Beltrán, Simón Escobar, Tomás Aranda, Joaquín Freitas and Nicolás Capaldo will also be training with the team and taking part in the two friendly matches before the World Cup against Honduras and Iceland.

Argentina national team players flying to Kansas for the World Cup

Argentina national team players are flying to Kansas for the World Cup.

The Argentina national team are on their way to their base camp in Kansas. Lionel Scaloni’s team are set to begin training on Monday with some players taking a charter jet and others flying separately.

Leandro Paredes injured, will miss Argentina’s friendly matches before World Cup

Leandro Paredes is injured and will miss Argentina’s friendly matches before the World Cup.

Paredes will not play against Honduras and Iceland for the Argentina national team. According to DSports, the 31 year old has a muscle strain and will not play in the two matches.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni hopes to have him fit for the first match at the World Cup against Algeria.

Six Argentina players not part of World Cup team to be with the team for friendly matches

Six players that are not part of the Argentina national team for the World Cup will be with the team for their two friendly matches before the World Cup.

The Argentina national team will play Honduras and Iceland before the World Cup and coach Lionel Scaloni has called-up six players to be with the team. According to Diego Monroig, the six players are Agustín Giay, Santiago Beltrán, Simón Escobar, Tomás Aranda, Joaquín Freitas and Nicolás Capaldo.

Giuliano Simeone, Diego Simeone, Nico Paz and Pablo Paz to make Argentina World Cup history

Giuliano Simeone, Diego Simeone, Nico Paz and Pablo Paz will make father and son history with the Argentina national team at the World Cup.

Simeone and Paz are part of the 26 players called-up by Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni and they will make World Cup history. Their respective fathers, Diego Simeone and Pablo Paz, were team mates with the Argentina national team at the 1998 World Cup when they were called up by coach Daniel Passarella.

They will become the first players in Argentina national team history to be the sons of former team mates at a World Cup with Argentina.