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Argentina national team train on Monday prior to November’s World Cup qualifiers

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The Argentina national team trained on Monday ahead of November’s World Cup qualifying matches.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has most of his players already training. With Lionel Messi arriving on Sunday, Scaloni had 19 players training with the winning team in training being Lionel Messi, Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo De Paul, Giovani Lo Celso and Pablo Maffeo.

Lionel Scaloni’s team play Uruguay on Thursday and will play Brazil on Tuesday.

Lionel Messi wears Argentina 1994 World Cup kit and jacket by Adidas

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Lionel Messi was photographed wearing Argentina’s 1994 World Cup kit and jacket by Adidas.

Messi had previously been photographed wearing the kit back in July but in an Instagram post by Adidas, the company showed the best player in the world wearing the kit and the jacket which will be released soon. It is the kit which was famously worn by the Argentina national team at the 1994 World Cup with Diego Maradona’s iconic celebration.

The kits and jacket will be launched prior to the 2024 Copa America with an expected release date of December.

Argentina national team players arrive, training on Monday

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Argentina national team players have arrived with training on Monday evening.

Lionel Scaloni has most of his players with him as the team will begin training on Monday before Thursday’s World Cup qualifying match against Uruguay. Lionel Messi was the first player to arrive and join the team on Sunday with more players arriving on Monday.

Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernández, Julián Álvarez, Emiliano Martínez and Gonzalo Montiel all arrived on Monday. The remaining players are expected to land on Monday.

Nicolás González scores a penalty for Fiorentina in 2-1 win vs. Bologna

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Nicolás González scored a penalty for Fiorentina in their 2-1 win vs. Bologna.

González has now made it six goals in the league this season for Fiorentina as he is their top scorer in the league. With the score at 1-1, Fiorentina were awarded a penalty early in the second half and it was the Argentine who took it and scored to give them the 2-1 lead.

The 25 year old has been called up to the Argentina national team for the November World Cup qualifying matches.

Lionel Messi joins Argentina national team for November World Cup qualifiers

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Lionel Messi joined the Argentina national team for the November World Cup qualifiers.

Messi is the first player to join the team, flying out of Miami. He arrived on Sunday morning with the first training to be held on Monday evening. Messi posted a picture on Instagram with the caption “Always happy to be back.”

The Argentina national team play Uruguay on Thursday and play the second World Cup qualifying match on November 21 against Brazil.