Lezama will host for a few days what could be considered the best player of all time, Leo Messi. As published by the Argentine television channel ‘TyC Sports’, the Argentine team will gather at Athletic’s facilities to prepare for the historic match against Italy on Wednesday, June 1 at Wembley, baptized by FIFA as ‘Finalissima’, and that will measure the champion of South America with his European counterpart, the champions of the two most prestigious national team competitions at the continental level.
Despite the fact that the plans went through London, location of the match, the Albiceleste will travel to Bilbao to prepare the match that will face the ‘azzurro’ team. What is the reason for the change? That the hotel where they had planned to stay in the British capital is only available from Friday May 27 and the concentration begins next Monday 23, the date on which they will arrive in Bizkaia. On Tuesday the 31st they will fly to London to play the match against Italy a day later.
The team led by Lionel Scaloni will return to Bilbao, where they will exercise until Saturday, June 4. Argentina is considering playing a friendly against Israel on Tuesday the 6th in Tel Aviv or Haifa. If not confirmed, they will return from Loiu airport on the same day 4.
Leo Messi (PSG), Lautaro Martínez (Inter), Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Ángel di María (PSG), Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla), Papu Gómez (Sevilla), Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal), Rodrigo de Paul (Atlético de Madrid), Guido Rodríguez (Betis), Marcos Acuña (Seville), Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica), Germán Pezzella (Betis), Cristian Romero (Tottenham), Juan Foyth (Villarreal), Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla), Gerónimo Rulli (Villarreal) o Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) are some of the most renowned players who are part of the 36-player pre-list offered by Scaloni for the concentration. A whole constellation of stars who achieved the fifteenth Copa América for Argentina on July 10. They achieved it in an unbeatable setting, Maracaná, and against their historic rival, Brazil.
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