Fury over the National Team in Atlanta! The arrival of Argentina at the hotel :: Olé

The World Cup in Qatar has shown that The Argentine National Team is a phenomenon that goes beyond the country’s borders. From Maracaná to Wembley. From Doha to Bangladesh. And, now, the love for the light blue and white jersey has moved to Atlanta. Next Thursday, at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, La Scaloneta will make its debut in the Copa América against Canada. But the love for the Albiceleste team has been noticeable long before.: A crowd came to the hotel to receive Lionel Messi and company, both upon their arrival in the city and after the first training session. Crazy!

Leo got off the plane with a black leather bag and luxury luggage from Louis Vuitton, accompanied by Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Nicolás Otamendi and Giovani Lo Celso. Although the players did not make direct contact with the fans, they greeted the enormous number of people who came to the Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel from a distance. to receive the champion of America. However, taking out the South American public, it would seem that the rest of the city has not yet heard about the beginning of the continental event.

Arrival at the hotel in Atlanta was an event in itself. To avoid interrupting traffic, the authorities diverted the National Team to a side street. The team’s first training session, held at a facility 40 kilometers from the center, was under intense heat and was closed to the media. Nevertheless, The highlight of the fans came at night, when Lionel Scaloni’s team returned to the hotel. There, the euphoria was greater.

After two hours of training at Kennesaw State University, the National Team was received with even more people than in the afternoon. The fans, uncontrolled at the possibility of seeing their idols in Atlanta, They sang several songs, screamed non-stop and went crazy when Leo got off the microphone. Cell phones filled the panorama, given the fans’ incessant desire to record the moment.

Installed, ready, now. The Argentine National Team has already tested the playing fields of Atlanta, capital city of the state of Georgia where he will take his first step in search of the two-time American championship. A rehearsal in which smiles abounded and that It allowed Lionel Scaloni to finish fine-tuning the players who came with less training product of different physical inconveniences. Imponderables that led the department to wait until the last day to announce the list of 26.

Physical leveling is important for the coaching staff., since it has players who had a fairly heterogeneous load in the last year. Not only because of the physical problems but also because of the heterogeneity of realities of the clubs in which they participate.

Therefore, while some need to moderate their efforts, others must intensify. One of the specific cases is that of Enzo Fernandez: After his first 105 minutes of action post surgery for an inguinal hernia, the midfielder will finish fine-tuning ahead of next Thursday night’s premiere at the Mercedes Benz Stadium, against Canada.

Germán Pezzella is along a similar line.: OK with his microfracture in one of the toes of his right foot, the defender now must gain the brunt he did not have in the friendlies as a preventive measure. Lisandro MartínezFor his part, he took advantage of the previous tour to string together two consecutive starts after a season with little action due to his injuries and also needs to continue intensifying his set-up: without a doubt it is a variant to join the last line in case he has to modify eventually the drawing.

And Messi? Leo is in great shape, he completed a semester in which he understood that he had to dose his efforts to prioritize the Copa América in the long term and he seems active and plugged in. The same as Ángel Di Maríawho starred in different managerial sequences in Georgia, had a direct influence on the attack both against Ecuador – great goal – and against Guatemala – assist – and wants to take advantage of the practices to try to get among the 11.

But the path has begun. There are only hours left to officially start a tournament that became the great ambition of 2024 for a team that wants to continue getting into history. In Atlanta he aspires to begin that dream takeoff.