The Albiceleste goalkeeper uploaded a video to his social networks in which he shared the intimacy of the squad before the last friendly prior to the continental event.
June 12, 2024, 08:25 a.m.
The National Team goalkeeper showed on his networks the ritual that the Albiceleste team shared before the start of the Copa América 2024. (Video and photos: @emi_martinez26/Instagram)
The Argentine national team prepares for debut Copa America 2024, he Thursday, June 20 against Canada, in Atlanta. Before that, the Albiceleste team, which will play a friendly against Guatemala on Friday, shared the usual barbecue, a ritual that took place prior to the Qatar World Cup and that continues to this day. Of course, it was Emiliano Martínez who shared the images and the dialogue with him Diego Iacovonethe owner of the grill who has been working with the Albiceleste for 24 years.
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“Entraña, flag, achuras, chicken center, you have everything friend“, Diego is heard saying in the video that the Argentina goalkeeper uploaded on his social networks in which you can see all the food prepared for the squad.
Iacovone began his roasts in January 1999, when Marcelo Bielsa began his cycle as coach of the Albiceleste team. He was in six World Cups, more than any footballer, and cooked for figures like Diego MaradonaGabriel Batistuta, Juan Román Riquelme and now Lionel Messi.
The owner of the grill in the National Team. (Photo: @Argentina/Twitter)
In one of the images published by Dibu he is seen together with Gerónimo Rulli, Juan Cruz Souto, one of the Albiceleste props, and Nicolás Tagliafico, while in the video, in addition to the talk with Iacovone, you can see the banquet that the light blue and white delegation will enjoy. In the background, the tables and the rest of the players waiting for dinner.
One of the photos that Dibu Martínez shared before the barbecue with the National Team. (Photo: emi_martinez26 / Instagram).
The barbecue, the ritual of the Argentine National Team
The National Team team usually shares barbecues, relaxed moments in which the entire delegation dine and have fun. So it is so that Argentina carried 2630 kilos of meat to Qatar, as he was able to verify TNthat He had access to the Senasa certificate that authorized the movement. At that time, the Albiceleste moved the following cuts: strip roast, vacuum, heart of rump, buttock, wide steak without lid, matambre, narrow steak without cord, loin, roast tapa, roast beef, narrow steak with loin, tail of rump, osso buco, rump cap, peceto and entraña.
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Lionel Scaloni defines the list for the Copa América
“There are only a few days left to make the final list. We will do it based on what we believe is best for the National Team. It always hurts to leave kids outside.but we will do it thinking about what the team needs. We will give the list after the game (against Guatemala)“There is no point in making the cut without waiting for that game if the boys are here,” said Lionel Scaloni after the friendly against Ecuador.
Lionel Scaloni will have to cut three players from the 29 he called up for the friendlies prior to the Copa América. (AFP)
In principle, it is believed that the DT could give the final list of 26 players before the friendly in Washington, although only in the privacy of the group. Of the 29 who traveled for the friendlies, three will be left out.
When does the Argentine National Team debut in the 2024 Copa América
The inaugural duel between the National Team and Canada will be played on June 20 starting at 9 p.m. (Argentina time) at the Mercedes Benz Stadium from Atlanta. The match can be seen on the screens. Telefe, DSports and TyC Sports. The Albiceleste shares group A with Chile and Peru.
