While waiting to know the decision regarding his professional future and the chance of returning to Central Rosary still latent, This Monday Ángel Di María arrived in Miami to join Lionel Messi and the rest of the Argentine national team squadwhich is preparing to play two friendlies and then the Copa América in the United States.
The social media accounts of the selected team showed Fideo’s arrival with Nicolás Otamendithe defender who is Rosario’s teammate in Benfica in Portugal.
In Arroyito, Di María’s every step is followed with special attention because the possibility of his return to the club remainsdespite the shootings and threatening messages that took over the Rosario police scene last week, after a vandalism attack against a mural with his image in El Torito and the shooting attack on a service station.
In both cases, there were writings with threatening overtones towards the footballer, just as happened on March 25 in front of a gated community in Funes where he has a house.
Earlier, Messi, who lives in Miami, joined the Argentine camp. The captain arrived in his car and looked relaxed while walking into the Le Meridien hotel, accompanied by Alberto Pernas of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and a police officer.
The Argentine team is preparing for its debut in the Copa América, which will be on June 20 against Canada at the Mercedes Stadium in Atlanta.
The summoned players began to arrive in Miami in the last hours, ready to face the last stage of preparation. This group of footballers includes key names such as Rodrigo De Paul, Ángel Correa, Giovani Lo Celso and others who are already working in the gym.
After the first training session, Nicolás Tagliafico and Lautaro Martínez joined the concentration. In addition to Messi, other players such as Enzo Fernández, Lisandro Martínez, Nahuel Molina and Exequiel Palacios arrived on Monday morning. Julián Álvarez and Alexis Mac Allister did it a little later.
Gonzalo Montiel, who recently became a father, will join the camp a little late, with the permission of the coaching staff.
Training will take place at the Inter Miami complex, where the team will also play some previous friendlies. On June 9, Argentina will face Ecuador in Chicagoand the June 14, will play against Guatemala in Washington DC. These matches will allow Scaloni to fine-tune the final details before the start of the official tournament and evaluate the performance of its players.
Scaloni must reduce the list from 29 players to 26 for the Copa América, which will mean leaving out three players.
One of the notable absences It’s Paulo Dybala’swhose exclusion was explained by Scaloni due to doubts regarding physical fitness and the need to have players in top shape.
Argentina is in group A and will face first to Canada, followed by matches against Chile and Peru.
