ELCHE.- The Argentine team, with its captain Lionel Messi In the lead, a mass bath took place this past Thursday in front of some 20,000 spectators during the training open to the public at the Martínez Valero stadium in Elche, southeast of Spain.
The Albiceleste exercised under a flag on the video scoreboards next to the text “Welcome world champions” and a huge banner in the stands with the motto ‘Let’s live crowned with glory’, accompanied by images of Messi and Diego Maradonakissing the World Cup, in the center of the image.
The Argentine team was concentrated in Algorfa, a small municipality in the province of Alicante, since last Monday, before heading to Angola this Thursday, where they will play a friendly in Luanda on Friday, although before that they unleashed madness in the field of Elche, a team from the Spanish first division.
Through the mediation of the football representative and current owner of the Elche club, Christian Bragarnikthe albiceleste celebrated their training under a festive atmosphere at the Martínez Valero under the watchful eye of those gathered.
Even before training, Argentine songs like ‘Muchachos’ were heard, a melody that became popular after winning the last World Cup.
All the fans’ eyes pointed towards a single place: Leo Messi. They had been waiting for the Inter Miami attacker even an hour before outside the stadium to see him enter with the bus.
But, when the FC Barcelona legend stepped onto the pitch, while the Argentine anthem was playing, cries of euphoria began to be heard.
emotional affection
“I haven’t been here for a while and, honestly, the love they always showed me in every place I went still moves me,” said Argentina’s number 10 in a message spread on social networks, along with six photos in which he is seen greeting and observing the stands, and also training with his teammates.
“Thank you very much to everyone who came today (Thursday), there were many Argentines too!!! It is always a pleasure to see you again!!”, continued the Argentine captain.
At the end of the session, Messi received an Elche shirt with number 10 and his name on the back.
Despite it being a working day and coinciding with school hours, the enthusiasm of many fans did not stop them from attending the Albiceleste team’s training session.
The Argentina of Lionel Scaloni will close the year on Friday, at 4:00 p.m. GMT in the African country, with a squad of 24 players with new faces as the midfielders Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) and Maximo Perrone (Like) and the forward Joaquin Panichelli (Strasbourg).
