Extremely popular! 20,000 fans watch Argentina team practice, Argentinian media predicts Messi will start
6686 Sports News on November 13 According to Argentina's "Ole" report, the Argentine team's practice in Alicante, Spain, welcomed 20,000 fans to watch live. After winning the World Cup in Qatar, Argentina sparked fan frenzy wherever they went.
According to reports, this was originally just a regular public practice arranged before the trip, but eventually turned into a grand fan festival. After tickets went on sale Wednesday night, the local club's official website was temporarily paralyzed due to a surge in traffic. In the end, a total of 20,085 Lucky fans came to the competition venue to experience the charm of the world championship team in person.
The reason why the Argentine Football Association chose to train in Alicante is because there are a large number of Argentine expatriates in the area. When the players entered the playing field, the "Argentine National Anthem" immediately sounded on the radio, and the fans in the audience sang in unison. The momentum was no less than the atmosphere on a match day in Argentina. For safety reasons, the rows of seats closest to the court were vacated, but this did not affect the enthusiasm of the fans at all.
Many heavyweights also appeared at the scene, including Elche coach Sarabia, who worked with Messi at Barcelona; Elche captain Hawthorne Ferrandez, etc.
The practice focused on warm-up and group confrontation. Although the intensity was not high, as soon as Messi got the ball, the audience immediately burst into thunderous cheers. "Messi! Messi!" shouted one after another, and every time a player scored, the fans shouted "Goal!"
According to "Ole" report, Argentina's possible starting lineup against Angola is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Rulli
Defender: Foyth, Romero, Otamendi or Senesi, Tagliafico
Midfielder: De Paul, Alexis McAllister, Lo Celso
Forward: Messi, Lautaro, Almada or Nico Paz