With the squad almost complete, the players performed activation exercises, in two groups, in one of the rooms of the hotel where he is concentrated on his first day in Beijing. In the afternoon, the delegation was joined by players Emiliano Martínez and Alexis Mac Allister.
The players worked this afternoon (at 19 in Beijing, 8 in Buenos Aires) in two groups. They carried out activation tasks after a day that had most players with several hours of flight and immigration procedures.
In this way, Lionel Messi, Ángel Di María, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso, Enzo Fernández, Nahuel Molina, Rodrigo De Paul, Marcos Acuña, Lucas Ocampos, Guido Rodríguez, Germán Pezzella, Giovanni Simeone, Gerónimo Rulli, Nicolás Tagliafico, Walter Benítez, Nicolás González, Alejandro Garnacho, Leonardo Balerdi and Facundo Medina -arrived at dawn- and Exequiel Palacios, Facundo Buonanotte, Cristian Romero and Nicolás Otamendi who were the first to arrive, on the 9th; are waiting for Julián Álvarez (will play this Saturday the final of the Champions League with Manchester City) and Thiago Almada to complete the delegation.
The coaching staff also summoned the goalkeeper of Independiente Mateo Morro, to participate in the Tour as a sparring and who also arrived with the first group.
Tomorrow the work will move, at the same time, to the grounds of the Olympic Stadium in Beijing.
Argentina will play two matches on this tour, next Thursday 15, at 9 am, against Australia, in Beijing; and on Monday 19, at 9.30, in Jakarta, Indonesia, against the local team (in both cases corresponds to the time of Argentina)
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