The world champions join the Argentine team: Enzo Fernández and Nicolás Tagliafico, the first to arrive in the country

Very special days are coming for the Argentine team. It is that after the historic consecration in the World Cup in Qatar after beating France in the final, the team returned to the country and celebrated the world title since the plane landed in Ezeiza. First, it took hours to get to the AFA stadium to rest and then the players were the protagonists of a massive caravan that involved millions of fans who took to the streets of Buenos Aires with the intention of seeing Lionel Messi and company with the Cup. of the world.

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Three months after lifting the trophy, the team led by Lionel Scaloni will meet again for the two friendlies in the FIFA window. And the first to join the light blue and white concentration were Enzo Fernández and Nicolás Tagliafico.

The Chelsea midfielder, who saw action throughout the match in the 2-2 draw between the London team and Everton in the Premier League, arrived with his family and got into one of the vans arranged by the AFA to take him to the Julio Humerto Grondona property, located a few kilometers from the Ezeiza international airport.

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The same happened with the left side of Olympique Lyon. Tagliafico arrived with his wife Carolina Calvagni and minutes later he went to the complex where the world champions will meet again three months after adding the third star to the shield of the national team’s shirt. As expected, both footballers took some photos and signed autographs for the fans present.

Lionel Messi will once again kiss the World Cup in front of thousands of Argentines at the River Plate stadium (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

As happened with Enzo and Tagliafico, the rest of the footballers mentioned by Scaloni will join once the commitments with their teams are over. Another of those who arrived was Nicolás Otamendi, but the Benfica defender was not seen in the airport hall because he went straight through the runway. Messi, who will play this Sunday with PSG in Ligue 1 against Rennes, is expected to arrive on Monday.

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It must be remembered that the team will face Panama next Thursday from 8:30 p.m. at the Más Monumental stadium in the first of the two matches that will serve to celebrate the world title in the Middle East. The one who will not be present along with the rest of the other 25 champions will be Papu Gómez, who through a message on his networks announced that he will not be able to travel from Seville because he has to continue recovering from his injury.

Beyond the friendly against the Concacaf team, there will be a second match in the interior of the country that will also serve to continue the celebrations for having achieved the third star. On Tuesday, March 28, the selected one will face off against the Curaçao national team. The place chosen for this confrontation was the Madre de Ciudades stadium, in the province of Santiago del Estero. It remains to know the schedule of the meeting.

THE 36 CALLED FOR THE FRIENDLY

GOALKEEPERS: Franco Armani (River Plate), Geronimo Rulli (Ajax) and Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa).

DEFENDERS: Juan Foyth (Villarreal), Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), Nehuén Pérez (Udinese), Germán Pezzella (Betis), Cristian Romero (Tottenham), Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica), Lisandro Martínez (Manchester) United), Nicolás Tagliafico (Olympique Lyon), Marcos Acuña (Sevilla) and Lautaro Blanco (Elche).

MIDDLE FIELDERS: Leandro Paredes (Juventus), Guido Rodriguez (Betis), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea), Maximilian Perrone (Manchester City), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid), Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton), Thiago Almada (Atlanta United), Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), Angel Di Maria (Juventus), Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid), Emiliano Buendia (Aston Villa) and Valentin Carboni (Inter).

FORWARD: Lionel Messi (PSG), Paulo Dybala (Roma), Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Julian Alvarez (Manchester City), Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina), Alejandro Gomez (Sevilla) and Giovanni Simeone (Napoli). ).

*It remains to be seen if the National Team takes Garnacho off the roster due to injury

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