Gulf News

ARGENTINA TRAIN IN ABU DHABI

- — Imran Malik, Assistant Sports Editor

Argentina have been training in Abu Dhabi ahead of their friendly match against the UAE on November 16 in preparatio­n for the Fifa World Cup in Qatar next week.

The match will take place at the Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium. It will be Argentina’s last warm-up match before they move to Qatar for the tournament.

Captain and star man Lionel Messi has been training with the team ahead of the highly anticipate­d clash against the UAE. The 35-yearold recently confirmed that the Qatar finals, which kick off on November 20, will be his final World Cup.

Argentina, the current South American champions, are one of the favourites to win the tournament. They are unbeaten in 35 matches and will begin their campaign for a third global crown against Saudi Arabia on November 22. Then they will take on Mexico four days later before rounding off Group C on November 30 against Poland.

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