BELO HORIZONTE — He surprised… and it wasn’t with a work of magic with his label. This time, Lionel Messi appeared with a new tattoo on his left leg, in his first practice with the Argentine National Team with a view to the classic with Brazil next Thursday, for the Qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The No. 10 of the Spanish Barcelona was seen with a renewed tattoo when wearing the training shirt of the Albiceleste, in Belo Horizonte. He decided to leave behind a colorful one with the «10» for another with a completely black design.
Lio couldn’t help but get into the ink craze Twitter: @SC_ESPN
What the Rosario did keep were the two hands of Thiago, his first son. This change was immediately noticeable in his first practice after his arrival in Brazilian territory. It is his return to the national team led by Edgardo Bauza, after his withdrawal, forced by injury, in the previous double date of the Qualifiers.
The star from Rosario arrived in the early hours of Tuesday along with Javier Mascherano and Neymar, teammates on the Catalan team, in a private Brazilian plane. On Thursday they will see each other again and greet each other as friends, as they really are, but the objective of the Albicelestes is to be able to allow their national team to raise their heads, right in the historic duel against the Brazilians.
The Albiceleste is concentrated in the same venue that it had during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, a tournament in which they were runners-up behind Germany. Precisely, the first game of Brazil in Mineirao is coming, after suffering the historic 7-1 against in the semifinals of the maximum international tournament.
In these Qualifiers, Argentina suffers and seeks to recover ground to get back into the qualifying zone. Now he has 16 units in 10 dates, while the local team had a great recovery and is now the leader of the race to Russia, with 21 points.