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Argentina's nationalist squad seems to beryllium trending up health-wise up of its FIFA World Cup 2026 opener on June 16.
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Star Lionel Messi is recovering from near hamstring musculus fatigue, which forced him to prematurely exit his last Inter Miami lucifer earlier the World Cup interruption connected May 25. He mightiness spot immoderate playing clip in Argentina's last affable against Iceland connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026) successful Auburn, Ala.
Whether or not helium plays this week, the 38-year-old is inactive expected to go 1 of the archetypal 2 players to play successful matches astatine six World Cups alongside Portugal prima Cristiano Ronaldo.
Even beyond Messi, the wellness of the squad is improving. Midfielder Nico Paz, arsenic good arsenic defenders Nahuel Molina and Gonzalo Montiel, each afloat participated successful Sunday's (June 8, 2026) grooming session astatine Kansas City.
Paz, acceptable to marque his World Cup debut astatine 21, has been sidelined since sustaining a near genu wounded connected May 10 with his nine squad Como successful Italy.
Molina and Montiel have a combined 96 appearances for Argentina astatine close back, some representing the state astatine the 2022 World Cup, wherever Molina scored his lone planetary extremity connected the mode to Argentina's 3rd World Cup title.
Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and midfielder Leandro Paredes continued to enactment disconnected to the broadside astatine Sunday's (June 7, 2026) practice. Martinez has said that he'll beryllium available, portion it has been reported that Paredes' wounded is not expected to sideline him for the World Cup.
Argentina begins its rubric defence against Algeria connected June 16 astatine Kansas City successful Group J earlier following with matches against Austria (June 22) and Jordan (June 27).
