Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria all smiles despite Argentina DOUBLE training session

LIONEL MESSI and Angel Di Maria were all smiles on Friday despite undergoing a gruelling DOUBLE training session with Argentina.

Jorge Sampaoli’s men trained at Barcelona’s Joan Gamper facility today.

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And the players were put through their paces as coaches organised a fitness session in the morning, with football drills to follow in the afternoon.

Messi and Di Maria led the way, and both looked surprisingly happy despite the tough workout.

Argentina have just one pre-World Cup friendly against Israel remaining before the start of the tournament, having beaten Haiti 4-0 on Wednesday.

And they will stay at Barcelona’s training ground until June 8, just eight days before their first match in the Finals against Iceland.

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Argentina just about scraped through to Russia, with the last few years proving turbulent to say the least.

Despite boasting star attackers like Messi, Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain, many people aren’t tipping Sampaoli’s men to go too far at the World Cup.

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That’s despite reaching the final of the last one in Brazil, where they lost 1-0 to Germany in extra time.

However, Messi and co will be desperate to prove the doubters wrong and are sure to go all-out in a bid to win their first World Cup since 1986.

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