What happened? Why was Mess not in training with Argentina today

Argentina has eased fears of a Lionel Mess damage just two days before the World Cup began, as it landed at the start of an open training session Friday.

Messi is Argentina's talisman and with world media gathered to catch him during Friday's training, they were alarmed when he failed to appear.

But, as reported by the Argentina newspaper Olé, Mess began that session at the gym, away from the main group, with Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Angel Di María and Nicolas Othandini, before joining the rest of the team after the media left.

There has been a level of concern about the physical situation of Mess since he appeared to have taken a problem in a friendly one against the United Arab Emirates (EBA) early in the week.

Argentina won 5-0 thanks to the Messi goals, Di Maria, who scored twice, Joachim Correa and Julian Alvarez, writes Dailymail.

But there was a sharp breath when Messy hit the ground for a moment in the match.

He shook his leg before he was helped to stand up and keep playing 90 minutes.

However, speculation about the Messi branch intensified only after it appeared it would play no role in the open part of the exercise.

Argentina is located at Qatar University for the World Cup and had 14 players and three goalkeepers who began the exercise.

The open exercise allows world media to watch for 15 minutes before being taken out and players can begin to regulate their game plans for their group games.

Messie entered the training field after the media had left, reports Olé, and Chief Lionel Scalon will hope to find his star's full time and shape for their opening match against Saudi Arabia after four days.

There was better news in the front of the damage to Scalon with Inter attacker Lautaro Martinez, Paulo Dybala of Rome, and Papu Gomez of Seville, all capable of training. All three have suffered injuries.

But about 400 reported journalists went down to the university campus to catch a glimpse of Mess, only to leave disappointed.