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Lionel Messi in high spirits as Argentina prepare for Iceland World Cup test

David Cooper

15:47 15/06/2018

Lionel Messi looked in great spirits on Friday as he trained with the rest of his Argentina team-mates.

La Albiceleste face Iceland on Saturday (17:00) in their World Cup Group D opening clash, with the focus very much being on the Barcelona icon.

Argentina finished runners-up four years ago in Brazil and have been completing their final preparations at their base camp training base in Bronnitsy, near Moscow.

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