Spain and Argentina's World Cup preparations disrupted by thunderstorms

Reuters

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⁠Heavy thunderstorms in the New York and ‌New Jersey areas disrupted ‌the final training ‌sessions of Spain and ‌Argentina ahead of Sunday's World ‌Cup final on Saturday.

[p][b]"The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spanish[/a] national team's training session on the pitches at the Melanie ‌Lane Training Ground in New Jersey has been suspended in accordance with the US storm safety protocol,"[/b] the Spanish federation (RFEF) said in a statement after their practice at ‌the Melanie Lane training ground was cancelled.[/p][p]"The players are currently ‌taking part in a warm-up session indoors."[/p][embed guid="dbf6024d-54da-4ad9-9602-df79ec35645d" url="https://x.com/TheAthleticFC/status/2078508631838904550" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Argentina started training 45 minutes later than scheduled in ‌Morristown, New Jersey.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/argentina-f9OppQjp/spain-bLyo6mco/?mid=UgbUKPmT"]The final[/a] ‌will kick off at 15:00 local time (21:00 CET) on Sunday.[/p][infobox id="26ec99f9-a02b-4f65-8fba-1965818547a7" /]

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