Lionel Messi was once again the main attraction as Argentina continued to train for the World Cup in their native capital of Buenos Aires
The South American side went through the motions under the watchful eye of head coach Jorge Sampaoli with PSG star Angel Di Maria and Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain also refining their skills
The trio of Messi, Di Maria and Higuain all arrived on the back of lifting domestic titles with Barcelona, PSG and Juventus respectively, and they will be hoping to take that winning mentality with them to Russia
Having come so close to winning football's biggest prize four years ago, Argentina head to this summer's World Cup as one of the favourites
In heartbreaking circumstances, Messi missed out on his first major international trophy thanks to Germany's extra-time winner from Mario Gotze
Gotze is not part of the Joachim Low's Germany squad for this World Cup, but the defending champions still looked littered with fantastic footballers as they continued their own preparations in Eppan, Italy
Ilkay Gundogan was having a whale of a time with his former Borussia Dortmund team-mate Marco Reus as they shared a quick tumble on the grass during an otherwise light session on Friday afternoon
Bayern Munich pair Thomas Muller and Mats Hummels were also seen hard at work while Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger refined his skills at the back
There were more fun and games to be had in France's famous Clairefontaine national training centre as Didier Deschamps's young Les Bleus bonded ahead of their own World Cup challenge
Kylian Mbappe looked in fine spirits as he continued preparations ahead of what will be his first World Cup
Amazingly, the PSG forward was just 15-years-old when the last competition in Brazil happened but goes into this summer's contest as one of the standout stars
He goes to Russia in fine company, however, with Paul Pogba, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele making up one of the most exciting squads heading to the FIFA tournament this summer
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