EAST HANOVER, New Jersey, July 18 (Reuters) – Spain’s final training session before Sunday’s World Cup final against Argentina has been cancelled due to thunderstorms, organisers FIFA said on Saturday.
World soccer’s governing body added that there would not be another time slot for the team to train, but did not say whether Argentina’s session, scheduled for 1130 local time (1530 GMT), would go ahead as planned.
“The Spanish 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,” the Spanish federation (RFEF) said in a statement.
“The players are currently taking part in a warm-up session indoors.”
The final will kick off at 1500 local time (1900 GMT) on Sunday.
(Reporting by Fernando Kallas, writing by Julien Pretot in New YorkEditing by Christian Radnedge)
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