• Polyvalent Hall is typically used for music concerts and indoor sports like volleyball and handball. Robert Ghement / EPA
    Polyvalent Hall is typically used for music concerts and indoor sports like volleyball and handball. Robert Ghement / EPA
  • Ezequiel Lavezzi, left, of Paris Saint-Germain and Sergio Aguero of Manchester City during the training session for Argentina's friendly against Romania. Daniel Mihailescu / AFP
    Ezequiel Lavezzi, left, of Paris Saint-Germain and Sergio Aguero of Manchester City during the training session for Argentina's friendly against Romania. Daniel Mihailescu / AFP
  • A wide view of Polyvalent Hall in Bucharest where Argentina trained indoors for their friendly against Romania on Wednesday March 5, 2014. Daniel Mihailescu / AFP
    A wide view of Polyvalent Hall in Bucharest where Argentina trained indoors for their friendly against Romania on Wednesday March 5, 2014. Daniel Mihailescu / AFP
  • Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella during the indoor training session in Bucharest. Daniel Mihailescu / AFP
    Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella during the indoor training session in Bucharest. Daniel Mihailescu / AFP
  • Lionel Messi juggles the official 2014 World Cup ball during Argentina's training session for an international friendly v Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP
    Lionel Messi juggles the official 2014 World Cup ball during Argentina's training session for an international friendly v Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP
  • Argentina's players train on the hardcourt of Polyvalent Hall in Bucharest, Romania. The hall has hosted music acts such as Deep Purple, Gorillaz and The Chemical Brothers in the last decade. Vadim Ghirda / AP
    Argentina's players train on the hardcourt of Polyvalent Hall in Bucharest, Romania. The hall has hosted music acts such as Deep Purple, Gorillaz and The Chemical Brothers in the last decade. Vadim Ghirda / AP
  • Argentina's Javier Mascherano during the training session for their friendly against Romania on Wednesday March 5, 2014. Vadim Ghirda / AP
    Argentina's Javier Mascherano during the training session for their friendly against Romania on Wednesday March 5, 2014. Vadim Ghirda / AP
  • Lionel Messi of Barcelona trains with Argentina on the handball court in Bucharest's Polyvalent Hall. Vadim Ghirda / AP
    Lionel Messi of Barcelona trains with Argentina on the handball court in Bucharest's Polyvalent Hall. Vadim Ghirda / AP
  • Marcos Rojo gestures during the Argentina training session in Bucharest, Romania. Robert Ghement / EPA
    Marcos Rojo gestures during the Argentina training session in Bucharest, Romania. Robert Ghement / EPA
  • The Argentina national football team gather in a circle on the hardcourt of Bucharest's Polyvalent Hall after their training session ahead of an international friendly against Romania. Robert Ghement / EPA
    The Argentina national football team gather in a circle on the hardcourt of Bucharest's Polyvalent Hall after their training session ahead of an international friendly against Romania. Robert Ghement / EPA

In pictures: Lionel Messi, Argentina train on handball court in Romania


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Lionel Messi and Argentina took to the hardcourt of Bucharest’s Polyvalent Hall, more accustomed to handball and volleyball matches and hosting musical artsts like Gorillaz and James Blunt than football training, ahead of their friendly v Romania on Wednesday.