The Argentina national U-20 from Javier Mascherano lost 2-0 to Colombia in the second match of Group B of the South American Games (ODESUR) played in Asunción, Paraguay. Monsalve scored a brace for the coffee team.

The Albiceleste team came from the fall at the start of the tournament against Chile 1-0 last Tuesday. in that meeting The Red He managed to take the lead at the end of the match with a goal from Nicolás Matamoros.

The little boss I knew a victory was needed to be able to advance to the next instance of the South American competition. But the two consecutive defeats left the Argentine team with no chance of qualifying for the semi-finals of the 2022 South American Games in Asunción.

The first half was calm and quiet. There was a lack of emotion and football production. The clearest in that stretch was for Colombia: a bomb that crashed into the crossbar of the goal guarded by Gomes Gerth, then everything was invalidated from an advanced position.

In the complement we see an improvement in those directed by Mascherano. The players are looser and the clearest scoring opportunity for the Biancocelesti came from a steady ball.

However, Colombia managed to score the first goal and towards the end of the match Monsalve himself condemned the match by scoring a brace. In this way the Argentine national team was excluded in the first phase.

The Under 20 national team came to this tournament with several losses as some clubs decided not to give up players because they were playing in the final part of their respective tournaments. In this way Mascherano had to reach out and give new players a chance.

The Argentine youth teams had just won the Maldonado City Cup in early September, a friendly home run for the national team where they faced Brazil, Uzbekistan and won against Uruguay.

Javier Mascherano’s Argentina national team will face Ecuador on Saturday to finish with the schedule in zone B. Group A is made up of Paraguay, Venezuela, Uruguay and Peru. The semifinals between the two leaders of each zone will be played on Monday and the final next Wednesday.

On the other hand, the Colombian team had lost 2-3 against Ecuador on their debut. The other matches of the first phase that will be played tomorrow are: Ecuador-Chile (9:10), Peru-Venezuela (15) and Paraguay-Uruguay (16).

The eleven of Argentina

The Argentine national team was formed as follows for the match against Colombia: Federico Gomes Gerth; Tommaso Palacios, Thiago Schiavulli, Leandro Figueredo, Tommaso Silva; Massimiliano Gonzalez, Agostino Rodriguez, Axel Encinas; Romano Rodriguez, Jeremiah Perez Tica Y Luca Bessozzi.