A battered Argentine side, who fell 2-1 in their South American Under-20 debut against Paraguay, will try to win the classic against Brazil this Monday for the third day of Group A, in which Albirroja face Peru and Colombia will rest. From 21:30, from TyC Sports.
Those led by Javier Mascherano had a weak display against Paraguay and will be looking to improve their image against their biggest rival, who just beat Peru 3-0 on their opener and arrive at better time for this game which will play at the Pascual Guerrero stadium in the Colombian city of Cali.
It is possible that for this match the former Barcelona and River Plate player will not have midfielder Facundo Buonanotte at his disposal, recently signed by Brighton and who suffered “trauma to the spine and skull during the match against Paraguay”.
However, the “Jefecito” will have the rest of the squad available for this match, including Nico Paz, from Real Madrid, and Nicolás Vallejo, from Independiente, who didn’t show their best against Albirroja and will have the chance to do it in the South American classic.
Brazil, meanwhile, beat Peru 3-0 on their debut and are coming off the break into matchday two.
Coach Ramon Menezes will have to deal in this game – and in the rest of the tournament – with the absence of defender Weverton, who was injured in the opening minutes of the first leg against Peru and suffered a fracture to his right medial malleolus.
He should be replaced by Douglas Mendes, a Red Bull Bragantino player who replaced his teammate who was injured in the match played last Thursday.
Despite this loss, Menezes will have everything else on the roster he had called up to try and clinch a spot at the World Cup in Indonesia after missing the 2017 and 2019 editions for which he failed to qualify.
Outstanding players include goalscorer Vitor Roque, one of South America’s top scorers with two goals, and midfielder Pedrinho, whose introduction improved his squad in the match against Peru.
The probable 11 of Mascherano
Argentina: Federico Gomes Gerth; Agustín Giay, Lautaro Di Lollo, Valentín Gómez and Julián Aude; Nicolás Paz, Gino Infantino and Máximo Perrone; Julián Fernández, Alejo Veliz and Santiago Castro. DT: Javier Mascherano
Source: Clarin
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