All or nothing. In a situation similar to that experienced by the Argentina national team in Qatar 2022 after the initial defeat against Saudi Arabia, the Albiceleste Sub 20 will play this Friday hand in hand with Colombia the qualification to the final hexagon of the South American, which would allow them to continue fighting for a place in the World Cup of the category in Indonesia their last chance to continue in the second phase when they face the organizer, Colombia, in date five of zone A of South America for the World Cup in Indonesia and the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile, both this year.
The match is played from 21:30 (Argentina time), with telecast by TyC Sports and DSports, at the Pascual Guerrero stadium in the city of Cali, certainly full of coffee fans who will give a hostile picture to those led by Javier Mascherano.
Argentina, who lost their opening two games against Paraguay and Brazil -already classified-, beat Peru on Wednesday for air, in addition to the fact that they have only one result in their favour.
It is that Colombia, who drew with Brazil on Wednesday when a win left the Albiceleste without a chance, will have a draw in their favor to qualify as third in group A.
The first three of each zone access the final hexagon, where they will play all against all. The top four will go to the World Cup in Indonesia. In addition, three places will be awarded for the Pan American Games.
= Possible formations =
Argentina: Franco Herrera; Ulises Ciccioli, Brian Aguilar, Francisco Marco and Julián Aude; Axel Encinas, Gino Infantino and Nicolás Paz; Javier Vallejo, Alejo Veliz and Brian Aguirre. DT: Javier Mascherano.
Colombia: Luis Marquines; Editer Ocampo, Kevin Mantilla, Fernando Alvarez and Andrés Salazar; Oscar Cortés, Gustavo Puerta, Juan Castilla and Daniel Luna; Miguel Monsalve and Ricardo Caraballo. DT: Ettore Cardenas.
Stadium: Pascual Guerrero (Cali).
Hours: 21:30
TV: TyC Sports.
Source: Clarin
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