Chiqui Tapia received Mascherano and made him coach of the Sub 20 despite the elimination of the South American and the 2023 World Cup

After the Argentina Under-20 national team lost 1-0 against Colombia last Friday and was eliminated in the South American group stage, thus missing out on the World Cup to be held in Indonesia between May and June – as well as the Pan American Games in Chile -, a response seasoned with farewell Javier Mascheranohot, it rang loudly in Ezeiza’s estate.

“How is it going?”, consulted him after the defeat. Then, he threw: “No, no. The truth is that there isn’t much to think about. More than anything, thanks to everyone. The president for the opportunity and the clubs because they have always given us the players, even if we have disturbed them a lot throughout the year “.

Immediately afterwards they asked him if he wanted to continue leading the Selection. Without turning around, he forcefully replied: “I do not believe”.

This Sunday, very early and more calmly, he made it clear that his continuity had to be discussed Claudius “Chiqui” Tapia, the president of the AFA. And that meeting was not long in coming, and it was a breakfast in Ezeiza’s property which he also attended bernard romeoyouth team coordinator.

“The disappointment is very big and I am responsible. There is no excuse because they gave us all the players, we worked long enough and the team didn’t work out. It was a series of things, we didn’t start the tournament with confidence, when games every 48 hours it was very important to have a positive result, that was not the case, and we started making a mess that ended badly”he indicated, in statements to ESPN.

“Yes, I will certainly talk to Chiqui, but calmly. Now I rest with the family who are suffering the most. If I continue in office, I will talk to Chiqui,” Masche had closed, before leaving Ezeiza airport.

Already in the premises of the AFA, between coffee with milk and toasted bread, that first speech arrived which served, through a tweet, as support from President Tapia to Mascherano’s leadership in the Sub 20.

“Today I went to Ezeiza to receive our Under 20 team led by coach Javier Mascherano. The National project, beyond the results, is the path we have chosen and the path we all want to follow. We will continue to sow to reap”Tapia posted on his social networks.

This is a tacit ratification of the continuity of the ‘Jefecito’, who took over as DT of the biggest Albiceleste youth team in March 2022, with a 2-2 draw against the United States in the ownership of the Ezeiza, which among other things It will be remembered because it was the first of the VAR system in Argentina.

Maurice Revello -ex Esperanzas de Toulon- was eliminated from the tournament and from the Odesur Games in Paraguay, won in L’Alcudia and the Maldonado Intendency Cup in Uruguay, although this meager result in the Copa Sudamericana in Colombia has as main problem not being able add international matches and touch these guys who are training.

They would be the five in the final hexagon, World Cup in Indonesia and Pan American Games, qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics, for which he will still have a chance in the Venezuelan Pre-Olympic.