Javier Mascherano and an operational cry for him to return to being the DT of the Sub 20 Selection

The official confirmation from FIFA remains, but in the Argentine Football Federation you already know that he Sub 20 world which was supposed to be played in Indonesia will finally be played in Argentina. They have been managing this information within Viamonte 1366 for a few days. For this reason they immediately took action the operational clamor for the return of Javier Mascherano to the coaching position he left after failing to qualify for the Copa Sudamericana in Colombia. Lionel Messi also intervenes. Change your mind? little boss?

Mascherano had been very strong after returning from the frustrating experience in South America. After the elimination in the first phase, the vice world champion with the senior national team in Brazil 2014 had anticipated his decision to resign in the press conference.

And then he ratified this determination before his own Claudius Tapiapresident of the AFA, e Bernard Romero, coordinator of the national youth teams. Nothing could change his mind. However, the recent news of the change of venue for the World Championships turns the whole picture upside down.

Why? Is that Argentina is the host nation, the Under 20 national team that on Colombian soil lost against Paraguay 2-1, fell against Brazil 3-1, beat Peru 1-0 and promptly greeted each other with 1-0 defeat against locals , is automatically classified.

The AFA decided to buy time for the election of Mascherano’s replacement since there was no official competition on the horizon. The pre-Olympic appeared only in January next year. But times have drastically shortened. The World Cup will start on May 20 (the final will be held on June 11), which means that in just over a month and a half the Under 20 will have a new competition and it is nothing more and nothing less than the most important of all

It was something unthinkable weeks ago, but it happened. And so Chiqui tapia He has to move quickly to find a DT for a category that is headless today. The idea is to convince they mask to reverse your position. And the operation had already been launched a few days ago. Tapia, Romeo and himself Lionel Scaloni They spoke to the former central midfielder who emerged in River.

But someone else joined the voices that softened the ear of mask. This is Messi, with whom he shares a great friendship. The meeting that took place last week in tribute to Messi at the Ezeiza property that now bears his name, the Rosario man took the opportunity to speak with him and reportedly insisted that analyze his return.

Mascherano didn’t answer “no”. And everyone expects you to answer in the next few days with a big “yes”. “We all want it to continue, there will be news soon”slide from the AFA.

Why insist with Mascherano? First of all because it is true that beyond the bad result of the South American, they have always tried to carry on the project with him at the helm of the Sub 20, but it was the coach who broke away.

In turn, they assume it’s him since he’s been working with the boys for the past few months. And with so little preparation time ahead, it would be more cumbersome for another manager to take over. Unless it’s about Paul Aimarfor example, who is responsible together with Diego Pleasant the minor categories and collaborates with Scaloni in the major categories.

Before this new scenario, the names of Lucas Bernardi, Esteban Cambiasso, Diego Markic and Aldo Duscher had been mentioned. Now all guns are aimed at Mascherano, also so that he can work also in view of the Pre-Olympic.

If you accept (wait for an imminent response), the little boss He knows that this time he will be able to count on players from Europe that he couldn’t have in South America since his clubs didn’t sell them. he could only have Nicholas Paz (Real Madrid) e Facundo Good night (Brighton) from the Old Continent. For the World Cup, foreign teams are forced to let them go as it is a FIFA competition.

Therefore, now I could conjure Alexander Garnacho (Manchester United) Matias Soule (Juventus), Luke Romero (Lazio), Frank AND Valentine Carboni (Monza and Inter), Tiago Geralnik (Villarreal), as well as Buonanotte and Paz, if he considers it so.

Operational clamor is activated. There is optimism in Ezeiza. Mascherano has the ball under his sole.