Mascherano will continue to be the DT of the Under 20 team and will have all the figures for the World Cup

Anyone who has closely followed the Selection Process over the years of which Javier Mascherano was one of the representatives knows perfectly well that it is a self-critical man. Even in the worst moments, when the team got tired of losing the finals, he showed his face. He ended up hanging up the biancoceleste shirt after the failure of Russia 2018.

In his role as coach, he did the same. The disappointment for the South American in Colombia and his elimination at the World Cup prompted him to resign. “We’ve been bothering the boys a lot throughout the year and in this preparation, and they’ve always given us players. There are no excuses, the one who failed is me and I have to take charge”, he said after the defeat with the local team.

But everything has changed. The World Cup that was supposed to take place in Indonesia will be held in our country. And accordingly, the classification is automatic. Argentina will be one of the protagonists and Mascherano the coach. This Sunday he told Claudio Tapia that he will continue to lead the youth team who will now be able to count his stars, the europibes who did not participate in the South American: Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Luka Romero (Lazio), Valentín Carboni (Inter) and Matías Soulé (Juventus), just to name a few. Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton), Nicolás Paz (Real Madrid) and Máximo Perrone (Manchester City), who were in Colombia, will be called up again.

“Yes, go on. We convinced him together,” confirmed Bernardo Romeo a clarion. The coordinator of the youth teams, who is in Ecuador, where the Sub 17 are facing the South American, has revealed what was an open secret until yesterday evening.

And when he says “everyone”, he basically refers to Tapia, Lionel Messi, his own person and even Lionel Scaloni. Sure, The conversation that Mascherano had with the Major League coach was fundamental. In his first experience as a coach, the pujato from Santa Fe was crowned champion of the Copa América, Finalissima and World Cup, no more, no less.

Scaloni told Mascherano that he is confident he can turn the situation around, that this new opportunity that the World Cup gives him at home is a wink to fate. Also now you will have a deck of more important players, since the loan is mandatory. Big league clubs will not be able to refuse in front of FIFA.

There was no way to twist Mascherano’s arm. Not even though Tapia wanted it yes or yes and his goal is that, in the long term, he will take care of the Senior Selection.

Touched in private by the speech offered by Messi When the president of the AFA decided to baptize the Ezeiza property with his name, Mascherano began to reflect on its continuity. And for these hours he has made it official.

What scenario will Mascherano find? This Monday the headquarters that will replace Indonesia will be made official, something ruled out because the governors of Bali and Central Java had asked for a veto for Israel. The protests in Jakarta also saw the participation of the Israeli national team. The Asian country has a strong relationship with Palestine.

With the confirmation of Argentina as the new host, it transpired that the opening match on May 20 and the final on 11 June could be played at the Monumental. For this reason, an exception should be made to the rule which provides for stadiums to be released 15 days before the start of the event, as we will know by now.

The rest of the venues, however, will be distributed in fields where there are no First Division matches so as not to hinder the development of the League and the Copa Libertadores. The Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero and the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza are in the works. If they end up choosing those venues, Central Córdoba will have to play at Alfredo Terrera and Godoy Cruz at Feliciano Gambarte. What will happen to Mario Alberto Kempes?

The Bicentenario de San Juan and Diego Maradona La Plata are other options to host some of the 52 cup matches Argentina has entered by the window.