What the Sub 20 Europibes are talking about in their WhatsApp group

Despite the heavy blow they received at the start of the year, the Under-20 team was enthusiastic again. FIFA has taken away the organization of the World Cup from Indonesia for political reasons and Argentina is keen to be the new venue for the youth tournament (it would have been announced these days). In this way the national team would qualify for the tournament and the Europibes are eager to have confirmation of the news.

Matías Soulé, one of the young Argentine stars who works in Europe, told how they are living the days following the confirmation of Argentina’s candidacy. “We have a WhatsApp group of guys who went to Europe. There are Ale (Garnacho), Luka Romero, Tiago Geralnik, Franco Carboni, Valen Carboni and Nico Paz. We all stand there and send “hopefully this tournament will be held and we can go”. We are all awaiting confirmation“The promising 19-year-old player who wears the Juventus shirt comments in a note to TNT Soccer.

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Although Garnacho has not yet had the chance to play for the senior national team, he has already played a series of friendlies with the Under-20s during 2022 and has had contact with his youth team-mates. “We didn’t know him, the first time he was with me and then we’ve already made him drink mate, speak Argentine. And he’s already started saying ‘hey idiot’. We got used to it little by little“, launched Soulé, who has already played 19 games for Juventus and scored one goal.

The day Soulé played ping pong with Messi and De Paul

The Juventus player told TNT Sport an anecdote about the day he was involved in a ping pong match against the Argentine captain and small engine of the team, De Paul. It all happened in the middle of the Qatar World Cup when the under 20s were sparring.

“They were playing and we approached Gastón Ávila and asked him if we could play. The truth is that at the moment you don’t realize it, but then you start to think that you are playing with Rodri and Messi. He is inexplicable, ”the little boy began.

“The dots were yelling at us. Rodri told me: ‘Isn’t there a ping pong table there in Italy?’. They are very competitive, I remember they sweated playing, they lost their lives. He has become spicy ”, he recalled that moment of nervousness that ended up being a great story of his first time in the national team.

Mascherano will continue to be the TD of the Sub 20

And in the end, Javier Mascherano will continue to be the DT of the Sub 20. And in the end, the talks with Lionel Messi and Lionel Scaloni have paid off. And finally, with Argentina as the venue for the World Cup (it will become official this week), his decision to step down has been shelved. In fact, the coach has already said yes to Bernardo Romeo, coordinator of the youth teams (the reality is that he had not yet terminated the contract), therefore he will remain at the helm of that category and, moreover, will direct at most …

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Everything you need to know about the Under 20 World Cup

The Annunziato

• South America: Argentina (for organization) Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia and Ecuador.
• Europe: England, France, Italy, Israel and Slovakia.
• Africa: Gambia, Senegal, Tunisia and Nigeria.
• Concacaf: United States, Honduras, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.
• Asia: South Korea, Japan, Uzbekistan, New Zealand and Iraq.
• Oceania: Fiji.

Format

There will be six groups of four teams each. The top two from each group and the four best third-placed teams will advance to the round of 16. The competition will start on May 20 and will end on June 11, 2023.

Lottery

FIFA, once the headquarters of Argentina has been made official, will have to indicate the date of the draw. If it was played in Indonesia it was scheduled for March 30th.

The drums

• Drum 1: Argentina, Uruguay, United States, Italy, France and Senegal.
• Pot 2: Ecuador, England, New Zealand, Brazil, Colombia and South Korea.
• Pot 3: Nigeria, Honduras, Fiji, Uzbekistan, Japan and Iraq.
• Pot 4: Dominican Republic, Israel, Slovakia, Tunisia, Gambia and Guatemala.