In anticipation of the World Cup, has the Under 20 team put together the technical staff of Mascherano, with Leandro Stillitano as assistant?

He Sub 20 world will be held in Argentina from 20 May, with venues to be confirmed. The only thing missing is bureaucratic deadlines and that the Fifa formalize that the world champion country in Qatar 2022 will host instead of Indonesia, punished for the political decision not to accept the entry of the Israeli delegation.

In this way, Albiceleste will be able to play in a tournament for which they could not qualify in the South American tournament held in Colombia, during the month of January, with Javier Mascherano in the bank. The “Little Boss” took charge of the bankruptcy and resigned, but after this unexpected qualification for the World Cup, among Chiqui tapia AND Lionel Scaloniabove all, they convinced him to go back and continue to integrate the project of the youth divisions that he coordinates bernard romeo.

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With their heads turned to the World Cup, which will see Argentina as a great candidate for the title (besides being local, it could be reinforced by Alejandro Garnacho and other characters who weren’t there in Colombia), the AFA are waiting for the announcement of the FIFA, but work in the assembly of technical staff of Mascherano.

And here’s the surprise. The fact is that in the last few hours it has emerged that one of the names who have taken care of working with the Selezione is that of the former DT of Independent, Leandro Stillitanoexpelled from Rojo on the night of 18 March after just 8 games in charge of the team: one win, five draws and two defeats, with seven goals scored and nine conceded.

His arrival at Avellaneda was a gamble from the board led by Fabián Doman, who wanted to give him his first chance as a coach after being assistant to Ariel Holan at the club and Gustavo Quinteros at Colo-Colo.

But Stillitano is not the only surname taken into consideration for the technical staff of the Masche. Fabricio Coloccini, who managed Venezuela’s Sub 20 in South America and didn’t even qualify for the World Cup, is another one who can join the Albiceleste.

To Sub 20 with luxury reinforcements

This “new” Argentina Under 20 Selection in arrival promises numbers that light up the illusion. The aforementioned Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) is joined by 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.

The venues and the draw of the U20 World Cup

With the confirmation of Argentina as the new hosts, the AFA has proposed the venues and stadiums to host the 52 matches that the competition will offer. With one exception, FIFA requires no other competitions to be played, so several venues such as Monumental or Vélez have been excluded from consideration.

For this reason, the parent company of Argentine football has focused on fields where there are no First Division, Copa Libertadores or South American matches scheduled.

The stadiums designated by the AFA are Ciudad de La Plata (the final will be played there); San Juan del Bicentennial; Only Mother of Cities, of Santiago del Estero; Unique to Villa Mercedes, San Luis; Father Martearena, from Salta and Centenario, from Resistencia.

The World Cup draw had to be rescheduled due to the change of venue and the new date would be April 21, when FIFA (presumably) will already make the tournament official in Argentina.

All 2023 Under-20 World Cup qualifiers

The teams that will participate are: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, South Korea, Ecuador, Slovakia, United States, Fiji, France, Gambia, Guatemala, Honduras, England, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, New Zealand, Dominican Republic Czech Republic, Senegal, Tunisia, Uruguay and Uzbekistan.

When does the U20 World Cup take place?

The confirmed start date is Saturday 20 May and the grand finale of the tournament is Sunday 11 June.