Sub 20 World Cup: which club contributes the most players and which are the brightest names of the Dream Team it wants to put together (if they allow it) Mascherano

The decision of Fifa remove the seat of Sub 20 world to Indonesia and assign it to Argentina will give the selected led by Javier Mascherano the possibility of playing a match for which he had not qualified due to his poor performance in the South American which took place between January and February in Colombia. The coach, who had resigned and returned to his post for this possibility, will, a priori, have a strengthened teamAlthough this will largely depend on the willingness of European clubs to sell their players.

For the tournament which will take place between 20 May and 11 June in Santiago del Estero, San Juan, Mendoza and La Plata, and in which the national team will have group A rivals Uzbekistan, Guatemala AND New ZelandMascherano did a preliminary roster of 37 players (FIFA has requested that this list contain between 35 and 55 members), of which 21 will be those contesting the competition.

Of the 37 finalists, 12 work abroad. To count on them, the Argentine Football Federation You will have to do a great job to convince each of the foreign clubs, who are under no obligation to release their players. Indeed, The DT went to Europe in the last few hours to personally take care of the negotiations. With the vernacular institutions, on the other hand, there will be no need to negotiate given that the Statute of the parent company of national football obliges them to sell them.

Article 85(4) of that regulatory body states that if a player fails to show up for “practices, concentrations, concerted matches, practice sessions, etc.” of a national team participating in an official tournament, “will be automatically excluded from the integral teams of any discipline and category and of any club for the entire duration of the activities and matches of the team for which they were called up, and will be subject to to the definitive ruling and the relative sanctions”.

Of the 12 boys included in the preliminary list of Mascherano, 10 work in Europe: four do it in Italy (Matias Soule -Juventus-, Luke Romero -Lazio- and the brothers Valentine Carboni -Inter- and Franco Carboni -Monza-), three in England (Alexander Garnacho -Manchester United-, Massimo Perrone -Manchester City- e Facundo Good night -Brighton & Hove Albion-), two in Spain (Vega Roman -Barcelona Atlètic- e Nicholas Paz -Real Madrid Castilla-) and one in Portugal (Matthew Tanlongo -Sporting Lisbon-). Several guys with excellent projection have been excluded from the payroll, such as Thiago Geralnik (Villarreal) and the ex Ferro, Lucas Román (Barcelona Atlètic).

To the 10 who are building their first weapons in the Old World two are added who play in America: the Mendoza Renzo Malancathat after an excellent season at Independiente Rivadavia he was transferred to Huachipato de Chile at the beginning of 2022, and Julian Audewhich in March was sold by Lanús to the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.

This number of finalists who work abroad marks a change from the list that Mascherano made for the South American Championship: on that occasion, of the 23 selected, only two worked abroad (Buonanotte and Paz). Despite the team’s very weak performance in that competition in Colombia (they lost three of their four matches and didn’t get past the first round), The coach ratified the trust in 15 of the members of that team.

The 25 playing in Argentina represent 17 clubs from the city of Buenos Aires and five provinces: Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán. The clubs that contribute the most, with three representatives each, are Gimnasia and Esgrima La Plata (Philip Sanchez, Ignatius Miramon AND Benjamin Dominguez) and Central Rosary (Gino Infantino, Alejo Veliz AND Ulysses Ciccioli). But Rogue He can also protrude his chest because among those mentioned there are two others who wore his shirt up until a few months ago: Tanlongo and Buonanotte.

Lanús is one of the clubs that collaborates with two footballers (Nicholas Claa AND Brian Aguilar), as well as Boca, San Lorenzo and Vélez. But the contribution of Garnet could be extended to the Aude, from which it broke away just a month ago, since then Luca Besozziwhose pass belongs to the club from the south of Greater Buenos Aires, but which is on loan to Central Córdoba from Santiago del Estero.

In terms of experience, the one with the most flight hours in the First Division is Infantino, who has participated in 66 games for Rosario Central. He is followed by Aude (54 games in Lanús, made his debut last weekend in Los Angeles Galaxy) and another Central player, Véliz (50).

Among those who have made their career entirely abroad, Garnacho already accumulates 31 games in Manchester United (in which he scored 4 goals and gave 5 assists) and Luka Romero has 30 between Lazio (21) and Mallorca (9). With one foot on each side, Tanlongo (36 games at Rosario Central and 12 at Sporting de Lisboa) and Buonanotte (34 at Rosario Central and 5 at Brighton & Hove Albion) also have a good run.

At the other extreme, six of the 37 finalists didn’t make their First Division debuts: Federico Gomes Gerth, Nicholas Claa, Luke Lavagnino, Nahuel Arias, Lautaro DiLollo AND Stephen Lucero. They could be added Vega Roman AND Nicholas Paz, which make up the squads of affiliated clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid, respectively, which participate in the Primera Federación, the third tier of Spanish football. Of the four goalkeepers chosen by Mascherano, the only one who has experience in the First Division is Franco Herrerawho defended Newell’s fence six times in 2022 before being loaned out to Barracas Central this year.

Of those chosen by DT to seek Argentina’s seventh Under-20 world title, there are four born outside the country: three in Spain (Paz, Garnacho and Federico Redondo) and one in Mexico (Romero). A special case is that of Tomas Aviles: the Racing boy was born in Río Gallegos, but obtained Chilean nationality (one of his grandmothers is Chilean) and represented the red in the South American that was played just three months ago. Now he’s in the running to play in the World Cup with the Albiceleste shirt.

The 37 selected by Mascherano

archers

• Federico Gomes Gerth (Tiger)

• Nicolas Claa (Lanus)

• Franco Herrera (Central Barracas)

• Lucas Lavagnino (River Plate)

defenders

• Roman Vega (Barcelona Athletic)

• Franco Carboni (Monza)

• Julian Aude (Los Angeles Galaxy)

• Renzo Malanca (Huachipato)

• Brian Aguilar (Lanus)

• Agustin Giay (San Lorenzo)

• Nahuel Arias (San Lorenzo)

• Lautaro Di Lollo (Boca Juniors)

• Valentin Barco (Boca Juniors)

• Ulises Greaves (Central Rosary)

• Valentin Gomez (Velez Sarsfield)

• Felipe Sánchez (Gymnastics and Fencing La Plata)

• Esteban Lucero (Defense and Justice)

• Tomás Palacios (Workshops)

midfielders

• Massimo Perrone (Manchester City)

• Mateo Tanlongo (Sporting Lisbon)

• Nicolas Paz (Real Madrid Castilla)

• Valentin Carboni (Inter)

• Facundo Goodnight (Brighton & Hove Albion)

• Gino Infantino (Central Rosary)

• Christian Ordonez (Velez)

• Ignacio Miramón (Gymnastics and Fencing La Plata)

• Federico Redondo (Argentines)

• Tomas Aviles (Racing)

strikers

• Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)

• Luca Romero (Lazio)

• Matias Soulé (Juventus)

• Alejo Veliz (Central Rosary)

• Benjamín Domínguez (Gymnastics and Fencing La Plata)

• Brian Aguirre (Newell’s)

• Lucas Besozzi (Central Cordoba)

• Ignacio Maestro Puch (Atletico Tucumán)

• Juan Gauto (hurricane)