The wait is over. The Under 20 World Cup to be held in Argentina from 20 May to 11 June is upon us and the appointments of the various selected participants are being defined. In this sense, Javier Mascheranothe albiceleste coach, announced his 21 picks this Wednesday, with the already known absences of Alexander Garnacho AND Nicholas Paz plus the confirmation that finally it can’t be Facundo Good night. Of the europibes six are summoned. Among other noteworthy data is the scarce presence of representatives of Mouth (2 e River (1), historically those who have contributed the most to the Albiceleste National Teams.
Among them will be six militants abroad Massimo Perrone -the captain of the national team who failed to qualify for the Copa Sudamericana and who currently plays for Manchester City-, Matias Soule (Juventus) e Luke Romero (Lazio). Who completes is the defender Vega Roman (Barcelona) and the midfielders Matthew Tanlongo (Sporting de Portugal) e Valentine Carboni (Inter).
The other names belong to local football. Defenders Valentín Barco and Lautaro Di Lollo are the representatives of Boca, while goalkeeper Lucas Lavagnino is the call of Núñez’s team. Agustín Giay is the aforementioned from San Lorenzo, while Tomás Avilés is from Racing. There are no quotes from Independiente.
The case of Avilés is unique given that he defended the Chilean shirt in the South American. The Trans-Andean team was also excluded in the first round like Argentina (later qualified as the organizing country after the change of venue). Now the boy from La Academia will star in the cast of Masche.
They will be Argentina’s rivals in Group A of the World Cup Uzbekistan (May 20 at 18:00), Guatemala (May 23 at 18:00) e New Zeland (May 26 at 18:00). The first two will be at the Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero and the last at the Bicentenario stadium in San Juan.
The task of schematizing this list was not easy for Mascherano, who had made a pre-selection with 37 surnames. In the last ten days he has traveled to Europe to try to unblock the situations of Garnacho, Paz and Buonanotte since he wanted to count on them at any cost.
However, both Manchester United and Real Madrid and Brighton have refused to sell them as they have no obligation to do so, since FIFA has not included this Youth World Cup in its calendar.
Those of Garnacho and Paz were already clear from last week, although unsuccessful attempts have been made to have the same players talk to the coaches to express their willingness to participate. For Buonanotte, on the other hand, there was negotiation until this Wednesday. Brighton manager, Roberto De Zerbihad given the Okay, but not the English puppy guide. They wanted to let him go after the tournament had already started, which the AFA didn’t think was possible. Instead he entered Luke Romeroof Lazio.
The list of 21 summoned
Archers: Federico Gomes Gerth (Tiger), Lucas Lavagnino (River) and Nicolás Cláa (Lanús).
Defenders: Agustín Giay (San Lorenzo), Tomás Avilés (Racing), Lautaro Di Lollo (Boca), Valentín Gómez (Vélez), Román Vega (Barcelona) and Valentín Barco (Boca).
frills: Mateo Tanlongo (Sporting Lisbon), Ignacio Miramón (LP Gymnastics), Federico Redondo (Argentinos), Máximo Perrone (Manchester City), Gino Infantino (Rosario Central) and Valentín Carboni (Inter).
Forwards: Matías Soulé (Juventus), Luka Romero (Lazio), Alejo Véliz (Rosario Central), Ignacio Maestro Puch (Atlético Tucumán), Juan Gauto (Huracán) and Brian Aguirre (Newell’s).
Source: Clarin
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