Argentina gave its best version in Santiago del Estero: they beat Guatemala and qualified for the round of 16 of the Under-20 World Cup

Without the nerve knot of onset, the Sub 20 selection she played wild and showed her best version in the cycle of Javier Mascherano. therefore, the Argentina He had no trouble beating a lowly 3-0 Guatemala and so Secure your ticket to the Round of 16. With an ideal score, ‘Jefecito’s team leads group A and on Friday with New Zealand will decide in San Juan if they will finish this first phase as leaders.

Mascherano did not want to touch a large part of the team. He understood that he had to film a base to start founding companies, movements, operations. And he was right. He only made two changes from his debut to his second match. He opted for Tomás Avilés in place of Lautaro Di Lollo in defense and gave Juan Gauto the opportunity at the top, replacing Brian Aguirre, who was exhausted against Uzbekistan.

And precisely that of the Huracán was the protagonist of the first afternoon match for Argentina by throwing the center between three rivals who headed to the head of Alejo Veliz. The albiceleste ‘9’ beat the double brand, Andy Domínguez and Jeshua Urizar and with a big front, as in the premiere, broke the local zero in the Only Mother of Cities which once again seemed full.

The youth national team showed a more relaxed face from the game. The constant rise of Valentín Barco, as if he were another winger, allowed Matías Soulé to focus, who grabbed the ball in the first half. That of Juventus has begun to show the conditions of him with the Argentine shirt. Hooks, blocks with Colo, filtered passes to Véliz… Soulé was a problem with no solution for the Guatemalan midfielder and defense, who once again relied on the 5-4-1 system with which they lost against Nuova Zealand last Saturday. . Just by being in the spaces between the lines, Soulé floated without a fixed rival brand and had the freedom to generate.

From the center to the right, the manager was Valentín Carboni, who by positioning had more dialogue with Gauto. It was in fact that of Inter who gave the ball to that of the Globe for the center of the 1-0. Therefore, the ball was always with a light blue and white sole. From the first pass of a confident and attentive Mateo Tanlongo, the dominance was total of those led by Mascherano who, beyond a cross from Véliz wide of the post, should have generated more in the first half.

The Central Americans tried to hurt Agustín Giay’s back, which had suffered a lot against the Uzbeks. A couple of times he managed to overflow Figo Montaño there, although without solving well in the last few metres. The most dangerous was Carlos Santos’ shot that Federico Gomes Gerth beat from a corner.

Still a loser, the Mexican DT of Guatemala, Rafael Loredo, who in the previous one had denounced the Argentine espionage delegation, kept the five defenders and their defensive system. He kept focusing on counter-attack fishing, the problem is that his team did everything very slowly whenever he had the chance to progress on the pitch. He did the same against the New Zealanders, to no avail. Much less changed when he was left with one less after the correct expulsion of Santos for double yellow.

There, Masche started with the rotation to heal some legs and shoot others with Friday in mind. In addition to not having resolved the result, the coach has decided to move the bench and put Luke Romero Already Maestro Pucci instead of Soulé and Véliz, the figures of the first stage. He also eliminated Barco (with one blow) to insert Tomás Vega, a Barcelona B player.

It went well for him because Luka Romero, in one of the first games, scored the provisional 2-0 which led to the second victory in the World Cup. The Lazio player raises his head and visualizes the hole in Jorge Moreno’s goal. And there he left-footed him from about 20 meters, against the left post.

And towards the end Perrone captures a rebuttal from the goalkeeper and makes it 3-0 with an empty net. First, the bad: Avilés was shown the red card for a second yellow card.

In this way, Mascherano finds the answers to the questions left after the frustration of the South American. With the ranking in his pocket he managed to overturn that bitter taste.

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