Under 23 Olympic Pre-Olympic: when Argentina plays again and what they need to qualify for the next round

THE Argentina Under 23 team On Wednesday they beat Peru 2-0 in the second match of Group B and thus achieved their first victory of the tournament after drawing on their debut against Paraguay.

The albiceleste team has improved the version shown in the first game, with a great game from Thiago Almada, who was the protagonist and author of the first goal of the match. With this victory, the team led by Javier Mascherano is in first position in the standings with four units.

Argentina will rest on the next date as each group is made up of five teams. And even if the third day is not added, it will depend on the two subsequent dates to access the Final Phase. They will be two crucial heads-ups to get back into the top two.

In this competition, in the group stage everyone plays against everyone and then the two best teams in groups A and B move on to the aforementioned Final Phase where once again they will face each other against everyone and in the end, the two best teams are those who will be classified Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The national teams already qualified are France, the host country, Spain, Ukraine, United States, Israel, Egypt, Mali, Morocco, New Zealand and the Dominican Republic. It should be remembered that in the men’s field there are 16 teams participating in the Olympic event.

The competition, which will begin to be played on French soil from July 26th this year and will end on August 11th, allocates only two places to the Conmebol and both Brazil and Argentina are the best candidates to stay with them and participate in the games. However, Uruguay and Marcelo Bielsa’s Paraguay loom as a threat.

When will Argentina play again and what do they need to qualify?

After the 1-1 draw in the competition opener against Paraguay on 21 January and the 2-0 victory against the Peruvian team, The Argentine national team will play again on the fourth date of the Pre-Olympic against Chile on Tuesday 30 January and will close the group stage against Uruguay on Friday 2 February. Both matches will be played at 8pm Argentina time.

The Chilean and Uruguayan teams so far share the last phase of Group B without units and have already respected the rest date. Uruguay on the first date and Chile on the second.

It should be noted that Paraguay, currently second with the same number of points as Argentina, but with one goal less, will have a rest on date 4; and Peru, third with 3 units, will meet the free date on the last day of the competition.

That is why the team led by Javier Mascherano is now counting on itself and must win both finals to ensure qualification for the final stage of this pre-Olympic, fight for one of the two places at this year’s Olympic Games and thus meet expectations. to travel to Paris.