This Wednesday the draw for the soccer of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Argentina Under 23 team From Javier Mascherano will be part of group B together with Morocco, Ukraine and third place in Asia, which will be resolved in the coming weeks.
This way, if Lionel Messi finally accepts Mascherano’s invitation to play in the Games, La Pulga will face Ukraine, a country at war and which has top-level adult footballers who could join the team.
Of course, the most likely thing is that Leo will not be in France due to a calendar issue: in the meantime he will play in the MLS and Inter Miami intends to loan him only for the Copa América in the United States. Even if hope, until it is discarded, is latent.
It is known: for more than two years Ukraine has been engaged in a war with Russia that seems to have no end. “This February 24th we remember with pain the second anniversary of the beginning of the great war in Ukraine. So many victims, wounded, destruction, anguish, tears, in a period that is becoming terribly long and of which the end is not yet in sight.” , Pope Francis called for an end to the war.
This situation in Ukraine currently does not allow us to know with which team he will present himself at the Olympic Games. How was it classified? He arrived with some luck, it must be said. England beat Spain 1-0 in the final of the Under 21 European Championship, giving Paris 3 tickets. Israel and Ukraine fell in the semi-finals. But since England has no representation as such in the International Olympic Committee, it gave up its ticket. Please remember that it is the United Kingdom that competes under the tutelage of the IOC. As there is no UK national team in football, which includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, there will be no English representation.
That’s why second-placed Spain and semi-finalists Israel and Ukraine qualified.
Yegor Yarmolyuk, a 20-year-old midfielder for Brentford in the Premier League, is the figurehead of a team made up of players who play in the local environment. Girona’s Spanish forward Artem Dovbyk, Chelsea winger Mykhaylo Mudryk and Arsenal’s Oleksandr Zinchenko are some of the seniors who can join the team.
Argentina will only face Ukraine in the third and final match, on July 30th in Marseille.
The debut will be against Morocco, on July 24th in Saint-Étienne. Abde Ezzalzouli AND Chadi Riad, both from Spanish Betis, are the highlights. The great figure, likewise, is Bilal El Khannous, 19-year-old player for Genk in Belgium. “He made his debut for Morocco in the third-place match at the World Cup and has since become an integral part of the African team. The elegant midfielder was named Young Player of the Year in Belgium in 2022 and is equally adept in play creation open the way, ball or make incisive passes”, they underline this in FIFA. What three majors could be added? The archer Link, Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Hakim Ziyech (Galatasaray) or Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid).
The Under 23 Asian Cup will be played from 15 April to 3 May. The top three will automatically qualify for Paris 2024 and the fourth will go to the AFC-CAF play-offs. Argentina will play on July 27 in Lyon with the team that finishes in third place. Japan, Korea, Taste, Saudi Arabia AND Australia They would be the candidates.
“It’s a difficult area, but there’s a lot of expectation. I hope we will have a great tournament for our team,” said Javier Pedro Saviola, who participated in the draw by taking “balls” from one of the drums.
France, perhaps the great candidate, is seeded in Group A. They will play against the United States, New Zealand and the winner of the repechage between Asia and Africa. The fact is that if France and Argentina finish as leaders in their area, they could only clash in the final. Yes, as happened in Qatar 2022.
All groups of the 2024 Paris men’s football tournament
Group A: France, United States, New Zealand and the winner of the play-off between Asian and African teams.
Group B: Argentina, Morocco, Ukraine and third in Asia.
Group C: Spain, Egypt, Dominican Republic and second in Asia.
Group D: Paraguay, Mali, Israel and the first from Asia.
Source: Clarin
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