How the national team players played: Pérez started, Colo Barco made his debut, Garnacho flew and Buonanotte made sparks

The future has already arrived. At least the friendly against El Salvador was useful, a rival far from being a match for a world champion Lionel Scaloni highlighted some young people peeking out from behind the old guard. Therefore, the coach decided to give them a hard time. Alejandro Garnacho, Valentín Barco and Facundo Goodnight so that they can be assembled in the structure commanded by Lionel Messi.

Nehuen Perez He was the only one with the privilege of being a starter. Emerging from Argentinos Juniors and now established in Udinese, the 23-year-old has shown his versatility. First as a scorer on the right and then as the first central defender. He didn’t work much in his second appearance in blue and white: the previous one was against Honduras, before Qatar 2022, when he added 26 minutes. But it’s an option as Montiel and Foyth seem far from their full potential.

For Garnacho it was the fourth appearance in the blue and white shirt and the first after a call-up in which he had not been called up. He blonde Manchester United entered the pitch after half-time in place of Nico González and showed some pieces of his repertoire, which includes speed and overflow, from the left sector of the attack. They were too his first 45 consecutive minutes with the blue and white, given that until arriving in Philadelphia he had only added 16 minutes against Australia, half an hour against Indonesia and five minutes against Paraguay, already in the qualifiers. The boy born in Madrid 19 years ago is clearly an option.

For Barco, however, the match will be unforgettable. It was his absolute debut in the Majors in his first call-up. The boy trained at Boca and who has so far failed to establish himself at Brighton, came on in the 10th minute of the second half for Nicolás Tagliafico, already a left back. He moved more to the center of the field and it was noticed, as always, shameless in Colowho actively participated in the gaming circuit of the Staircase.

Goodnight had less time, who played 26 minutes in his second appearance for the national team – was a starter against Indonesia. The former Central player, who had a good presence at Brighton, replaced Rodrigo De Paul and proved to be a bit imprecise as a right winger.