Mascherano handed over a list of 37 footballers to start training, from which will come the 21 who will be part of the World Cup squad.
The South American Sub-20 was a catastrophe for those out Javier Masherano. He was eliminated very early and was therefore unable to obtain a ticket for the world that would be held Indonesia. Anyway, FIFA decided to take the seat of the Asian country, Argentina He applied to be the host and the entity in charge of football was accepted.
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So in addition to hosting the competition starting on Saturday, May 20 and ending on Sunday, June 11, won a place to play it.
The AFA has already published a provisional list of 37 football players who are called upon to begin training on Ezeiza’s grounds and from where the final list of the 21 who will play at the World Cup will be presented on Wednesday 3 May. Many of those mentioned play at a local level, but many others are in Europe: Premier League, Serie A and LaLiga.
Despite the fact that the call has been made public, the presence of the players has still not been confirmed: as it is not an event for senior teams and it is not on the international calendar set by FIFA, the clubs have They are not obliged to give in to the football players. And while in the case of those named at the local level, there has been a commitment by the leaders to release them, the matter is more complicated with those playing abroad.
Less than 24 hours after the list was known, they announced from Manchester United that they would not allow travel Alexander Garnacho, on whom DT Erik Ten Hag can count on for the last part of the season when he has recovered from the ankle injury sustained in mid-March. And although the player himself exerted the greatest pressure to be admitted, the Dutch coach emphatically refused to give up.
Javier Mascherano, for his part, undertook a journey through Europe, during which he was able to meet each of the called “europibes”, although it did not go entirely well, since in England he met a refusal, except Garnacho: Facundo Buonanotte, who was injured during the South America, is not on loan from Brighton, who dreams of qualifying for international competitions thanks to his beautiful campaign. And the other one your team doesn’t release is Nicholas Pazwho had been in the South America, but this time Real Madrid ordered him not to leave its subsidiary.
The good news has to do with matia’s soul, who received the approval of Juventus and everything seems to indicate that he will be part of the 21 to make the final list. Others with a high chance of release are Máximo Perrone, Luka Romero, Mateo Tanlongo and Franco Carboni.
THE PROVISIONAL LIST OF ARGENTINA SUB-20
Source: Goal