As the world champion team enters the qualifiers, Masche will team up with a group of footballers who have their sights set on the Pre-Olympic Games.
The Argentina national team Directed by Lionel Scaloni, it begins its journey in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, in which it will defend the title won in Qatar in December. And at the same time Javier Mascherano will use the FIFA date to work with the Sub 23 team who will face the Pre-Olympic Games in Venezuelafor a place in the Olympics which will take place in Paris in 2024.
For this reason, the list of the DT world champion will have about 50 players since then a group will be commanded by Mascheconfirmed in the position after the failures of the South American Sub 20 and then in the World Cup of the category, which he agreed to when Argentina became the venue, but did not cross the round of 16.
While the date or venue has not yet been confirmed, the AFA’s plan is to play a friendly against Bolivia last weekend.
MASCHERANO CALLED
The DT’s idea for this first subpoena is to call footballers born between 2001 and 2002as Under 20 allowed him to evaluate those born after 2003. Moreover, as he is clear that the Pre-Olympic Games will not force clubs to give up their players, he knows that this will also be the case It is very difficult to take into account those who play in Europe and for this reason they will not be called up, like Lucas Beltrán, who was a regular until his move to Fiorentina.
This way there will be a huge clamor for it footballers who play in local football along with some who are in Brazil such as Bruno Zapelli or the United States such as Alan Velasco. Although there is still no official AFA squad, some clubs congratulated their players on their call-up: Santiago Pierotti from Colón, Kevin Zenón from Unión, Abiel Osorio from Vélez and Pepo De La Vega from Lanús were the first to come out.
Source: Goal