“Today I am in Ezeiza to welcome our Under 20 team led by their DT Javier Mascherano. The National Teams project, beyond the results, is the path we have chosen and the path we want to take. We will continue to sow to reap.” With this message on social networks and an image of welcome, the president of AFA, Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia adopted at Javier Mascherano as coach of Argentina Sub-20 despite his failure at South American Sub-20. With three losses in four rounds of the group stage, Argentina’s KO adds to their absence from the U-20 World Cup in Indonesia and the Pan American Games in Chile. The up-and-comers Garnacho (United), the brothers Carboni (Inter), Geraldnik (Villarreal), luka romero (Lazio) or Nico Paz (Real Madrid), although not all of them have been to Colombia, they are left without two main incentives for their growth.
Javier Mascherano the floor is now yours. After indicating his farewell after the defeat against Colombia (1-0 with a goal from Juanda Fuentes, Barça Atlètic winger), signaled his farewell. Speaking after the match, Mascherano he sowed doubts about his future as coach of the Under-20 team, saying ‘mea culpa’ for the early elimination of the albiceleste.
“I have nothing much to say, no excuses. Here I failed and I have to take it. The best thing now is to return to Argentina, be calm and I repeat again: very grateful for the opportunity,” said the former player of Liverpool and of FC Barcelonabetween 2010 and 2018, at the end of the meeting.
With its exit from the tournament in Colombia, Argentina lost the chance to capture a sixth continental crown for players under the age of 20, having achieved it in 1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, certainly with Mascherano in their ranks, and 2015.
The albiceleste also won six World Cups in the category in 1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2007.
The truth is the future of Javier Mascherano and the poor performance of the U-20 albiceleste team focused the concern of the Argentine soccer world.
“In the group of Javier Mascherano It was difficult for him to develop play, he committed suicide by attacking poorly and neglecting to retreat and also paid a very high price for a ‘blooper’ (embarrassing mistake) by the goalkeeper, Franco Herrera“, pointed out a report published on the web version of the sports newspaper olé.
“The low level, the lack of function and the big mistakes are consistent with a competition where the group has no identity”, the same text emphasizes, to add that the need to win yes or yes “seems conditioned decision decisions” of Argentine players.
On a less critical line, the newspaper Clarionwho lamented the lack of success of the main champions of the Argentine U-20 team, such as, for example, Nicholas Pazattacking midfielder for Real Madrid.
“Argentina improved in the plugin. They loosened up a bit more and left spaces. And in a counterattack they hit Colombia with a simple shot from Juanda Fuentes which is between her thighs Herrera. Then, everyone cries and wails,” the newspaper’s web edition said.
Source: La Verdad
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