Mascherano has a replacement in the Argentine team

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) reported this Tuesday that Diego Placente will be the replacement Javier Mascherano on the bench of the Argentina U-20 team, following the announcement that the former Liverpool and Barcelona midfielder will take over as manager of MLS side Inter Miami.

“#U20 Diego Placente has been chosen to lead the youth team that will participate in the next South American of the category in January. Success, Diego!”, announced the AFA through the official profile of the Argentine team on the social network X .

A few minutes earlier, on the same account, the AFA announced the departure of Mascherano and explained that the ‘Little Boss’ left the position to continue his career as a coach at the American club, where he will replace his compatriot. Gerardo Martino and he will direct his former teammates at Barcelona Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.

Promoted from under 17

Placenta, 47 years old and He holds the position of coach of the Argentine under-17 teamthereby managing the under-20 category team that will participate in the South American Championship to be held in Venezuela between January 23 and February 16, 2025.

Argentina will be part of group A along with Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay and Venezuela, and will seek to achieve a better result than obtained in the previous edition, which was held in Colombia in 2023 and where it could not overcome the stage of group.

He played for Celta

It’s funny He had an extensive career as a winger standing at River Plate, Bayer Leverkusen and Celta de Vigo, while his career as a coach began in 2017, leading the Argentine under-15 team.

In 2023 he took charge of the U-17 team, where he got excellent results: he finished fourth in the World Cup held in Indonesia and third in the South American Championship held in Ecuador.