The coach of the Argentine national team Under 23, Javier Mascheranoannounced today the list of the 23 footballers who will participate in the Pre-Olympic of the category in Venezuela from January 20 to February 11, for a place in the Olympic Games of Paris 2024.
After the 3-0 defeat of Argentinos Juniors at the Lionel Messi Stadium in Ezeiza, with goals from Nicolás Valentini, Santiago Castro and Baltasar Rodríguez, it was announced through the social networks of the national team what the final list of footballers who will be part of the qualifying competition for the Olympic Games.
The three goalkeepers will be: Leandro Brey, from Boca, Fabricio Iacovich from Estudiantes de La Plata, and Rocco Ríos Novo, from Lanús.
The “Xeneize” goalkeeper has already played four games with the Argentine shirt and is emerging as the starter, while the “Pincha” goalkeeper played twice and the “Granate” goalkeeper only one game.
In defense, the three central defenders are: Marco Di Cesare (Argentinos Juniors), Valentini (Boca) and Aaron Quirós (Banfield), while the full-backs will be Gonzalo Luján (San Lorenzo), Julián Malatini (Defensa y Justicia), Joaquín García (Vélez) and Lucas Esquivel (Athletico Paranaense).
For the midfield there is the bulk of the squad with Federico Redondo (Argentinos Juniors), Ezequiel Fernández and Cristian Medina (Boca), Juan Sforza (Newell’s), Thiago Almada (Atlanta United) -he will also be the captain-, Claudio Echeverri (River), Juan Nardoni and Baltasar Rodríguez (Racing) and Valentín Barco (Brighton of England).
Finally, the team’s four forwards will be Francisco González (Newell’s), Pablo Solari (River), Luciano Gondou (Argentinos) and Santiago Castro (Vélez).
The Argentine team will debut with Paraguay on January 21 in the city of Valencia, while for the second date they will play against Peru on the 24th of the same month and will be free on the third date on the 27th.
Meanwhile, on January 30 they will face Chile and will close Group B on February 2 against Uruguay.
Source: Ambito
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