The coach of the Argentine Under-23 National Team referred to the possibility of having world champion players in the Olympic Games. of Paris, for the desire that they themselves showed. However, their clubs are not obliged to give them up.
The coach of the Argentina U-23 National Team, Javier Mascheranoexpressed himself about the possibility of some world champions being present at the Paris Olympic Games mid-year.
On arrival at Buenos Aires after the two friendlies that the “Albiceleste” played against Mexico on ‘Aztec’ soil, the technical director of the Under-23 He referred to the predisposition of several world champions to be in the Paris Olympic Games and the possibility that this could end up happening.
“It’s great that there are many from the major league, world champions, who want to come. We’ll see, we’re also talking about it with Lionel Scaloni. In many cases there is the will, but the club is behind since the Cup America makes it a little more difficult”declared the former player.
The major league players who applied to go, without the consensus of their clubs, were “Dibu” Martínez, “Cuti” Romero, Nicolás Tagliafico, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi, Rodrigo De Paul and to Lautaro Martínez.
The Argentina Under-23 team At the Olympic event he will share the B Group next to Ukraine, Morocco and the third classified by Asia.
Also, Mascherano He referred to the objective of this call and how the preparation will continue for the Olympic Games July/August: “There are players who don’t need to be seen. We couldn’t have Lucas Beltrán because he had been called up for the major league and we knew that Fiorentina was not going to give him for the Pre-Olympic.”
The complication of matches due to local players according to Mascherano
“The idea is to play other friendlies on the FIFA date in June. We will see if we can play in Argentina due to the logistics of the trip and then return the players in a timely manner at the local level, because they are also competing and we do not want to be a stumbling block for the clubs.
“We are talking individually with the boys, each case is different. In some situations, they begin to give some response. It is still too early. We have not defined that the boys will continue in the same club. That becomes quite tedious,” he concluded. Coach.
Source: Ambito
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