If trimming you have to do Lionel Scaloni on the list of America Cup It is difficult, what must be done Javier Mascherano It is much more complex because Paris Olympic Games (from July 24 to August 11) only 18 footballers will go, 3 of which will be over 23 years old and would appear Julian Alvarez, Nicolas Otamendi and Emiliano Martínez.
Thus, the margin is compressed. That is why the friendlies against Paraguay will be vital and in the first of the two that will be played, the one who took a big chunk of the ticket to France is Kevin Zenonno matter how much it hurts Diego Martínez and Juan Román Riquelme.
Zenón played a great game in the 4-0 against Paraguay in the Huracán stadium: at 16 minutes he nailed it into the corner from 25 meters. But the thing about the left-handed player was not just that great goal, but that he moved with the same ease that he does in Mouth. The moment of the former Union calls for the Olympic Games and it will not be easy for Xeneize to retain him in this transfer market.
Javier Mascherano opted for a 4-2-2-2 with Alan Varela and Cristian Medina in the defensive midfield and with Zenón and Claudio Echeverri to connect with Lucas Beltran and Pablo Solari. He Vikingwho has permission from Fiorentina to be in Paris, did not waste the opportunity and scored a double in Argentina’s great first half: in the first he was assisted by Lucas Esquivel and in the second for Pablo Solari.
In defense there were not too many complications and the exit at the foot of Marco Di Cesare (the one who is projected as a starter along with Otamendi) and the repeated and productive increases in Lucas Esquivelthat could fight the place with Valentine Boat. The yields of Gonzalo Lujan and Kevin Lomonaco.
The list of 18 has guaranteed places. The archers will be Draw Martínez and Leandro Brey. In defense are Di Cesare, Otamendi, Barco (if he doesn’t go to the Copa América) and Gonzalo Lujan, who can play as a winger and as a center back. Here they would get Joaquin Garciafrom Vélez, and the aforementioned Esquivel.
In the midfield, Boca’s team seems to have a guaranteed place, so they will not be in the Copa Sudamericana playoff match. Martínez and Riquelme then suffer. Medina and Equi Fernandez They are starters for Mascherano and now Zenón joins. The middle pattern will be Alan Varela, who is still seeking permission from Porto and who showed all his category against Paraguay. They are more complicated Juan Nardoni (he was discharged due to muscle discomfort) and Santiago Hezze (he entered 15 minutes into the second stage).
The hitch will be Thiago Almada, world champion in Qatar. And the substitute could be Claudio Echeverri, which alternated good and bad against the Paraguayans. El Diablito, then, is in doubt: Mascherano could marginalize him to add a footballer in another position. Of all those who played against the Guaraníes, he was the one who advanced the fewest boxes. Also, it must be said, he is the most youthful: he is barely 18 years old.
Above, Julián Álvarez will be one of the figures of the competition and will share a pair with Lucas Beltrán, who was already on Scaloni’s radar for the Major. The winger Pablo Solari scored a nice goal for the final 4-0 and added beans. The former Vélez Santiago Castro He couldn’t convert in the minutes he was on the court and Luciano Gondou -one of the best in the South American- did not enter. Cholo Simeone’s son, Giuliano, entered 15 minutes into the complement for Solari and did not have great participation. He also saw action Thiago Fernandezthe boy who dazzles in Vélez.
The feeling in the attack, then, is that Solari, Castro and Gondou will fight for two places, while Fernández and Cholito Simeone run from behind.
On Monday, Argentina will face Paraguay again on the Lanús court and Mascherano will finish sharpening his pencil in the face of a list in which Kevin Zenón, now called up for the first time in this window, seems to be screaming his way into it.
