Who is Valentín Carboni, the young promise of the Argentine National Team

The Argentine National Team final details for what will be the Copa América 2024 in the United States and a player appeared who was out of the plans. Valentin Carbonione of the youth jewels, He showed all his quality against Guatemala and could be one of Lionel Scaloni’s surprises for the South American tournament.

Carboni, born on March 5, 2005, is the son of Ezequiel “Kelly” Carboni, a former Lanús midfielder, who also had experiences in Europe at Red Bull Salzburg in Austria and Catania in Italy. Although he played inferiors in the same club as his father, his talent quickly took him to the “Old Continent”, more precisely to Inter.

Owner of a left foot and a distinctive class, Carboni is one of the “Europibes” that Javier Mascherano called for the Under 20 World Cup that was held in 2023 in our country. Without a place in Simone Inzaghi’s team, Inter loaned him last season to Monza of Seria A, a team in which he scored 5 goals and won the starting position throughout the championship.

Although his presence in the “Albiceleste” already seems a fact for the future, Scaloni had called him up for the first time for the Major in the South American Qualifiers heading to Qatar 2022, along with other promising youth players such as Alejandro Garnacho, Luka Romero and Matías Soulé .

Even with the performance he is showing, everything indicates that Valentín is staking his place in the 2024 Copa América hand in hand with Garnacho himself, who had few minutes and generally entered in the second half.

Scaloni, days before the first friendly with Ecuador last week, spoke of the consideration he has for the playmaker: “Both he and Garnacho excite us a lot, it is the reality. “We have a lot of hope for the future with them.”

The start in the Copa América

Argentina comes to the tournament as the defending champions and hoping to repeat the feat achieved in 2021. In their last friendly, the team led by Lionel Scaloni beat Ecuador 1-0 with a goal from Ángel Di María, showing a solid performance that excites the fans. Before the debut match, the team will play one more friendly against Guatemala, which will serve as the last stop for Scaloni to define the final list.

In that sense, the Albiceleste coach confirmed in a press conference the ownership of Lionel Messi for this match and assured that key players such as Germán Pezzella and Guido Rodríguez will be on the final list for the Copa América, after overcoming their respective physical discomforts. He was also optimistic about the performance of his team and highlighted the importance of preparatory friendlies to adjust tactical details and evaluate the players before their debut in the Copa América. In particular, the inclusion of Lionel Messi from the start in the friendly against Guatemala will be an opportunity to fine-tune the team for the first official match.

The other members of zone A are Chile and Peru. Argentina will face Chile on Tuesday, June 25 at 10:00 p.m. at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, and will close the initial stage against Peru on Saturday the 29th at 9:00 p.m. at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.