Carboni, his chance taken advantage of in the National Team and with great praise from Messi :: Olé

Valentín Carboni was one of the surprises on Lionel Scaloni’s list of 29. The coach chose the 19-year-old left-hander to prepare, add practices and see one of his weaknesses. Fighting to be among those 26 who will play the Copa América, this Friday the coach gave him the possibility of starting against Guatemala. AND With No. 29 on his back he performed well.

The attacking midfielder – midfielder who comes from playing for Monza loaned by Inter He moved as a right midfielder, well advanced and almost as a winger. in that 4-4-2 with Messi and Lautaro at the top. And it was with a lot of participation from Carboni in the 60 minutes he was on the court.

Without fear to face and pass, he sought to associate a lot with Messi and thus came the play of the clear penalty committed by Nicolás Samayoa (he celebrated it like a goal) when it had overflowed perfectly and that then the Bull would transform into 2-1. Besides, He collaborated a lot in something that for Scaloni is a premise like quickly recovering the ball.

Only Argentina lost it because of its sector, He had two good interceptions while diving to the ground and one closer to the area. Committed to helping despite the fact that in another case his leg gave out and he ended up accidentally stepping on a rival. After having seen it, At 15 minutes from ST he had to leave for Ángel Di María to enter.

Regardless of whether he makes the cut to be in the Cup or not, Valentín is one of the names of the future of the National Team. Part of the first litter of the so-called ‘europibes’ mentioned in the cycle together with Alejandro Garnacho (he did not add minutes in the previous friendlies) or Matías Soulé, Carboni had already been in March (he debuted with a few minutes against Costa Rica) and convinced the coaching staff.

The 19-year-old left-hander is coming off a season with 32 games played (10 as starter) with two goals and four assists at Monza. Now he will have to return to Inter to find out if he will have a place in the Italian champions. Born in Buenos Aires and son of Ezequiel Carboni (former Lanús and Banfield player), he trained in Italy and went on to play for the Azzurra.

He represented the Europeans in 11 games with the Under 17s, the last of them in February 2022, not that long ago. Then, of course, came the AFA scouting work and the possibility of wearing the light blue and white. And he even used No. 10 in the Under 20 World Cup that was played in Argentina in 2023. and in which it was one of the high points of Javier Mascherano’s team that reached the round of 16 in that tournament.

Now, already installed on the Mayor’s radar, Carboni continues to dream big. And he has reasons… Like that hug from Messi at the end of the 4-1 congratulations or the consideration he has for the coaching staff. A left foot to take into account.

“It seems to me that it has a great present and future. We must take advantage of it.” Like many guys who come with a lot of strength. Since we arrived he has been training with us, “I had seen him in the Under 20 but he grew a lot, he is a different player, much more trained and with barbaric quality.”