From Friday, July 26 to Sunday, August 11, the following events will take place in Paris (France): Olympic Games 2024Among the many disciplines will be football, where 16 teams will compete to try to win a gold, silver or bronze medal.
The Argentine national team will be going for a new medal, and its coach Javier Mascherano can choose up to three players over 23 years old to call up. On this occasion, the chosen ones were Nicolás Otamendi, Gerónimo Rulli and Julián Álvarez.
We review the background.
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Daniel Passarella selected Roberto Sensini, Jose Chamot and Diego Simeone as the three footballers over 23 years old to form part of the team, which won the silver medal at the Olympic Games, but not without drama, losing in the final to Nigeria by 3-2. Ayala, Sorín, Zanetti, Gallardo, Verón, Crespo and Ortega were some of the figures.
Argentina won its first gold medal in Olympic football after its absence from the Sydney 2000 Games. “Loco” Bielsa called up Roberto Ayala, Gabriel Heinze and Kily Gonzalez as the three players over 23 years old. The squad also included figures such as Burdisso, Coloccini, D’Alessandro, Mascherano, Maxi Rodríguez, Saviola and Tevez. A great team.
Checho Batista took the elders Javier Mascherano, Juan Roman Riquelme and Nicolas Pareja. He first wanted Nicolás Burdisso and Gabriel Heinze, but Inter and Real Madrid did not release them. Di María, Lionel Messi, Sergio Romero, Pablo Zabaleta, Éver Banega, Fernando Gago, Kun Agüero and Ezequiel Lavezzi were fundamental in the squad.
After the absence in London 2012, the “Vasco” Olarticoechea took only two older players, Geronimo Rulli and Victor CuestaThe Albiceleste team was unable to advance beyond the group stage, finishing in third place behind Portugal and Honduras. Santiago Ascacíbar, Manuel Lanzini, Giovani Lo Celso, Jonathan Calleri, Ángel Correa, Cristian Pavón and Giovanni Simeone are some of the names.
“Bocha” Batista was the coach of the Argentine national team, which once again failed to get past the group stage at the Olympic Games. Argentina was eliminated from a group that included Spain, Egypt and Australia. Jeremiah Ledesma He was the only senior player called up by Batista. Facundo Medina, Nehuén Pérez, Thiago Almada, Esequiel Barco, Fausto Vera, Alexis Mac Allister, Pedro de la Vega and Alfonso Gaich were notable names.
For the 2024 Olympics, Masherano tried by all means to bring in Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria or Emiliano Martinez. But for various reasons, he was unsuccessful.
Thus, those chosen were Nicolás Otamendi, Geronimo Rulli and Julian Alvarez.
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