From Friday, July 26 to Sunday, August 11, the Olympic Games 2024, that among many disciplines there will be soccer, where 16 teams will compete to try to achieve a gold, silver or bronze medal. The Argentine team will go for a new medal, and its coach Javier Mascherano can choose up to three players over 23 years of age to call up.
Masche has already stated that he is in constant communication with Lionel Andrés Messi and that he also did so with Ángel Di María. We will have to wait to know the final decision of both, who will have Copa América before (from June 20 to July 14), but the idea is that the “Flea” can compete in the Olympic Games being one of the three largest, along with “Fideo” and a third party to be confirmed. It will be essential that he does not suffer any serious injury and that the pace of the games for both his club and the national team does not affect him. 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 make up the team, which won the silver medal at the Olympic Games, but not without drama, losing in the final against Nigeria 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 2000 Sydney Games. “Loco” Bielsa called up Roberto Ayala, Gabriel Heinze and Kily Gonzalez like the three players over 23 years old. The squad also had figures such as Burdisso, Coloccini, D'Alessandro, Mascherano, Maxi Rodríguez, Saviola and Tevez. Great
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Checho Batista took the elders Javier Mascherano, Juan Román Riquelme and Nicolás 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, “Vasco” Olarticoechea brought only two older players, Geronimo Rulli and Victor Cuesta. The 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, some of the names.
“Bocha” Batista was the coach of the Argentine team, which again failed to get past the group stage at the Olympic Games. Argentina was eliminated in a zone that had Spain, Egypt and Australia. Jeremías 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, notable names.
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