The
team led by Javier Mascherano
arrived in Cali on Sunday, where they will train before the start of the competition.
The first activity that the boys had was a talk for the players, coaching staff and medical staff about the regulations established by Conmebol regarding doping and its sanctions.
Then they
trained normally
, something they plan to do every day in the afternoon.
The tournament, which will be played in
Colombia from January 19 to February 12
, will award
four spots for the 2023 World Cup in Indonesia
(it will be from May 20 to June 11).
In addition, the continental contest will award
three places for the Pan American Games,
for which Chile has guaranteed participation because it is local.
The team will make its
debut on Saturday, January 21, against Paraguay
.
And in continued commitments will face Brazil (Monday 23), Peru (Wednesday 25) and Colombia (Friday 27), to close Group A in search of their qualification to the final Hexagonal (the first three of each group qualify).
Group B, for its part, will be made up of the youth teams of Ecuador, Venezuela, Uruguay, Chile and Bolivia.
The Argentine record in the South American Sub 20
The Argentine Under 20 team won
the South American trophy five times in its history,
beginning with the 1967 edition, held in Paraguay.
“A contest born in 1954, with a dispute in Venezuelan territory, in which the Albiceleste did not participate, it has dazzled the world of soccer with the organization of 29 competitions at the continental level.
Five of them, then, were won by the Argentine national team: in 1967 and then in 1997 (Chile), 1999 (Argentina), 2003 (Uruguay) and 2015 (Uruguay)”, the Argentine Football Association reported from the press.
“The scorers at the South American level are Luciano Galetti and Giovanni Simeone who scored 9 cries, both in the same number of matches.
And at the Selection level, in total, Argentina scored 317 times, and received goals in 183 opportunities.
He played 190 matches and won 95, in addition to 54 draws and 41 losses.
Regarding tactical guidance, the renowned José Néstor Pékerman (1994 - 2002) is the most successful coach, with three tournaments to his credit ('97, '99 and '03)”, they added.
The other competitions of the year for juniors
In addition to the South American and Sub 20 World Cup, in 2023
the two Sub 17 tournaments will also be played.
The
South American
will be in
Ecuador,
between March 30 and April 23 and will qualify for the
World Cup in Peru,
which will be played between November 10 and December 2.
In addition, the
South American Sub 15
will be held between November 17 and December 3.
