After the Argentine Under 20 National Team lost to Colombia 1-0 last Friday to be eliminated in the South American group stage, thus missing out on the World Cup that will be held in Indonesia between May and June -in addition to the Pan American Games in Chile-, a response flavored with a farewell to
Javier Mascherano
, warm, resounded loudly in the Ezeiza premises.
"How's this going?"
, they consulted him after the defeat.
So, he launched:
"No, no. The truth is that there is not much to think about. More than anything, thank you all. The president for the opportunity and the clubs because they always gave us the players, although we bothered them a lot throughout the year
. "
Immediately afterwards, they asked him if he would continue to lead the Selection.
Without turning around, he responded forcefully:
"I don't think so
. "
This Sunday, very early and calmer, he clarified that his continuity had to be discussed with
Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia
, the president of the AFA.
And that meeting was not long in coming, and it was a breakfast at the Ezeiza property in which
Bernardo Romeo
, coordinator of youth teams, also participated.
"The disappointment is very big and I am responsible. There is no excuse because they gave us all the players, we worked long enough and the team did not work. It was a host of things, we did not start the tournament with confidence, when you play every 48 hours it was very important to have a positive result, it was not like that, and we started getting into a mess that ended badly," he
said, in statements to ESPN.
"Yes, surely I will talk to Chiqui, but calmly. Now to rest with the family who are the ones who suffer the most. If I continue in office, I will talk to Chiqui," Masche had closed, before leaving the Ezeiza airport.
Already in the AFA premises, between coffee with milk and toast, came that first talk that served, through a tweet, as support by President Tapia for Mascherano's leadership in the Sub 20.
"Today I was in Ezeiza to receive our Under 20 team headed by their coach Javier Mascherano. The National Teams project, beyond the results, is the path we have chosen and the path we all want to take. We will continue sowing to reap"
Tapia published on his social networks.
Javier Mascherano crestfallen after Argentina's defeat against local Colombia in the South American Sub 20. Photo: JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP.
This is a tacit ratification of the continuity of the 'Jefecito', who took over as DT of the largest youth team of the Albiceleste in March 2022, with a 2-2 draw against the United States at the Ezeiza property, which among other things It will be remembered because it was the premiere of the VAR system in Argentina.
Maurice Revello -ex Esperanzas de Toulon- was eliminated from the tournament and the Odesur Games in Paraguay, he won in L'Alcudia and the Maldonado Intendency Cup in Uruguay, although this meager result in the South American Cup in Colombia has as its main problem not being able to add matches internationals and touch these guys who are in training.
It would be the five in the final hexagonal, the World Cup in Indonesia and the Pan American Games, qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics, for which he will still have a chance in the Venezuela Pre-Olympic.
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