Argentina
, with its place assured in the final phase, will face eliminated
Uruguay
today with the intention of winning Group B of the
South American Under 23 Pre-Olympic,
which is held in Venezuela with two places for the
Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The match, valid for the fifth and last date of the initial round, will be played at the Miseal Delgado stadium in the city of Valencia, starting at 8:00 p.m., simultaneously with the Chile-Paraguay game, and broadcast by the TyC Sports and DSports signals. .
The Rio de la Plata classic, which a priori could be assumed as a battle for qualification to the next round, will have little value for
Argentina, which seeks to secure first position in the area to avoid Brazil at the start of the final quadrangular in Caracas, on Monday next.
If it wins Group B, Argentina will face the South American superclassic on the closing day, Sunday the 11th, perhaps in a more favorable situation to capture one of the Olympic quotas assigned to the first two teams of the last round, although it will debut against the local team. Venezuela.
Javier Mascherano, the coach of the Under 23 team. (Juan Carlos Hernández/AFP)
Javier Mascherano
's team
shares first place with Paraguay, both with 7 points, but has an advantage due to a better goal difference.
In that sense, last Tuesday's win against Chile (5-0) was important, in his best performance so far in the competition in Venezuela.
Probably, the Argentine coach will decide to rotate the team so that some players arrive rested at the start of the home run, in which the "Albiceleste" will also face rivals from Brazil or Venezuela.
Uruguay, led by
Marcelo Bielsa,
was the biggest disappointment of the Pre-Olympic, being eliminated one date before the closing of the initial phase.
Despite having the base of the under 20 world champion team, the "Celeste" was conditioned by an incredible defeat against Paraguay (3-4) in the debut and the following loss against Chile (0-1).
Thus, the rout of Peru (3-0) last Tuesday was not enough for them to have a chance tomorrow due to Argentina's victory, which ensured their place in the first round with the "Guaraní" team.