a few days before the start Subworld 20which will take place in Argentina between May 20 and June 11, FIFA officially approved the invitations 24 selections Who will participate in the competition. With famous absences, numbers assigned and many footballers yet to have their careers baptized, idiosyncrasies emerge among the 504 names that appear on the list of champions.
on the home team, and is one of the first to make their roster public, Federico Gomez GerthThe only sparring partner that Lionel Scaloni led to the 2022 Qatar World Cup, He will be the starting goalkeeper and will wear the number 1. while Valentine boatsubstitute in the friendly match against the Dominican Republic (4-0 in Ezeiza), You will use 3 On his return to the squad after his absence in South America, a competition in which the team led by Javier Mascherano failed to qualify for the World Cup (it got its share when FIFA awarded the stadium to Argentina instead of Indonesia).
Federico Redondo He will have a number 5It will be the same one that his father Fernando used in the 1994 Senior World Cup in the United States. “My father and I are two different players. I’m clear that I have to work my way up,” the Argentinos Juniors footballer told the media at the end of the team’s second training session under Mascherano’s orders. Very happy when he sees me playing in this shirt.” “Lee old He told me to have fun because this is the most beautiful place one can be.”
for his part Valentine Carbonehooks Inter, Milan, and The youngest on the teamyou will use the code T-shirt 10. The recipient was unknown, but doubts were dispelled in a 4-0 win over the Dominican Republic in their first official trial. The last to use the ten in this category was Facundo Buonanote, a midfielder who was not previously loaned out by Brighton, from England, for the World Cup.
As for the rest of the players who play in Europe Maximo PeroniManchester City midfielder, it will be number 8And Matthew TanlongoAthletic midfielder from Lisbon will carry 14th, which Mascherano himself wore for a long time in the first team. For his part, the Juventus winger Mathias Sole He carries 11 ok; Luca Romerowho works for Lazio, will use 16thAnd Roman VegaArgentinos Juniors defender loaned to Barcelona from Spain, You will shine 15th.
foreigners
In this realization of the youth championship there will be Multiple players from multiple nationalities. Even three soccer players can choose to play in some of the three teams. Luca Romero He has Argentine passportsfrom your father. Mexicanfor being born in the country of North America, and Spanish For having lived so long in the Iberian nation. With the possibility of representing any of the three teams, he chose to dress as an Alpselesti from day one. This option allows you to present the present in the Sub-20 World Cup: Mexico and Spain did not qualify.
On the other hand, just as Argentina won the competition to stay with Romero, it lost an important contention. Japan have acquired Barcelona left-back Nico Takahashi, who has a chance to represent Spain, his home country. To Argentina for his father and to the eastern country for his mother. Bernardo Romeo and Juan Martín Tassi, members of the AFC Scouting Section, had been watching him for some time and had begun talks with him and his relatives to integrate him into youth operations. However, without a spot on Mascherano’s cast, Takahashi was tempted to represent the Asian cast.
Alexei Rogas Fedoroshenko, goalkeeperAnd has the same feature. It plays in the lower divisions of Arsenal, England, a club that has not made its first division debut. He was born in the UK, but his father is Colombian and his mother is Russian.So You could choose to represent England, Russia or Colombia. He chose to follow the path of his paternal roots. He is an alternate in the Caribbean national team led by Hector Cardenas.
The highest and the lowest
In the group stage, he will face the Argentine national team Tallest player on the court in competition: Lucas Kelly Heldnew zealand defender, It is 1.98 meters long Works in Wellington Phoenix in the country. Mascherano must take this data into account for the last match of Group A, which will take place on May 26 in San Juan, mainly due to all the forwards called up, Only Alejo Véliz exceeds 80 metres (measures 1.86).
On the other hand, two of the three Gambian goalkeepers, Sanyang Yukase and Gaiteh EbrimaKelly Held tie for height record. at the other end, Honduras he have The shortest soccer player: Odin Japheth Ramos PeñaAnd Marathon midfielder, from his country, It measures only 1.58 metres This is what sets him apart from the 21 mentioned by DT Luis Alvarado.
The youngest and the greatest
In the World Cup regulations, FIFA applies two sections relating to the call-up criteria. First of all, all players must be 20 years old at the end of the year in which Argentina will hold the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, i.e. they must have been born on or after January 1, 2003. in contrast , Must be at least 16 years oldSo they should Born on or before December 31, 2007.
They all meet these requirements, though some do just enough. both of them The biggest players in the tournament They are Gambian Mansour Mbeeh And the Senegalese Alyon NiangAnd He was born on the first day of 2003. On the other hand, there are only two players Born in 2007: Nigerian Daniel Dagher and Ecuadorian Kendry BaysAnd Who turned 16 this month and was a member of the South American U-17 team in Ecuador.
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