Newell’s Old Boys had a historic moment this past weekend when 17-year-old midfielder Jerónimo Gómez Mattar became the youngest captain in the club’s history.
Gómez Mattar, who turned 17 on August 7, came on as a substitute for Juan Manuel García in the second half against Defensa y Justicia. García then handed him the captain’s armband, making him the team’s leader for the final minutes of the 1-1 draw in Florencio Varela.
After the match, Gómez Mattar explained that head coach Cristian Fabbiani made the decision:
“The coach told me to take the armband. I still can’t believe when Juanchón gave it to me. I’m enjoying it with the group that makes me feel comfortable,” said the midfielder, who recently won the L’Alcúdia Tournament in Spain with Argentina’s U-17 team.
García later added:
“Cristian told me to give it to him. He’s a very responsible and hard-working kid with a lot ahead of him. He needs to go step by step, but he has the qualities to build a great career.”
Fabbiani also gave his reasoning:
“It was my decision. In football you learn a lot from situations. I remember when Argentinos Juniors gave the armband to Redondo’s son before selling him. I copy situations. If Gómez Mattar keeps going like this, he can give a lot to Argentina’s national team in the future.”
Gómez Mattar has already worn the armband at youth level for Newell’s in U-15, U-16, and U-17 divisions, and also with Argentina’s national youth teams. He made his professional debut earlier this season in the Clausura opener against Independiente Rivadavia.
Now, Gómez Mattar and the rest of the squad are preparing for the Rosario clásico against Central:
“Now it’s all about the clásico. It’s a special week and the most important match we have ahead of us,” he said.
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Why Acuna,montiel,cores,even parades and loselso, not sule?
Acuna, montiel , –
just because big competition experience ( world cup winners )
We dont have good backup better than them now
Paredes – can give the stability if any injuries happen to rest of them
We can see arg team unstable when too many sub happens , alot of inexperienced ones affect the tempo of the team
Medina , barco we cant use as LB
A. Correa use as striker or clinicla finisher
I think he dont get a chance for next World Cup . 60 percentage weighage because he is a winner, chance their if perform well in mexican league tigres
Lo celso- must needed player in our bench for sure . He can score goal,eye for a goal as midfielder, good chemistry with messi, his through ball , passing ability is still outstanding and defensively also good, he can move the ball forward.99 percentage he will be there for sure. He is a proven player.
Soule – last season for roma was not that good , took time to adapt but he start this season friendly match nicely , hopefully. But consistency matters.he have to prove .i will choose dybala over him.
Soule wasting to many balls, he have a brilliant left foot but he have to do his qualities more often effectively . Struggles to overlap and losing ball. Take too much time to move forward give defenders time and we have better forward player who can move fast up and down without much effort or skillset than soule.
Otherthan skillset we need to think as team , if he can fit into the team style or not.
Messi wont defend so team have to think as 10 players +1.
So we need players as allrounder ,attributes .
Verdict-if injuries happens to others then he have a chance
There are alot of recently players who had
Skills but didn’t fit into the team .
I think we cant fill the gap which players made by 2022 winners So stick to previous team with slight changes might help the team.
V. Barco – not an option .playing as CM now , just 20 not ready for big teams .
Soule – we have better experienced players in that position including messi . Might not get chance depend to the season.
Agustin giay – can give him a few chance for qualifers, lets see what he can do, he need the time
V carboni – believe have the good potential, maturity, decsion making skills compared to other youngsters .
We dont have much any established Right back players other than molina, foyth, montiel so better to stick with them for a while. Option: agustin giay.
No any of them earned till now so.
Forward- we are safe alot
Mid . our 2022 players plus we need lo celso if he is fit.
Gk – safe
Def- LB and RB Shaking
Tagliafigo is still good , no competition but no good back up.
Slightly give newbies one or 2 give time they will gradually fit in , other than that we cant change the team totally
No Soule, Valentin barco, Augustin giay
But Gonzalo Montiel, Marcos Acuna, Angel Correa
What a terrible team selection
I don’t know What is the problem of scaloni with matias Soule.
Valentín Carboni, alan valera, C. Echeverri , Nico paz, manual Lopez and Franco mastantuono all have been called up for Argentina nt in the other hand marcos acuna and gonzalo montiel has been called up too which is negative
again soule is not in the list