Agustín Ruberto of the Argentina U20 national team has suffered a ruptured ACL in his knee.
Ruberto was substituted out of the Argentina U20 team’s 4-3 win against Uruguay with an injury in the South American Youth Championship. The official Argentina social media account has stated that the 19 year old suffered a severe knee sprain and results from a tests revealed a ruptured ACL in his left knee and will not play with Argentina.
The Argentina U20 national team won 4-3 against Uruguay with Claudio Echeverri and Maher Carrizo each scoring twice.
Diego Placente’s team lead in the final stage of the South American Youth Championship as they have six points after their win against Uruguay. Argentina and Brazil are tied in first place, each with a plus two goal difference with the advantage going to Argentina due to scoring more goals.
Maher Carrizo also assisted both of Claudio Echeverri’s goals and Claudio Echeverri assisted one of Carrizo’s goals. Argentina play Colombia on Monday and a win could seal their qualification to the U20 World Cup.
Botafogo, Santos and MLS clubs are interestednin signing Benjamín Rollheiser of Benfica.
The two Brazilian clubs have shown interest in the Argentine. According to César Luis Merlo, Botafogo have made an offer to sign the 24 year old and are ahead of Santos in the race.
Clubs in MLS have also shown interest. According to Tom Bogert, a few MLS clubs have real interest in signing him and Rollheiser is open to a move to the league.
Argentina’s U20 national team kicked off the final round of the South American Championship with a crucial 2-1 victory over Chile at the Estadio Olímpico de la Universidad Central de Venezuela.
The young Albiceleste squad showed their attacking power early on, with two key goals coming from River Plate’s rising stars. Ian Subiabre opened the scoring, giving Argentina the lead, before Agustín Ruberto doubled the advantage, both goals coming in the first half.
Chile responded in the second half with a goal from Francisco Rossel, adding tension to the game, but Diego Placente’s team held on to secure the three points. This victory places the Albiceleste in a strong position in the hexagonal final as they aim for qualification to the U20 World Cup.
Argentina U20 national team coach Diego Placente has named his starting eleven for the match against Chile.
Diego Placente has named the following eleven for the match against Chile in the South American Youth Championship.
Martinet; Dylan Gorosito, Juan Giménez, Tobías Ramírez, Julio Soler; Milton Delgado, Valentino Acuña, Maher Carrizo; Claudio Echeverri, Ian Subiabre and Agustín Ruberto
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