Argentina U20 national team coach Diego Placente has announced his squad for the COTIF tournament.

Diego Placente has announced his team for the annual tournament which takes place in Spain. The team is normally one which consists of U20 players but this year, Placente has decided on U17 players to prepare for the U17 World Cup.

The Argentina national team have been drawn in Group B with their first match on Monday, July 21 against Chile. Here are the players that have been called up:

Jose Castelau (Real Madrid)
Alain Gomez (Valencia)
Misael Zalazar (Talleres)
Santiago Silveira (Argentinos Juniors)
Ramiro Scandolo (Velez Sarsfield)
Mateo Martinez (Racing Club)
Fernando Closter (Independiente)
Matias Satas (Boca Juniors)
Thiago Yanez (Argentinos Juniors)
Simon Escobar (Velez Sarsfield)
Joaquin Salas (Talleres)
Alejandro Tello (Racing)
Felipe Pujol (Velez Sarsfield)
Jeronimo Gomez Mattar (Newell’s Old Boys)
Santiago Espindola (River Plate)
Tomas Nosei (Velez Sarsfield)
Tomas Parmo (Independiente)
Ramiro Tulian (Belgrano)
Thomas De Martis (Lanus)
Uriel Ojeda (San Lorenzo)
Facundo Jainkoski (Argentinos Juniors)
Can Armando Guner (Borussia Monchengladbach)

The Argentina U20 team are drawn in Group B at the annual tournament which will take place in Spain.

Diego Placente’s team are in Group B along with ADH Brazil, the Chile U20 team and Valencia U20 team. Group A consists of Mauritania U20, the Saudi Arabian U20 team, Uruguay U20 and Venezuelan U20 team.

The tournament will take place between Sunday, July 20 and Sunday, July 27 in Spain. Argentina will play Chile on Monday, July 21, their second match against Valencia on Wednesday, July 23 and on Friday, July 25, they will play their last group match against ADH Brazil U20.

Last year, Argentina lost 1-0 in the final against Uruguay. Argentina last won it in 2022 in a 4-0 win against Uruguay with Valentín Barco being named as the MVP of the tournament.

As we do every year, Mundo Albiceleste will be covering the COTIF tournament in July.