In an interview with Tyc Sport, AFA President Claudio TAPIA said that Juan Sebastian VERON will present his project with regards to the youth next week. VERON will take over as the General Manager of youth football within the AFA.
He is expected to unveil Nicolás DIEZ, Pablo AIMAR and Diego PLACENTE as the new coach for the Under 20, Under 17 and Under 15 National Team respectively next Monday.
Hey everyone,
Argentina will play a friendly match vs Ecuador or Paraguay in Cordoba or San Juan on July 20. There is already a rumored list that is floating around the internet. The majority are local based players but there are also players from the Mexican league.
Here is the list that Jorge SAMPAOLI is looking at:
Goalkeepers:
Defenders:
Midfielders:
Forwards:
What do you guys think? Not a bad list in my opinion. I love the inclusion of Guizo Pizarro, Barboza, Benedetto, and Centurion. What a big difference with this coach. He really is a lot more professional.
VAMOS ARGENTINA!!
Argentina is expected to play a friendly match later this month.
One of Jorge SAMPAOLI’s demands when he first took over as the Argentina National Team coach was to be able to play some matches involving domestic based players. Just over a month into his reign as coach and it looks like SAMPAOLI is about to get his wish.
Jorge SAMPAOLI today met with AFA president Claudio TAPIA regarding the situation and per reports, it appears as though a preliminary list of players will be announced in the next few hours. The list is expected to contain domestic based players with the team playing on July 20 against either Paraguay or Ecuador.
This match would be before Argentina’s upcoming World Cup Qualifier against Uruguay on August 30 in Montevideo.
Barcelona has signed 19 years old Mariano KOYNK from Valencia (the transfer apparently took place in back in May). The youth team captain will be part of Gerrard LOPEZ’s set up at Barca and is hoping to be part of the senior squad in the future.
KOYNK who plays at as a center-back, has as Ukrainian ethnicity background via his parent who emigrated to Argentina when he was a young kid but has been living in Spain since he was at the age of five.
When asked during an interview with Sport whether he considers himself as Spanish, Ukrainian or Argentine; the kid who confess to idolize both Nicolas OTAMENDI and Roberto AYALA, said “Argentine, no doubt!”.
Diego MARADONA congratulated Lionel MESSI on his marriage to Antonela ROCUZZO, despite not being invited for the occasion.
“My congratulations, I hope that he has many healthy children, he knows that I love him very much.”
MARADONA said the invitation to the wedding probably got lost somewhere, but that does not change his opinion about MESSI.
He described MESSI as “a good athlete and an excellent person”.
