Argentina’s starting eleven has been announced.
Julio OLARTICOECHEA will have his first match in charge of the Olympic team against Colombia. And here’s the starting line-up:
RULLI, GOMEZ, GIANETTI, CUESTA, SOTO; ASCACIBAR, MARTINEZ; LANZINI, LO CELSO, CORREA; CALLERI
The match kicks off in 15 minutes. You can find links over at rojadirecta.me
Argentina’s preparation for the 2016 Rio Olympic games officially kicks off in a few hours.
The team’s in the United States and have been training for the past few days. The match is at 8:00pm local time (use Time Zone to find the kick-off time in your area) and has the following TV listings:
Coach Julio OLARTICOECHEA hasn’t had lots of time with the team but has managed to hold a few training sessions. The following is the rumored starting eleven to play against Colombia:
RULLI; GOMEZ, GIANETTI, CUESTA (team captain), SOTO; ASCACIBAR, MARTINEZ, ROMERO/LO CELSO; CORREA, LANZINI; CALLERI
You can find the full 18 man roster by clicking here.
We will have a match thread to discuss the game. We hope you can join us!
The rumored line-up is out for Argentina.
The Argentina Olympic team will play Colombia’s Olympic team on Thursday in Florida. There is a line-up which has been circulating around in the media. It looks like OLARTICOECHEA will play a 4-3-3 with the coveted CORREA, CALLERI and LANZINI all starting up top. Here’s the rumored line-up:
RULLI, GOMEZ, GIANETTI, CUESTA, SOTO; ASCACIBAR, MARTINEZ/ROMERO; LO CELSO; CORREA, CALLERI and LANZINI
Miguel Angel RUSSO will be offered the Argentina National Team coaching job.
Despite the report earlier, it looks as if the AFA will go a different direction for the new coach. Strong reports out of Argentina are suggesting that the AFA will meet with RUSSO as they want him to be the new coach. RUSSO has coached several teams in South America and managed to win the Copa Libertadores in 2007 with Boca Juniors.
My personal opinion is that this would be an absolutely terrible idea. I really cannot see anything good coming out of this.
According to the very reliable Fernando CZYZ of La Nacion, Marcelo BIELSA would like to coach the National Team.
Fernando tweeted out that Marcelo BIELSA would like to be the coach of the Argentina National Team and that if he’s not chosen, it would be because the board itself decided on another option.
He told the commission that the financial aspect is not a problem for him.
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