Julio OLARTICOECHEA spoke to the media and commented on his new job and his team.

OLARTICOECHEA won’t have much time to work with the Olympic team but did speak about CALLERI and confirmed that Cristian PAVON will be in the team. Here’s what he had to say:

“I called CALLERI and he told me he wasn’t angry but was dying to be in Rio. He’ll replace VIETTO”.

“I’ll have to be on top of it all. I’m not BIELSA nor MOURINHO but come see me work. For me, I like to attack. We don’t have a lot of time to work but I won’t make excuses.”

OLARTICOECHEA also confirmed that Cristian PAVON will be at the Olympics and will join the team on the 27th of July.

Luciano VIETTO will not be going to the Olympics.

Despite making the “unofficial” list of 18 players, Jonathan CALLERI will not be goin to the Olympics with Argentina. Atletico Madrid has not released him to go. However, Jonathan CALLERI of Sao Paulo (previously of Boca Juniors) has been called-up as a replacement.

There are also reports that Victor CUESTA and Lautaro GIANETTI won’t be released.

Somehow, someway, the AFA have managed to announce a list of (unofficial) 18 players who will be going to the Olympics.

Along with the 18 players, four other players have been called-up as emergency replacements. Here’s the list:

Goalkeepers:
Geronimo RULLI
Axel WERNER

Defenders:
Jose Luis GOMEZ
Lisandro MAGALLAN
Victor CUESTA (Independiente not releasing him)
Lautaro GIANETTI
Alexis SOTO
Leandro VEGA

Midfielders:
Mauricio MARTINEZ
Santiago ASCACIBAR
Giovani LO CELSO
Manuel LANZINI
Lucas ROMERO
Joaquin CORREA

Forwards:
Angel CORREA
Giovanni SIMEONE
Cristian ESPINOZA
Luciano VIETTO

Replacements:
Ezequiel UNSAIN
Nicolas TRIPICCHIO
Joaquin ARZURA
Cristian PAVON

The situation for Victor CUESTA is that even though he has been called-up, Independiente is not allowing him to go.