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.

Julio OLARTICOECHEA will coach the Argentina Olympic team.

With Tata MARTINO stepping down as coach of Argentina, lots of questions were asked as to who would coach the team at the Olympics. OLARTICOECHEA is currently the coach of the Argentina U20 team.