The preliminary list of 57 players for Argentina’s Olympic squad has been announced.
Ramiro FUNES MORI, Geronimo RULLI, Javier PINOLA, Jonatan MAIDANA, Mateo MUSACCHIO and Nahuel GUZMAN are the overage players (older than 23 years old).
For the first time under Tata MARTINO, Mauro ICARDI makes a list.
The list will have to be cut down to a final 18, with an additional 4 on standby should an emergency come up.
The draw has been made and the groups are out for Rio 2016.
Argentina will be put in Group D at the 2016 Rio Olympics alongside Honduras, Algeria and Portugal. Here are the rest of the groups:
Should Argentina finish first in the group, they would play whoever finishes second in Group C (likely to be either Mexico or Germany).
With the Copa America coming up in two months (the tournament runs from June 3 until June 26), Tata MARTINO has a lot to think about regarding which players will make the cut and which ones will have to miss out.
However, he won’t have too long to think. MARTINO will have to announce his preliminary list of players for the Copa America at the end of the month. The list will have to be announced before April 29.
As for the Rio games (which run from August 3 until August 19), the preliminary list will have to be announced by June 1 with the final list being announced on July 14.
It’s not often we speak about goalkeepers here on Mundo Albiceleste but that doesn’t mean we’re not watching them! Geronimo RULLI, who is expected to start for Argentina at the Rio 2016 Olympic games put in a Man of the Match performance for Real Sociedad in their 1-0 win against Barcelona. Here are all of his saves from that match.
He has been called-up to the National Team in the past but has yet to play a match for Argentina.
The pots for the men’s football tournament at the Olympic Games in Rio have been released. Here they are:
Pot 1:
Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Japan
Pot 2:
Nigeria, Korea Republic, Honduras, Iraq
Pot 3:
Sweden, Fiji, Portugal, South Africa
Pot 4:
Algeria, Colombia, Denmark, Germany
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