The Argentina U20 national team are in the final of the U20 World Cup.
Argentina will play the U20 World Cup final against Morocco on Sunday. Diego Placente’s team played Colombia in the semi finals and it was Gianluca Prestianni with a pass to Mateo Silvetti and he scored to give Argentina the 1-0 lead.
Santino Barbi made four saves for the Argentina national team in their win.
Argentina U20 national team coach Diego Placente has named his starting eleven for their match against Colombia at the U20 World Cup.
The Argentina national team will play Colombia in the semi finals of the U20 World Cup in Chile. Argentina will be without Maher Carrizo due to suspension. Here is the starting eleven:
Santino Barbi; Dylan Gorosito, TobÃas RamÃrez, Tomás Pérez, Juan M. Villalba, Julio Soler; Valentino Acuña, Milton Delgado, Ian Subiabre; Gianluca Prestianni and Alejo Sarco
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni spoke about the new players in the team and the win against Puerto Rico.
The Argentina national team won 6-0 against Puerto Rico with four players playing in their first match with the national team. Lionel Scaloni spoke to the media after the match. Here is what he had to say:
“We know what it means for newcomers to join the national team for the first time.
“We all feel nervous when we make our debut wearing this shirt. That’s why we try to make sure they enjoy themselves during the first few days.”
Lionel Scaloni also spoke about Nicolás González who played as a left back:
“Nico played there because he can do it. It wasn’t because of the opponent. It’s a position where we only had Tagliafico. Huevo Acuña wasn’t fit to play, so we wanted to try Nico.”
Scaloni commented on the match and the fans:
“We provide the intensity by moving the ball with precision and with the virtue of not suffering counterattacks.
“These are games that work for us.
“The responsibility of a national team player is to show many people how they give their all for the jersey.
“The most important thing we have is young people, and many kids look up to these football players. That’s why it’s so important for our players to be good people.
“All games with this jersey are valid and must be played.
“Thank you to all the fans who came to cheer on the national team and to those who always support us from wherever they are.”
Lautaro MartÃnez has 14 goals and three assists in his last 20 matches with the Argentina national team.
MartÃnez scored two goals for the Argentina national team in their 6-0 win against Puerto Rico. Those two goals made it that he now has 14 goals in his last 20 matches with Argentina.
He assisted against El Salvador, had one goal against Costa Rica and one against Guatemala in friendly matches. At the 2024 Copa America, Lautaro had one goal against Canada, one against Chile, two against Peru and one in the final against Colombia.
In the World Cup qualifiers, Lautaro had a goal and an assist against Bolivia, a goal against Paraguay, a goal against Peru and a goal against Venezuela. In the two friendly matches, he had one assist against Venezuela and two goals against Puerto Rico.
The 28 year old also reached 35 goals with the Argentina national team, equaling Hernán Crespo on the all time Argentina national team goal scorers.
José Manuel López, AnÃbal Moreno, Lautaro Rivero and Facundo Cambeses all made their debuts with the Argentina national team.
Four players played in their first match with Argentina in their 6-0 win vs. Puerto Rico. One of which started the match. José Manuel López was in the starting eleven for Argentina and played 61 minutes before being substituted for Lautaro MartÃnez.
López had an assist on Argentina’s third goal, as he played a pass in to Alexis Mac Allister for Mac Allister’s second goal of the match.
AnÃbal Moreno and Lautaro Rivero were both brought in at the break. Moreno was substituted in for Giovani Lo Celso while Lautaro Rivero was substituted in for Nicolás Otamendi.
Facundo Cambeses was substituted in for Emiliano MartÃnez.
