di lollo with rolón acosta, in the argentina-paraguay match during which the “2” made an avoidable penalty / archive
The Argentine U-20 team will face the classic against Brazil in search of recovery after the defeat in the debut in the South American tournament of the category, against Paraguay. The match, corresponding to the third date of Group A, will be played from 9:30 p.m. at the Pascual Guerrero de Cali stadium and will be televised by TyC Sports.
Previously, starting at 7:00 p.m., and in the same scenario, the representatives of Paraguay and Bolivia will be measured.
Javier Mascherano’s squad debuted on Saturday in the tournament that qualifies for the World Cup in Indonesia and the Pan American Games in Santiago with a 2-1 defeat and today they will soon have revenge against Brazil.
The youth team was released on the first date and from now on it has little margin to be among the top three in the Group.
On Wednesday they will play again against Peru and on Friday they will close the first phase against the local team, Colombia.
Brazil started the tournament with a 3-0 win over Peru and then had their rest day. Colombia and Paraguay lead the zone with 4 points each.
In addition to the unfair loss, Argentina ended up with one less player due to the hard blow suffered by Facundo Buonanotte, which caused him trauma to his cervical spine and skull.
The former Rosario Central and current footballer from Brighton, from England, is still under observation and will be out for Mascherano. The midfielder had started as a substitute but came on in the second half for Nicolás Paz, the other “European” from the Albiceleste squad.
Due to the short rest time, the coach will surely make some variations in the starting lineup, although he did not advance them.
One could be the entry of striker Brian Aguirre, who showed interesting movements in the minutes he had to play in the match against Paraguay. Another who could have his chance from the start is Ignacio Maestro Puch, instead of Alejo Veliz.
After Saturday’s defeat, the squad only had one practice and there the coaching staff defined the changes to play the South American classic, which it did not confirm.
Argentina has six World Cup titles in the Under-20 category, while Brazil has five. However, the last one for the Albiceleste was in 2007 and the one for Brazil in 2011.
The dominance of the Brazilians is in the South American championships since they won 11 of the 21 that they played and in none of them did they come down from the podium.
Ecuador and Uruguay won
The second date of Group B began to develop on the eve with the victories of Ecuador and Uruguay.
The Ecuadorian team, in the first turn, beat Bolivia 1-0, with a score by Garis Mina, 34 minutes into the match, at the Deportivo Cali stadium, and then Uruguay thrashed Chile 3-0 with goals from Fabricio Díaz , Luciano Rodríguez and Damián García, at 4, 7 and 39 minutes into the first half.
