Echeverri left out too: Argentina finalising squad for U-20 World Cup | OneFootball

The U-20 World Cup that the Argentine National Team will play begins on September 27, and this Thursday, the list of players called up by Diego Placente will be officially announced. He already made a call-up last week, but there is a concern about what will happen with those who are in Europe.

The clubs are not obliged to release their players, and therefore the Albiceleste already knows it will suffer several absences, especially from the stars playing in European football, such as Franco Mastantuono, because Xabi Alonso, the coach of Real Madrid, clarified days ago: "If it depends on us, he stays with us." The Argentine Football Association (AFA) understands that they will not release him.

Thus, Mastantuono is the first confirmed absence, but there are more. Claudio Echeverri is already a fact that he will not be released by Bayer Leverkusen, while others who are unlikely to receive permission are Aaron Anselmino and Gianluca Prestianni. The former Boca defender, now at Borussia Dortmund, is injured, which is why he missed his team's last match and will also be absent against Juventus, but beyond that, he is an important piece in the club he just joined and they will not let him go. The same situation applies to the Benfica winger, who usually gets quite a few minutes in the Portuguese team and will not receive permission.

On Tuesday, midfielder Tomás Pérez was added to them, as he was notified by Porto, his club, that he had to return due to his teammates' injuries just when he was in transit in Madrid and about to board the plane to Buenos Aires to join the U-20.

Who can get approval and play in the World Cup? Bournemouth's left-back Julio Soler has a good chance of joining the call-up, although he still needs to receive approval from his team (they are negotiating). Meanwhile, according to TyC Sports, Valentín Carboni insists in Genoa, his club, to let him join the tournament that will be held in Chile, but the response so far has been negative. However, the national team will try until the last moment to resolve the situation.

A separate paragraph is deserved for the players who play in Argentine clubs and do not have their presence confirmed in the World Cup because their teams are playing important matches, such as Maher Carrizo, who played the first leg of the Libertadores quarterfinals with Vélez against Racing yesterday.

For now, the idea is for him to also play the return leg next week. The players who could be involved, in addition to Carrizo, are Santiago Lencina, Ian Subiabre, and Bautista Dadín from River, even though they are not starters for Gallardo. From Vélez, there would be Álvaro Busso and Tobías Andrada; from Estudiantes, Valente Pierani and Mikel Amondarain, the latter a starter; and finally, Dylan Aquino from Lanús.

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