Win over the Under-20s and off until Monday: Argentina’s itinerary | OneFootball

The team led by Lionel Scaloni continues fine-tuning ahead of the World Cup

After the narrow win over Mauritania at La Bombonera, which left some doubts due to the team’s overall performance, the Argentina National Team quickly returned to action with an intrasquad friendly against the U-20 team coached by Diego Placente.

The match was played at the youth training complex of the Lionel Andrés Messi Training Center in Ezeiza and ended in a 1-0 win for Lionel Scaloni’s side, in an informal game split into two 40-minute halves.

The main goal of the coaching staff was to give playing time to the footballers who did not feature much in the previous friendly, although there were some exceptions such as Agustín Giay, Exequiel Palacios, Nico Paz, José López, Franco Mastantuono and Gabriel Rojas, who also logged minutes.

The match’s only goal was scored by José “el Flaco” López, after a good team move that allowed the Scaloneta to claim the win.

In the first half, the lineup featured Gerónimo Rulli; Agustín Giay, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Nicolás Oyamendi and Nicolás Tagliafico; Valentín Barco, Leandro Paredes and Exequiel Palacios; and Gianluca Prestianni, José López and Nico Paz in attack.

Changes and recovery work

In the second half, Máximo Perrone, Franco Mastantuono, Giuliano Simeone, Juan Musso, Gabriel Rojas and Tomás Palacios came on, in a session that allowed the coach to observe different options.

Meanwhile, the players who logged the most minutes against Mauritania, such as Enzo Fernández, Marcos Acuña, Nahuel Molina, Thiago Almada, Alexis Mac Allister and Cristian Romero, did recovery work in the gym to optimize their recuperation.

Sunday off and focus on Zambia

After this session, the coaching staff decided to give the squad Sunday off, and they will return to training on Monday with the next match in mind.

The Argentina National Team will face Zambia on Wednesday in another friendly that will once again be played at La Bombonera, and beforehand Lionel Scaloni will hold a press conference to preview the match.

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