The coach of the Argentina Under 20 team, Javier Mascherano, assured that he does not believe he will continue to command the team since “I have failed and I have to admit it” after the defeat against Colombia by 1-0 that meant the elimination of the albiceleste in the first round.
“There is not much to think about, more than anything, thank you all, the president (Claudio Tapia) for the opportunity, to the clubs because they have always given us a hand with the players, we have bothered them a lot… I don’t have much to say, there are no excuses”Mascherano said.
“The best thing is now to be able to return to Argentina, to be calm. Very grateful for the opportunity. I have failed and I have to admit it. Surely I will speak (with Tapia), I have a spectacular relationship with the president and everyone, “he added in dialogue with TyC Sports.
“There is not much to say. Sorry for the boys, for not being able to help them. It is an incredible generation of footballers and it is clear that the one who failed was me by not being able to transmit confidence and tranquility to them so that they can play as they know how, as they showed me throughout the process. Football is this”, He recognized the former player.
“We never reached the level that we could, these players and this team can play much better, clearly I am responsible for not having been able to convince them and make them play at the level that they can”, Mascherano sentence.
The performance of the Argentine National Team in the South American Sub 20
Argentina barely added 3 out of 12 possible pointsafter defeating Peru (1-0), but lose with Paraguayan (1-2), Brazil (1-3) years Colombia (0-1), results that condemned him to the fourth place in zone A of the continental contest.
The future competitions of the Argentina Sub 20 National Team
With this removal, Argentina was left without a World Cup in the category and neither can dispute the Panamerican Gamessomething that had only happened in 1977, 1985 and 2013.
Next year, with a date to be confirmed, the National Team will have the next big event when searching the Pre-Olympic a place in the Paris 2024 Olympic GamesAlthough it remains to be seen if it is finally with another coach or if Tapia will convince Mascherano to continue in office.
Source: NA and Telam.
