The Argentine soccer team Sub 23 He arrived in Japan this Saturday to play the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The arrival of the squad took place “after noon in eastern territory,” the Argentine Football Association reported on its website.
The team led by Fernando Batista, who arrived from South Korea (where he played his last friendly, drawing 2 to 2 with the national team), he arrived at the Keio Plaza Hotel Sapporo, where he will stay for the development of the first round of the competition.
The Thursday July 22 will debut In the tournament against Australia, on Sunday 25 they will face Egypt and on Wednesday 28 they will close their participation in Group C against Spain.
In case of being among the first From selected in their area, the albiceleste team will advance to the quarterfinals.
Argentina, Olympic gold medal in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, is one of the candidates for the podium in this contest.
Its main figures are the attacking midfielder Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton from England) and forwards Adolfo Gaich (CSKA Moscow from Russia) and Thiago Almada (Velez Sarsfield from Argentina).
Also, the goalkeeper Jeremiah Ledesma (Cádiz de España) is the only one over 23 years old on the squad, despite the fact that the regulations allowed the inclusion of three players older than that age (he is 28).
In the Group A Japan, South Africa, Mexico and France compete in the B Group are New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Honduras and Romania and in the Group D Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia participate.
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