Argentina is ready to receive great news: will host the Sub 20 World Cup. After the removal of the organization to Indonesia by FIFA, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) presented its candidacy and the youth of our country, who had not achieved classification through the South American, they will have the possibility of playing in the World Cup for being hosts.
Only the official confirmation is missing, but everything indicates that this would be the decision of Gianni Infantino and company, Argentina being the venue for the tournament that will begin on May 20. Waiting, of course, they are Javier Mascherano (he would resume his position as coach of the National Team) and the young footballers who, meanwhile, continue with the usual training sessions and matches at their clubs.
Now, there is a name in which much of the expectation is placed: Alexander Garnacho. The barely 18-year-old forward, who was called up and could not be with the Major during the last FIFA double date due to injury, was also not part of the South American Sub 20 team due to the “no” that his club, Manchester United, gave at the time . However, now the matter could change…
It is that if Argentina is confirmed as the venue and thus achieves its qualification for the World Cup, Garnacho would be in a position to dispute it. The position of the Red Devils would be different from that taken in the South American and everything would be given so that he and others who were “denied” at the beginning of the year (like the cases of Luke RomeroMatías Soulé, Valentin Carboni, Franco Carboni y Tiago Geralnik) be part of the Albiceleste team.
Nevertheless, it is necessary to take into account the calendar of the European clubs in what remains of the season, something that could mean an obstacle. In the case of Garnacho, Manchester United is ahead of the definition of the Europa League – will face the quarterfinals Sevilla-, a competition that has its semifinals and final scheduled between May 11 and 31, Dates on which the Under 20 World Cup just begins. The same would happen with Soulé, a Juventus player.
Without overlooking the fact that United is in the decisive stages of the FA Cup and that the end of the Premier League is approaching, Garnacho will also have to face a personal challenge to be in the Youth World Cup: recover definitively from the injury that sidelined him from the recent friendlies that the Major played against Panama and Curaçao. It’s about a severe sprain in his right ankle for which he had to leave Old Trafford on crutches after the draw (0-0) against Southampton on March 12.
In this way, in the event that he is finally within the Sub 20 squad and plays in the World Cup, the winger would take a huge step to represent Argentina and not Spain, his country of birth. However, to be “blocked” by the Albiceleste, you need to play an official match with the Major, something that has not happened yet.
Garnacho, from an Argentine mother, He has already put on the Celeste and Blanca in youth championships and constantly sends messages of support to the National Team through his social networks. In fact, he was very aware of the path of La Scaloneta in the World Cup in Qatar, having been in the previous one -although he was later left out of those summoned to the World Cup- within a long list of names that were considered as possible footballers to summon by Lionel Scaloni.
With the confirmation of Argentina as the venue for the Under 20 World Cup and the participation of our youth players in the tournament when… Is it possible to get excited about the presence of Alejandro Garnacho? If all the seasonings come together and that’s how it happens, it would be a unique opportunity for the Argentine public to see with their own eyes who he is, today, on the pitch. one of the maximum promises that our National Team has.
