The goalkeeper of the Under 20 National Team revealed Dibu Martínez’s gesture hours after the momentous match against Nigeria

This Wednesday the Argentina Sub 20 team will face Nigeria in San Juan for the round of 16 of the World Cup. One of the pillars of the team he leads Javier Mascherano is the goalkeeper Federico Gómez Gerthwho in the previous meeting with the Africans revealed a great gesture of Emiliano Back Martínez. Both know each other, since the juvenile of Tigre was sparring in the World Cup Qatar 2022.

“Most of them watch the games and we feel their support. He Back he also sent me a message”, assured Gomes Gerth, who also expressed how he felt having spent more than a month working with the world champion team. “For me it was the best and I was proud to have been with the best goalkeeper in the world,” said the goalkeeper from Matadorwho shared a press conference with Roman Vega and Tomás Aviles.

What Gómez Gerth recounted is not surprising in terms of the internal communion that exists in all the AFA teams. The various teams have at some point shared working days in the Ezeiza Lionel Andrés Messi propertywhich led to the youngest being able to have direct contact with their idols.

Others, like the case of Gómez Gerth, had the possibility of being summoned by the coach Lionel Scaloni and his coaching staff to be part of the training sessions. The 19-year-old goalkeeper shared jobs with his own Back, Geronimo Rulli y Frank Armanithe other two champion archers in Qatar.

On the other hand, his teammates Vega and Avilés spoke about what they are experiencing in the Under 20 World Cup and what is to come. “This is not lived every day. The people thing is crazy. When it’s my turn, I’ll do my best to do my best because the guys who come off the bench really want it,” said Vega, who started against New Zealand.

If it’s about versatility, there it is. Toto Aviles, the Racing player who accepted the call from Argentina after playing the South American tournament with Chile for having dual nationality from his grandmother.

“I had to play the South American with Chile and now Javi has called me up for the World Cup, which is an unbeatable opportunity,” Avilés said. “I am Argentine and that helped me decide,” added the defender, who can also play as a right back and even as a midfielder as the coach used. Fernando Gago in The academy. “He can play in several positions but I feel that I do better as a center back,” he acknowledged. peaked.

This Wednesday the boys will once again have the support of the world champions. They will have a complicated stop before Nigeriain the duel that will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Bicentennial Stadium from the San Juan capital. In case of overcoming the Africans, in the next instance they will face each other with the winner of Ecuador y South Korea. The match for the quarterfinals will be on Sunday at the Mother of Cities Stadiumwhere the Argentine cast hopes to return since in the Santiago venue they played their first two games, leaving a very good image.

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