The president of the AFA, Claudio Tapia, and the coach of the under 20 team, Javier Mascherano, met this Sunday at the Ezeiza property following the elimination in the South American tournament in Colombia.
“Chiqui” Tapia and Mascherano met in the morning at the AFA premises together with the coordinator of Youth Teams, Bernardo Romeo.
The images of the meeting were disseminated by the leaders Fabián Lovato and Javier “Pipo” Marín on their respective Twitter accounts.
Today I was in Ezeiza to receive our Under 20 team headed by their DT Javier Mascherano. The National Teams project, beyond the results, is the path we have chosen and the path we all want to take. We will continue sowing to reap. pic.twitter.com/7FdfsTW2pe
— Chiqui Tapia (@tapiachiqui) January 29, 2023
The meeting can be understood as support from the top leadership towards Mascherano, who following the match once morest Colombia had slipped his intention to step aside following being left out of the hexagonal of the South American tournament in Colombia.
The national team will not play the next World Cup in Indonesia and neither will the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile.
The sub 20 debuted with a defeat once morest Paraguay (2-1), then lost to Brazil (3-1), beat Peru (1-0) and on the last date they lost to the local team, Colombia (1-0). .
