"If there's one thing I'm missing with Argentina, it's winning the Olympics"
After Argentina U23 coach Javier Mascherano generated excitement among fans with the possible invitation to Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, it is now another world champion who is adding fuel to the fire of the 'Albiceleste' expectation.
"If there's one thing I'm missing with the national team, it's winning the Olympics": this phrase was uttered by the Argentina national team's first-choice goalkeeper, Emiliano 'Dibu' Martinez, in an interview with 'DirecTV Sports', in which he expressed that desire, although he also made it clear that that place belongs to the next generation.
The Aston Villa goalkeeper indicated that "youngsters always need the opportunity". "If we do well in the Copa America and we win it, we have to leave the place to the youngsters," he said.
The Copa America, which this year will be played in the United States and in which Argentina will defend the title won in 2022, the first of the 'Scaloni era', will be played from 20th June to 14th July, very close to the start of the Paris Olympics, which are held from 26th July to 11th August.
That is one of the arguments that could complicate the presence of the veteran of the 'Albiceleste', world champions in Qatar 2022, of which the former Barcelona centre-back could call 3, the number allowed by the Olympic football tournament.
On the subject of generational change, 'Dibu' Martinez commented that if the members of the Under-23s qualified for Paris 2024 "they deserve it and they are in a good moment, there is no reason to change".
The Argentina U-23 team beat Brazil 1-0 in the last match played in the South American Pre-Olympic held in Venezuela, which gave Paraguay the title of the tournament and the 'Albirroja'
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