Four Brazil based players make Argentina’s preliminary list for Olympics

  Argentina have started to think about the race for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this August. On Monday, coach Tata Martino issued a preliminary list of 57 players, without any players aged above 23, and included four representatives from Brazilian football. Jonathan Calleri and Adrián Centurión of São Paulo, Agustín Allione from […]
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2016-04-19 19:53:00

 

Argentina have started to think about the race for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this August.
On Monday, coach Tata Martino issued a preliminary list of 57 players, without any players aged above 23, and included four representatives from Brazilian football. Jonathan Calleri and Adrián Centurión of São Paulo, Agustín Allione from Palmeiras, and Lucas Romero of Cruzeiro are among the candidates who would be aiming for a place in the 18 seats reserved for the competition. In addition to the players who play in Brazil, other important names in world football have made the pre-list. Paulo Dybala of Juventus, Mauro Icardi of Inter Milan, Luciano Vietto and Ángel Correa from ​​Atlético Madrid, and Lucas Ocampos of Olympique de Marseille are among those picked by Martino. In early February, Tata Martino said that Lionel Messi will be out of the Olympics, but will represent the country during the Copa América Centenário in the United States.

Argentina have started to think about the race for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this August.

On Monday, coach Tata Martino issued a preliminary list of 57 players, without any players aged above 23, and included four representatives from Brazilian football. Jonathan Calleri and Adrián Centurión of São Paulo, Agustín Allione from Palmeiras, and Lucas Romero of Cruzeiro are among the candidates who would be aiming for a place in the 18 seats reserved for the competition. In addition to the players who play in Brazil, other important names in world football have made the pre-list. Paulo Dybala of Juventus, Mauro Icardi of Inter Milan, Luciano Vietto and Ángel Correa from ​​Atlético Madrid, and Lucas Ocampos of Olympique de Marseille are among those picked by Martino. In early February, Tata Martino said that Lionel Messi will be out of the Olympics, but will represent the country during the Copa América Centenário in the United States.