2023-09-13 10:24:00
Alejandro Garnacho’s official debut in the Argentine national team
September 12, 2023 will be an unforgettable day in the life of Alejandro Garnacho, who made his official debut in the Argentine national team in the historic 3-0 win once morest Bolivia, for the second round of the Qualifiers. In this way, the 19-year-old winger will no longer be able to play for any other national team.
The Manchester United player, born in Spain to an Argentine mother, was in the sights of La Roja’s youth teams and until this point had the option of representing another team. However, he was now “shielded” from Argentina and it was a goal he had for many years, according to what he confessed.
He left his feelings expressed in two stories on Instagram. In the first he posted a photo of the celebration in the locker room with all of his teammates and the rest of the Albiceleste delegation. “Argentina, always,” he wrote and put two hearts with the colors of the national flag.
One of Garnacho’s posts (@garnacho7)
The same emojis were repeated in another image in which his shirt with the number 17 appears. Alejandro looked forward to this possibility and was able to achieve it in nothing less than an exhibition by the team led by Lionel Scaloni, who achieved his second consecutive victory and leads the classification for the 2026 World Cup to be held in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Alejandro, as he underlines, always chose to play for Argentina and lived his performances in each call-up with great enthusiasm, whether in youth teams or at the senior level, where he had his first chance in the last Qualifiers.
However, he made his debut in the world champion team on the tour to Asia in June, when he played 16 minutes once morest Indonesia, 30 minutes once morest Australia (with a 2-0 victory in both matches).
Their happiness expressed in this group photo and the emotional message (@garnacho7)
On the first date of the Qualifiers he was once once more on the substitutes’ bench and following his great goal, Lionel Messi approached that sector and one of those he hugged was Garnacho himself. This Tuesday Leo did not play since the coaching staff preferred to protect him due to the number of games he has been playing. But he accompanied between the relays and Garnacho was there.
It was at 84 minutes that Garnacho came on for Nicolás González and the nine minutes he was on the field he showed some flashes. In particular, his usual speed within the framework of the 3,625 meters of altitude where the Hernando Siles Stadium is located. In one play he made a strike from the left wing that left his markers snubbed.
Garnacho and other youth players such as Matías Soulé, Nicolás Paz, Valentín Carboni, and Facundo Buonanotte are the future of the Argentine team and have the framework in favor of making their first weapons at the senior level in a positive context due to the successes of the process in charge by Scaloni. All of them are waiting for their opportunity and on the horizon are the 16 remaining dates of the Qualifiers and the Copa América 2024 that will be played in the United States.
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