A promise from Manchester will be present in Héctor Cárdenas’s team for friendlies.
Colombia Sub-20 team.
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Writing Footballred
March 10, 2023, 06:40 p.m. m.
Héctor Cárdenas decided to summon a total of 24 soccer players for the Colombia U-20 National Team for the friendlies that the youth team will play in Spain and among them there were several novelties, where he made clear his intention to try out several players who are active abroad.
Apart from Yaser Asprilla’s squad, who is already establishing himself in the senior team, Cárdenas presented names such as Devan Tanton from Fulham, Leyner Palacios from Vizela, Luis Quintero from Villarreal, Cristhian Mosquera from Valencia CF and José Mateo Mejía from Manchester United.
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However, of the previous footballers, the one who attracted the most attention is José Mateo Mejía, Manchester United’s winger, who currently plays for the Red Devils Under-21 team and has been a figure in the club’s youth teams.
Despite the fact that it is one of Cárdenas’ novelties for matches once morest Sweden, Wales and Murcia Under-21, the 19-year-old striker had already been called up for the youth team in friendlies once morest Peru in December 2022 and following not being taken into account in South America, the coach decided to take the attacker into account once more for the U-20 World Cup to be held in Indonesia.
Mateo Mejía He was born on March 31, 2003 in Zaragoza, Spain, but since his parents are Colombian and therefore he has dual nationality, but following being seen playing in Spanish soccer, Manchester United noticed him and the attacker has had most of his process as a footballer in the English team. He currently has featured in the set of the red devils.
Undoubtedly, one of Mateo Mejía’s strengths is his good area strength thanks to his 1.88 meter height. In addition, his dribbling and the ability to assist have been essential to stand out in the lower ranks of Manchester United.
