Javier Mascherano takes command as coach of the Argentina sub-20 team

Javier Mascherano, who was in charge of the Department of Methodology and Development of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), will assume in January 2022 as coach of the Argentine sub-20 team, the AFA announced on Thursday.

“This Thursday, President Claudio Tapia met with Javier Mascherano to define his relationship as the new coach of the Albiceleste Sub’20. The cycle will start in January 2022 and Mascherano will be accompanied by Professor Pablo Blanco as physical trainer and Oscar Hernández Romero as technical assistant ”, reported the governing body of Argentine football on its website web.

Javier Mascherano, 37, played for River Plate, Corinthians, West Ham, Liverpool, Barcelona, ​​Hebei Fortune and retired in November 2020 at Estudiantes de La Plata.

Almost two months later, in January of this year, he was announced as director of the Department of Methodology and Development.

This will be the first experience of the ‘Jefecito’ as a technician. “It is a joy for us to report that Javier Mascherano joins the national team project led by the U20 team. Nobody better than Javier to finish training our footballers in the last stage, “wrote the president of the AFA, Claudio, through social networks. Chiqui Tapia.

Mascherano will replace Fernando ‘Bocha’ Batista, who resigned last month after two years in office to be José Pekerman’s field assistant on the Venezuelan national team. (D)