In an interview with the media TyC Sports, former FC Barcelona player Javier Mascherano, current coach of the Argentina under-20 team, expressed his wish to see Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria play with the The Argentina team which will participate in the football tournament of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
“It would clearly be a source of pride for us to be able to have two world champions and this type of players at the Paris Olympics,” said Mascherano. “There are players who deserved to decide certain things. And clearly, Leo and Angel are part of it,” he concluded.
The men’s football tournament of the Paris Olympic Games will take place from July 24 to August 10, 2024. Winner of the Copa America in 2021, the Finalissima in 2022 and the World Cup in Qatar in 2023, the Albiceleste would see a good eye to win the football tournament of the Paris Olympics.