Come in here Covid-19 pandemic and FIFA calendar, The pre-Olympic CONCACAF, which starts on Thursday in Guadalajara, will lose wonderful figures Under-23 which are active in The old continent, who give the age and who would have raised enormously the level of competition and the dispute for a ticket to Tokyo 2020.
Close FIFA It will be between March 22-31, while the Pre-Olympic will take place from 18-30 this month, so European clubs are not forced to give up their players for the start of the Guadalajara tournament.
CANADA WILL NOT BE ITS EUROPEAN CHAMPION
Canada is not usually a strong rival in the Confederacy, however, this time it will lose a key piece with Alphonso Davies.
The feeling of a football player a Bayern Munich, Winning European champion Champions 2020, He was old enough to play in Guadalajara when he was only 20 years old. However, Canadians will not be able to take advantage of the enormous quality of one of the jewels not only in Bayern but also in Europe, which will undoubtedly hit them hard in their aspirations to go to the Olympics.
UNITED STATES, THE MOST AFFECTED
Hours change, and CONCACAF is no exception. At least in that the new race of footballers under 23 years old, The United States is most affected by the fact that it can not rely on several of its figures that are already developing in the great teams of The old continent.
From the very beginning, there will be no new “Captain America” attacker Christian Pulisic. He is the spearhead of this new generation and at the age of 22 he gave his age, but he will not be in the team he leads. Jason Circle because he is active with Chelsea, although in the Blues he has gradually lost his prominence.
Sergiño DestAt the age of 20, he became the undisputed starter in Barcelona that he leads Ronald KoemanSo, not even in a dream, the DT of the Catalan team was not going to release him for a pre-Olympic at CONCACAF. Just on Monday, he played in the 4-1 victory against Huesca, a triumph from which the team was put Lionel Messi four points behind leader Atlético de Madrid in LaLiga.
Weston McKennie, in his first year at Juventus and at the age of 22, he is also old enough to go to the tournament in Guadalajara. At Vecchia Signora, in Serie A alone he played 23 matches, of which 14 as a starter in his first year and has already scored 4 goals as an offensive midfielder; This without taking into account that he also had activity in the Champions League, a tournament from which they were recently eliminated by Porto del Tecatito Corona.
Not to mention Gio Reyna, American jewel of Borussia Dortmund who, at the age of 18, has more and more minutes in the team in which Erling Braut Haaland “steals in depopulation”. So far this year, Giovanni Alejandro has played 23 games in the Bundesliga, 16 as a starter and scored 3 goals, while in the Champions League he has played 6 games, 4 as a starter.
Lastly, Tim Weah, The striker of the surprising leader Lille from France could not be called up either, despite the fact that at the age of 21 he could be part of his national team. New York has played 23 matches this season in League 1, although only 5 as a starter, but has already scored 3 goals.
TRI It remains with Lainez’s wish
Meanwhile, the Mexican national team led by Jaime Lozano could not convince Betis to release Diego Lainez before FIFA Data, so Three pre-Olympic He will not have the emerging figure of the verdiblanco team. Lainez was taking an excellent level when Covid-19 crossed him, but he is slowly recovering.
It won’t be either Gerardo Arteaga, back to Genk in Belgium. The 22-year-old Zapopano winger is gaining more and more minutes in his team and of the 15 games he has played in the Jupiler League so far, 11 have been as starters; He even scored a goal. Others who gave the age were the defender of Boavista, Jesus Gomez (19 years old) and midfielder Lille, Eugenio Pizzuto (18 years).
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