2024-07-25 01:28:28
The streak of back-to-back Copa America titles is yet to end. In the meantime, Argentina is embarking on a mission to win gold in another big event like the Olympics. The two-time gold medalists are taking to the field on the first day of football action at the Paris Olympics.
The Paris Olympics will officially begin on July 26. But before that, the football fight starts. Today, the curtain is going to rise with the match between Argentina and Morocco. The match will start at 7 pm Bangladesh time. In the other match of the day, Uzbekistan will play against Spain.
Argentina’s Olympic team this year is quite strong. According to Olympic rules, three under-23s can play in the team. And on that occasion, the Albiceleste took the three footballers of the World Cup winning team, Julian Alvarez, Nicolas Otamendi and Jeronimo Rulli.
A total of 16 teams are participating in this year’s tournament. Among the teams divided into 4 groups, Argentina is in Group ‘B’. Apart from Morocco, the other two teams in their group are Iraq and Ukraine.
Earlier, Argentina won gold in 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics. Javier Macherano, who played in those two tournaments, is now the coach of the team. This former player of Argentina’s defense wants to start well in the first match.
In an interview given to the FIFA website, Mascherano said, ‘Expectations are very high when it comes to a tournament like this. We expect a good tournament game. We spent a lot of time preparing the squad. Now we are waiting for the first match.’