The Manchester United footballer scored the 1-0 against Panama with a high-quality shot
* Garnacho’s goal
The Argentina Under 20 teamcommanded by Javier Mascherano added another success in the traditional Maurice Revello International Tournament (previously known as Esperanzas de Toulon) against Panama: he beat it 1-0 with a goal of enormous quality from Alejandro Garnacho, one of the greatest promises of the albiceleste teamwho has already accumulated a summons to the senior representative.
The striker who plays for Manchester United pounced on the back of the Panamanian defense in the 49th minute match and Matías Soulé saw it clearly: he scored a perfect clearance, Garnacho fought hand-to-hand with the marker Reyniel Perdomo who tried to stop him and defined the angle by opening his right foot, overcoming the resistance of goalkeeper Emerson Dimas.
The detail, which did not go unnoticed by social networks, is that the young player raised his two fingers to the sky after the goal with a gesture similar to the celebration that Lionel Messi usually makes in each of his goals . Coincidence or not, Garnacho has already expressed in the past his fanaticism for the Flea , whom he met when he was summoned for the major: “Dreams really do come true ”, He wrote on his networks at the time along with a photo with Leo. He was also involved in a unique situation when he posted an image with Cristiano Ronaldo –another of his idols and who also imitates the goal celebration– and called him a “GOAT”, generating a nice response from Sergio Agüero.
< p class=”paragraph”>It is the first goal in an official tournament with the National Team for the 17-year-old playerwho was born in Spain but chose to play for Argentina as it is the nationality of his mother Patricia Ferreyra Fernández. Garnacho was summoned for the first time by Lionel Scaloni in March of this year ahead of the last double date of the Qualifiers, but he did not add minutes with the Major and was in some informal friendlies of the Sub 20 of Mascherano against the United States at the Ezeiza venue on that date.
* The best plays from Argentina’s win against Panama
In France, the attacker – who has already made two appearances with United’s first team and five other appearances on the substitute bench – is facing his first official competition with Argentina. Although he started against Saudi Arabia in the first match of the tournament –which ended with a 1-0 victory due to the shout of Santiago Castro–, in this second duel against Panama it ended up being essential to sign another win.
The youth who plays in the Premier League, and who was an absolute star in the definition of the FA Youth Cup against Nottingham Forest, lasted up to 60 minutes on the pitch in this game because Mascherano decided to replace him with Luka Romero , another of the great albicelestes promises who currently plays for Lazio in Italy but had his professional debut with the Mallorca shirt in Spain.
The youth cast , which leads Group A with its two victories, will appear again next Saturday from 12.30 (Argentina) to face the local France in the last match of the Zone that will take place at the Stade De Lattre-de-Tassigny de Aubagne.
It should be noted that the leaders of each group and the best second will qualify for the semifinals. Zone B is made up of Mexico, Venezuela, Ghana and Indonesia; while C has Japan, Comoros, Colombia and Algeria.