The taco assist of Matías Soulé, one of Scaloni's jewels, for a historic victory of the Juventus U-19

Next week the players of the Argentine team will be training at the Ezeiza venue with a view to the last double date of the qualifiers and one of them will be Matías Soulé, the boy from Mar del Plata who plays for the Juventus U-19 team and this Tuesday was key to a historic victory for the Turin club, who for first time he reached the semifinals of the UEFA Youth League, the youth tournament of the Champions League.

After his first steps in Argentinos del Sud and Kimberley he became inferior in Velez and came to participate in the youth team of the Argentine team. In 2018, the 18-year-old right winger arrived at Vecchia Signora and began to show off at point that he has already made his debut in the First Division team. He even got to know one of his idols, Cristiano Ronaldo, before the Portuguese returned to Manchester United. He was on the radar of the Italian federation to add it to the Azzurra, but in November 2021 Lionel Scaloni called him up for the double date of the South American Qualifiers.

The coach of Pujato called him again and before his new presence with Albiceleste, the player dispatched himself with luxury and remarkable work for his team in the UEFA youth competition. This Tuesday he was one of the figures and again showed his speed and deployment on the right wing. Being left-handed, it also tends to put diagonals and is unbalancing.

This Tuesday he showed off in the 2-0 victory against Liverpool in the aforementioned European competition and in the images you can see how an overflow started to the right and ended the play with a shot to the goal. He then made a free kick that passed over the barrier, although the best came in the second half. At 21 minutes, he received a pass in the big area and left it from the cue to assist Fabio Miretti, who made the partial 1-0. Ange Chibozo, at 68 minutes, widened the differences with the final result.

The tournament held in the Juventus sports city, his U19 team finished first in Group H (Chelsea, Zenit and Malmo) and later left AZ Alkmaar on the road - on penalties - in the round of 16. It should be noted that Soulé was also promoted to the U-23 squad at the beginning of this year.

For their victory, Juventus managed to place themselves in the top four of the youth tournament for the first time. This Wednesday the matches that will face PSG against Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund against Atletico Madrid are scheduled.

While Soulé, due to his speed, is often compared to Ángel Di María. As he is 18 years old, he could change countries in the future because the rule applies to those who at the time of playing their last official competition match of any football discipline with their current federation did so when they were under 21 years old. He also needs to play more than three international “A” matches of any football discipline with his current federation, both in official and unofficial competition, to be tied to Albiceleste.

But Scaloni's calls and his days with Lionel Messi were enough to seal his election and again he was summoned along with others. four juveniles who were recruited by the scouting department that incorporated the AFA in Europe.

Matías added experience on the double date in November and at the close of the South American classification he will be with the squad again. Having secured passage to Qatar 2022 last year, Scaloni can test players and have these matches in preparation for the World Cup event that will take place from November 21 to December 18.

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