The Albiceleste made a miraculous recovery to qualify this year's Junior World Cup, but it should not hide the cracks of a malfunctioning system
There are two men on Saturday that will be happier than most with Lautaro Martinez’s heroics in securing Argentina a last-minute berth in the Under-20 World Cup this year. One is Victor Blanco, Racing Club’s president who must already be adding several figures onto the price tag of the 19-year-old forward already coveted by Arsenal and Real Madrid in Europe.
The other is Claudio Ubeda, the beleaguered Argentina coach who against all odds saw the country’s South American Championship campaign veer from utter disaster to squeezing into the final qualification place.