Three years ago in Tokyo Dani Alves, before him Neymar in Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Giggs in London, Lionel Messi, Angel of Mary i Sergio Aguero in Beijing, Andrea Pirlo he is Atini...
It is known that when it comes to football, the Olympic tournament is played by players under the age of 23 and three older players, as well as that the most popular sport gives priority to the World and European Championships, but the mentioned names previously brought a special flavor even below the Olympic circles.
There will be many good footballers in Paris this summer, but none of them are as great as the aces at the beginning of the story.
Perhaps the most famous name in the tournament, which starts on July 24, two days before the official opening, already lives in Paris - Ashraf Hakimi, the brilliant defender of Paris Saint-Germain, will try to lead his Morocco to an Olympic medal.
There will be no Messiah, Lautaro Martinez i Alexis McAllister, but the world champion Argentina is sending an interesting team to the Games, which will be led by the Manchester City striker Julian Alvarez and eternal Nicolas Otamendi, who will be the captain of "gaućosa".
In addition to the two of them, this selection includes two more players who became world champions in 2022 - Heronimo Rulji i Tiago Almada.
There were announcements that the host France will assemble a powerful team for the Olympic Games, the performance was also mentioned Kylian Mbappe - nothing came of it, but the "tricolors" certainly have a serious team to attack the medal.
The captain will be Aleksander Lakazet, and there is also Michael Olis the new reinforcement of Bayern from Munich... Among the other names, the great striker of Crystal Palace should be singled out Jean-Philippe Matet, Rajana Šerkija from Lyon...
The newly crowned champion of the Old Continent, Spain, arrives in France with two players from the Euros - Fermin Lopes i Alex Baen, and then there is the super talented stopper of Barcelona Pau Kubarsi, as well as his colleague from Girona Eric Garcia...
Among the other players who will perform at the Olympic Games, we should also mention the former Liverpool player Nabia Kate (Guinea), Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneni (Egypt), Junior Firp from Leeds (Dominican Republic), Messi's teammate from Miami Diego Gomes (Paraguay)...
In any case, it seems that the biggest stars of the football tournament will be two great masters who no longer play football - Thierry Henry i Javier Mascherano, the coaches of France and Argentina.
16 national teams will participate in the Olympic Games: France, USA, Guinea, New Zealand (group A), Argentina, Morocco, Iraq, Ukraine (B), Uzbekistan, Spain, Egypt, Dominican Republic (C), Japan, Paraguay, Mali and Israel.
It will be played in six cities - Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes, Nice and Saint Etienne. The grand finale is scheduled in Paris Saint-Germain - Park of the Princes.
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