Álvarez called up for the Pre-Olympic tournament River’s forward was called up to Argentina’s national U-23 squad for the tournament in Colombia.

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The national squad, under Fernando Batista, will take part in the Pre-Olympic tournament in Colombia ahead of the Olympic Games taking place in Tokyo in 2020. The tournament will last from January 18th to February 9th.

Julián Álvarez, a River Plate forward who scored a goal in the Argentine Cup final, was called up by the head coach and will be part of the squad that will try to win a place in the Olympics.

Argentina will be in Group A together with Colombia, Chile, Venezuela and Ecuador.

The first match will be on January 18th, against Colombia. Then, it will face Chile (January 24th), Ecuador (January 27th) and Venezuela (January 30th).