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Santiago Sosa is one of the figures of
Argentina in the
South American Sub 20that is played in Chile and delights everyone with consolidating itself as one of the best appearances of recent years in an area of the field where cracks abound. Despite not having been part of other selected youth and having played only three games in the first of
River, shows great presence in each game and seems to be the most experienced.
Sosa was born in La Plata, is 19 years old and measures 1.79 meters, something that can serve as a great advantage over his rivals. Playing as a
central midfielder, sometimes only and sometimes accompanied, he became master of that area of the field in each meeting with the albiceleste. He is always attentive to the second balls or to cross a rival willing to start the counter. In addition, it
has a very good foot, which makes it a mixed wheel that always plays first and provides a clear outlet from the bottom to their teams.
These characteristics did not go unnoticed by
Marcelo Gallardo who made it
debut nothing more and nothing less than for the
Copa Libertadores in the round of knockout against Racing. He sat on the bench because Leo Ponzio was suspended and entered in the second half by Juanfer Quintero when the game was 2-0. A few minutes later Enzo Perez was expelled and he had to take over the middle, along with Exequiel Palacios, another young man from the lower ranks.
An attribute that begins to glimpse Sosa is its
good punch, something that can be worth to change front, enable a partner or finish the bow if you advance a few meters in the field. In his second game with River made a sample that is not in the statistical records as
his great shot hit the post and entered the goal after hitting the back of the goalkeeper of Lanús Ibáñez. Playing for the National Team he was able to score more than once, but fortune was not on his side.
It is worth noting the polyfunctionality that he also showed in the South American Sub 20 by coupling with an outstanding performance as a central marker in the match against Uruguay in the final hexagonal. Batista's team faced a complicated game against one of the best teams of the tournament without Nehuén Pérez, although Sosa made the absence of the Atlético Madrid player go unnoticed.
Unknown Sosa is still
continuing his university studies . He is in the third year of the career of Contador at UADE and he acknowledged that it is another of his great objectives.
Intelligence, claw and class, three indispensable characteristics to be
Leo Ponzio's successor in River and project to occupy the midfield in the National Team a place that was vacant since the retirement of Javier Macherano.
