A total of 17 Argentine players remain in the Champions League as we the draw for the Round of 16 has been made.
From the 17 players that remain, only two have won the Champions League. Those two being Lionel Messi and Ángel Di María, both of which will be playing against each other. A minimum of three Argentine players will make the quarter finals, with a maximum of 13, meaning at least four of them will be eliminated.
The big match is FC Barcelona and PSG, with four Argentine players taking part in the matches. Lionel Messi will try to lead Barcelona to another quarter final appearance while the Argentine trio at PSG will look to make the final for a second consecutive year.
Sergio Agüero will want to help Manchester City go further in the competition and ultimately win it for the first time. The Argentine has never taken part in a final of the Champions League.
Joaquín Correa and Gonzalo Escalante are up against the favorites and current winners Bayern Munich. Should Correa and Escalante be able to eliminate Bayern, it would no doubt be seen as an upset.
Diego Simeone is looking for a third Champions League final appearance and hopefully be able to win it as Atletico Madrid are up against Chelsea. One experienced coach in Simeone against an inexperienced Frank Lampard as one will make the quarter finals.
RB Leipzig and Liverpool is the only match with no Argentine representative.
Paulo Dybala scored his first goal of the season for Juventus and will look to carry that momentum and help Juventus into the next round. Dybala hasn’t had the best of seasons and while he has won the league with Juventus, he hasn’t played in a Champions League final.
Lucas Ocampos, who’s form hasn’t been the best for a few weeks, will want to take Sevilla further against possible dark horses Borussia Dortmund.
In two matches that will likely have goals, Atalanta play Real Madrid. The three Argentine’s with Atalanta went far in last season’s competition while Madrid crashed out earlier. Here are the matches involving the Argentine players:
Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Manchester City (Sergio Agüero)
Lazio (Joaquín Correa, Gonzalo Escalante) vs. Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid (Ángel Correa) vs. Chelsea (Willy Caballero)
RB Leipzig vs. Liverpool
FC Porto (Agustín Marchesín) vs. Juventus (Paulo Dybala)
Barcelona (Lionel Messi) vs. PSG (Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi, Ángel Di María)
Sevilla (Lucas Ocampos, Marcos Acuña, Franco Vázquez) vs. Borussia Dortmund
Atalanta (José Luis Palomino, Alejandro Gómez, Cristian Romero) vs. Real Madrid
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Atalanta captain Papu Gomez fuelled speculation on Monday over his future with the Serie A club, telling fans: “When I leave you will know the truth”.
The 32-year-old reportedly had a bust-up with coach Gian Piero Gasperini at half-time during the Bergamo club’s Champions League draw against Midtjylland two weeks ago, and has been left out of their last two league games.
“Dear Atalanta fans, I am writing to you here because I have no way of defending myself and talking to you,” the 32-year-old Argentine wrote on Instagram.
“I just wanted to tell you that when I leave you will know the truth of everything. You know me and you know the person I am. I love you, your captain.”
Gomez was on the bench for Sunday’s 3-0 win over Fiorentina, and Gasperini said: “I don’t know how this situation will be resolved, but I have to think about what is best for the team and him.
“You have to be competitive, look forward and always give new incentives to everyone. If you stop, otherwise, you go backwards.”
Strong turnaround by Coudet at celta Vigo. From changing club fortunes of relegation battle to a top 10 spot now with 3 consecutive wins since joining mid term . One of the positive news of 2020 is that our exported new managers are doing well . Coudet & almiron at la liga ( both have clearly improved club position) , Alfaro with ecuador , sampoali in miniero , holan at catolica ( sudamericana qf & leading now). Undoubtedly on manager front , we lead the way. Portugal, France , Spain gives us some competition. I was hoping to see Heinze & burgos also in Europe this season. Better late than never. Hoping to also see one of Chile / colombia national manager spots picked by an Argentine coach in near future.
Not only winning but with very attractive stlye
Hope he continue this path
As heinze goes to atlanta mls it’s big problem because he will hunt local young talents.
Bayern Munchen, Liverpool and Man City are the favourites to win CL 2020/2021
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“Gomez has not played for Atalanta since being hauled off at half-time during a 1-1 draw with FC Midtjylland in the Champions League on December 1”
This sentence is part of an article published by Goal.com today. Look at how they are misleading their readers. Gomez played vs Ajax, but these f*cking idiots don’t even bother proofreading what they share with their audience. It is true there is a disagreement between Papu and Gaperini, but I think it is not a dealbreaker. It is not the right time for Gomez to switch to a new club now for many reasons. I hope he will stay at Atalanta and continue there.
I stopped reading goal.com it’s been 7/8 years i think. They hate Argentine players and ass licking Brazilian as always
Yes, he better stays at Atalanta and shine bright in next CL match. No need to depart with his best club; it will be written in a history if Atalanta can eliminate Madrid and move further on
I was also so surprised how can goal.com make such a blunder. I had seen the match . For sure there is a fight but I guess they will be able to sort out differences as it’s a loss-loss if gomez goes. He should retire in Atalanta as a club legend & move into a role like Zanetti in inter.
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