Four matches in this week’s Champions League, three of them involving Argentine players.
Paulo Dybala is still out injured and will not play as Juventus host FC Porto. However, for FC Porto, they will have Agustin Marchesin in goal as they take a 2-1 lead to Turin. What is guaranteed in this match is that one Argentine will be eliminated while the other will be continuing to the quarter finals with their team.
The second match on Tuesday is that of Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla. For the Spanish club, all three Argentine players will be available for them. After losing 3-2 in Sevilla, Lucas Ocampos, Marcos Acuna and Alejandro Papu Gomez will look to turn it around and get the win in Germany. No Argentine representatives for Dortmund which means there is a possibility that not one Argentine player makes it to the quarter finals from this draw.
The big Argentine clash on Wednesday will be to Mauricio Pochettino’s advantage. His PSG team have a 4-1 lead and receive a boost with Angel Di Maria back in the squad. He, along with Leandro Paredes and Mauro Icardi are heavy favorites to make it to the quarter finals as Lionel Messi will hope for another memorable come back.
The fourth and final advantage is that of Liverpool and RB Leipzig, but no Argentine players on either team.
Here are the matches for this week:
Tuesday:
Juventus (Paulo Dybala) vs. FC Porto (Agustín Marchesín)
Borussia Dortmund vs. Sevilla (Alejandro Papu Gomez. Lucas Ocampos and Marcos Acuña)
Wednesday:
PSG (Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi and Angel Di Maria, Mauricio Pochettino coach) vs. FC Barcelona (Lionel Messi)
Liverpool vs. RB Leipzig
u23 team for friendlies confirmed
https://www.afa.com.ar/es/posts/sub-23-lista-de-convocados-para-los-amistosos-ante-japon
a lot of out of form players with minimal playing time in midfield and attack Ascacibar, Zaracho, Colombatto, Brunetta, Valenzuela, Urzi, Vargas, Gaich.
Batista has always displayed loyalty. He has largely stuck to the band of players who has been with him for last 2 years. Guess river & boca have said no which explains why julian alvarez & calpado not here. Happy that he finally selects a senior GK as that was a weakness always in his squad. Wld have preferred walter benitez though. Also cld have prioritised some of the recent successful youngsters like enzo fernandez, galappo, payero, l moralez, alex vigo, de la vega. I think alexis macclister misses bcos of England covid protocols as he gaich are batista’s top players.
This selection also means that scaloni has set his eyes on romero, medina & senesi.
Very true. Those other youngsters would have been interesting to see and would make the squad much stronger on paper, I guess he is going for consistency. Mac Allister is a pretty big loss. But you do have a good point about Senesi, Romero, and Medina. I like the fact that he chose Balerdi and Lisandro because that is pretty strong for a u23 team, and Balerdi should be playing in U23, seeing him in the senior team is ridiculous. I am kind of bummed about not seeing Morales though but Ledesma should work out well.
Olive, any idea on match timings for these 2 friendlies.
I am not sure it has been confirmed yet, but I will most certainly tell you when I found out
Hmmmmm, you know what Amit, that’s a good observation, Romero in particular is a must, the kid is playing at a world class level and I really hope he keeps it up.
De La Vega or Alvarez wld have been a perfect addition to team . Batista prefers a 1-3-2-4 formation. Urzi, Vargas, Brunetta , Valenzuela from Famalicao all are left based attacking MF/wingers. Assuming Zaracho is the cental AMF , right attacking midfield does not have a natural player which cld have been De La Vega. Also RB spot looks real weak with just 1 option. He shld have selected Alex Vigo or Molina to start.
Maybe this is how the preferred playing 11 will be
Gaich
Vargas – Zaracho – Brunetta?
Ascacibar – Colambatto
Bernabei ( K Macclister)- Licha – Perez – De La Fuente
Ledesma .
Colambatto is a real surprise . Didnt do much in Belgium league & now in Leon in Mexico. Not sure why is he always preferred by Batista . There are enough good DM players who could have been tried like Enzo Fernandez /Santiago Sosa /Tomas Belmonte/ Nicolas Calpado.
Sosa or Fernandez would have been better options. Maybe the same thing for Romero and Senesi applies to Molina, after all he was scouted for the senior team. I do have a good feeling about K Mac Allister because I watched his game against River and he played very well in our loss, hopefully he carries that form into the friendlies.
Great to hear on k maclister progress. Olive – what about fausto vera? He seemed a regular with batista earlier. Is he not doing well recently in argentinos juniors?
Fausto Vera was not in the game because I believe he was suspended due to a red card — which sucks because I like to watch River games where the other opponents have young talents in u23 or lower, kind of like a 2 in 1.
olive_majestic
sunday exist River-Boca game. don t miss it.
Yes thank you, I am excited for it but naturally a little nervous. I hope Montiel will be fit
LMQ wins player of the month for Fiorentina, it’s all coming together for him and Romero. My main hope is that tactically we can maybe find a way to play them at the same time
Yh he has been good.
Him and C Romero can easily play together
Romero RCB lmq lcb comfortably but I don’t see scaloni dropping OTAMENDI anytime soon which is ridiculous
Compare to what he has in stock now. I mean likes senesi medina lich martinez are all good and young.
OTAMENDI should never be near for nt He is bang average in Portuguese league.
Fantastic news!
LMQ + Romero are the best young pair right now. My only concern is consistency. Can these 2 keep it up year after year. Only time will tell but for now, it’s rather exciting to see how they develop and cement their place in starting 11
I saw many Arsenal legends, Italian world cup winners, many football pundits,Aston villa legends praising Emi Martinez constantly even to the extent of getting bored but not a single Argentine legends have anything to say about Emi Martinez even when Argentina is suffering in goalkeeping department for more than decades.Sergio Romero always played second fiddle to De gea or other keeper.A proper goalkeeper for Argentina who was also no. 1 for his club was during 1978 world cup.
An Italian world cup winner said “if any Serie A teams wants to see how a modern goalkeeper should be,they should look at Emi Martinez”.
As soon as possible Emi Martinez should start for Argentina, goalkeepers needs matches to know their defenders and organise them accordingly,Scaloni should not waste precious time.
If you look for praise for him in the Spanish language media you might find it.
https://www.lacapitalmdp.com/emiliano-martinez-sigue-en-gran-nivel-en-la-premier-league/
https://www.tycsports.com/premier-league/emiliano-martinez-dibu-seleccion-argentina-lionel-scaloni-aston-villa-premier-league-id323331.html
Great job marchesin. Some people are blaming Ronaldo and it truly shows how important Dybala is. Speaking of him Man U, Tottenham, and Liverpool are all interested, don’t know how legitimate it is but a player of his ability is going to get interest no matter what
Aah Porto….Aah….done their job with only 10 man. Aaahhh
Bravo Marchesin, Dybala leave this ungrateful team Asap, they blame you constantly as the best player of this team
Two great saves from Marchesin and good fight from Ocampos and Acuna. But later two are unlucky…
Pavon charged with rape..
Holy crap
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It is good WC qualifiers got suspended.I can not see Armani between the posts.Emi Martinez, Musso,P. Gazzaniga and Andrada are best for goalkeeping Europian players should be tried, from local clubs only Angileri, M. Payero,Andrada and may be Montiel should be choosen.
Molina vs Fiorentina https://youtu.be/tB2l1ieeSgc
He is not good enough. Poor touches, poor passes, average defensively.
Average defensively but very good going forward, as I said before he’s a fullback in the Brazilian mold. He likes to charge forward, good at finding space and has some killer passes, I think he (defense), De Paul (midfield) and Lio (attack) could make for a fearsome trio on the right side.
I noted before that I would still need to see him complete the season before thinking about calling him up, but Argentina is truly desperate when it comes to the RB position and Molina seems to be starting now, which interestingly coincided with Udinese doing much better in matches, so while I would still put Montiel ahead of him I would prefer him to Foyth (who is doing alright as a RB for Villareal) as a backup.
Agreed mafiaso.. I followed him in last 5 matches. Poor touches, poor passes, poor defence… Only positive side is his movement to go forward. He is promising but not now… Need to see him complete the season.
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