The Champions League continues on Wednesday with six matches, four of which involve Argentine players.
Tuesday had 11 Argentine players eligible with Kevin Mac Allister scoring for Union Saint-Gilloise in their match, Enzo Barrenechea scoring for Benfica in their match and Gerónimo Rulli making 13 saves for Olympique Marseille against Real Madrid. A total of 14 Argentine players are eligible to play in Wednesday’s Champions League matches.
Last season’s finalists Inter with Lautaro Martínez travel to the Netherlands to play against Ajax. Francisco Ortega, Lorenzo Scipioni and Santiago Hezze with Olympiacos will host Pafos.
Chelsea will have Enzo Fernández, Alejandro Garnacho and Facundo Buonanotte for their match against Bayern Munich. Facundo Buonanotte was added to the team’s Champions League squad on Tuesday.
Alexis Mac Allister and Liverpool will host Atletico Madrid at Anfield. Diego Simeone will be without Julián Álvarez and Thiago Almada due to injuries but will have Juan Musso, Nahuel Molina, Giuliano Simeone and Nicolás González.
Here are the matches on Wednesday:
SK Slavia Prague vs. FK Bodø/Glimt
Paris Saint-Germain vs. Atalanta
Olympiacos (Francisco Ortega, Lorenzo Scipioni and Santiago Hezze) vs. Pafos
Bayern Munich vs. Chelsea (Enzo Fernández, Facundo Buonanotte and Alejandro Garnacho)
Ajax vs. Inter (Lautaro Martínez)
Liverpool (Alexis Mac Allister) vs. Atletico Madrid (Juan Musso, Thiago Almada, Nahuel Molina, Julián Álvarez, Giuliano Simeone and Nicolás González)
at this stage what I expect from him is simple basic techniques such as
1,Hold the ball safely
2,cooperate with RB and central midfield
3,playing with your brain dont run as a headless chicken
4,try to dribble on the right side if necessarily don’t always receive the ball on the right side then pass it quickly to central midfield and running into the midfield which make RB ask what are you doing .
At last his best position may be attacking midfield the position arda guler or bellingham played not wingers
I dont expect Mastantuono to click this early he is good for his age with time he ll do amazing things. I think Xabi Alonso believes in this kid.
Real Madrid fans seem very upset with what they have seen from Mastantuono so far. I don’t know what they expected from him in his first few matches at the club. Maybe they expected one goal and a couple of assists from him, but to be honest I haven’t raised my expectations to that level. I just wanted to see him playing good football; making beautiful passes, faw successful dribbles, and two or three shots on target. On the contrary, the guy loses the ball frequently, makes a lot of back passes, and can’t dribble well even with his left foot. I don’t know how much time he needs to showcase his true talent, but things aren’t in his favour right now.
Mastantuono had a much better performance yesterday compared to his previous match. While he should have scored the chance created by Kylian Mbappé, and perhaps needs to be a bit braver in his approach, it also seems his teammates don’t pass to him very often, even when he’s in a good position.
Ultimately, it’s far too early to pass judgment on him since he has yet to play a full 90-minute game
His transfer fee is a huge amount of money that make fans compare him with first season of vinicius .
Apparently Mastantuono can’t dribble like vinicius or giving key pass as Arda Guler .
I would say Prestianni (benfica) is even useful than him .Not to say Matias soule ,Nico Paz ,Valentin carboni .
However Scaloni may have bias regarding those youngsters. To be honest ,at this stage he wont have place in national team so just let him mature not to say giving number 10 to this guy .
As I mention before it is unfair to Nico paz both at real madrid and NT .Not to say Matias soule who even not be called up .
However as a teenager playing at real madrid it is better to be humble don’t always raise your hands and complaint .Your teammates may not be happy especially you look like a headless chicken and frequently loss ball of course sometimes back pass .That’s why your teammates don’t pass the ball to you even you are in a better position.Real madrid isn’t a small club ,there’s not much patience giving you, So I am surely he will be benched when Bellingham come back