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Ligue 1 players not released for March matches outside of Europe

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It has been confirmed by the French FA that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs will not be releasing players for matches outside of Europe this month.

The statement released by the FA mentioned that the clubs will not release their players during the March international FIFA dates. That would mean any friendly matches, qualifiers or tournaments which will be held outside of Europe will not have French based players.

For the Argentina national team, that would confirm that the likes of Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes would be ruled out for Argentina should the national team play any friendly matches outside of Europe.

As we reported last week, CONMEBOL announced that the South American World Cup qualifiers for the month of March have been postponed. Lionel Scaloni’s team were set to play Uruguay and Brazil.

However, there have been reports that Argentina will play Ecuador in Argentina, with what is likely to be a team consisting of South American based players.

Mauro Icardi scores, gets injured in PSG 3-0 win vs. Lille

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Mauro Icardi scored for PSG but was also substituted out with an injury in their 3-0 win vs. Lille in the French Cup.

Icardi would score very early on in the match before being substituted out. A cross sent into the area was blocked by Lille goalkeeper Maignan but he was unable to hang on to it as Icardi would get to the loose ball and score to give PSG the 1-0 lead.

Mauricio Pochettino would substitute Icardi out after he had started limping. Angel Di Maria, who was substituted out of PSG’s last match due to a break in at his home, started the match along with Leandro Paredes and played the full 90 minutes.

Argentina 2021 Copa America matches confirmed

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Argentina’s matches for the Copa America have been confirmed as they will play Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia in the group stage.

With no Australia or Qatar at the 2021 Copa America, each team will only play four matches in the group. For Argentina, it is four extremely familiar Copa America opponents. Lionel Scaloni’s team start the tournament at the Monumental vs. Chile, a team they have played in the last three Copa America tournaments.

Only four days after their first match, Argentina play eternal rivals Uruguay on June 17 at the Kempes stadium. The last time these two teams played against each other at a Copa America was the 2015 edition. Three days after that, on June 17 it’s against Paraguay back at the Monumental stadium.

The team close out their group on June 27 vs. Bolivia, a team they recently beat 2-1 in the World Cup qualifiers.

This year’s Copa will have 10 teams divided into two groups with four teams advancing from each group. Here Argentina’s matches and kick off times (local time) for the 2021 Copa America:
June 13 vs. Chile at 6pm at Monumental
June 17 vs. Uruguay at 9pm at Kempes stadium
June 20 vs. Paraguay at 8pm at Monumental
June 27 vs. Bolivia at 6pm at Monumental

 

Argentine Champions League preview: Sergio Aguero, Manchester City host Monchengladbach

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Sergio Aguero and Manchester City host Borussia Monchengladbach as they look to make the next round of the Champions League.

Aguero is back starting for Pep Guardiola’s team and even scoring. The league leaders in England take a 2-0 advantage with them back to Manchester as they are in a great position to qualify for the quarter finals.

The other match on Tuesday involves Real Madrid and Atalanta who have Cristian Romero and Jose Palomino on their side. Madrid have a 1-0 advantage with the second match taking place in Madrid.

Joaquin Correa scored in the first match for Lazio as they lost 4-1 to Bayern. Last year’s Champions League winners host Lazio with three Argentine players in their team. While it will be very difficult, Joaquin Correa, Gonzalo Escalante and Mateo Musacchio will try to lead Lazio into the quarter finals.

Diego Simeone’s men are away to Chelsea as Atletico’s form hasn’t been the best lately. A 1-0 loss vs. Chelsea means they must score at Stamford Bridge and Angel Correa will want to help them in qualifying for the next round. Willy Caballero will very much be watching from the bench for Chelsea. Here are the matches for this week:

Manchester City (Sergio Aguero) vs. Borussia Monchengladbach

Real Madrid vs. Atalanta (Jose Palomino, Cristian Romero)

Wednesday:

Bayern Munich vs. Lazio (Joaquin Correa, Gonzalo Escalante, Mateo Musacchio)

Chelsea (Willy Caballero) vs. Atletico Madrid (Angel Correa)

Lionel Messi scores two long range goals for Barcelona in 4-1 win vs. Huesca

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Lionel Messi scored two goals from long range for Barcelona in their 4-1 win vs. Huesca.

Messi continued his long range efforts after scoring a marvelous strike vs. PSG, this time against Huesca as he helped Barcelona in their win. He would give Barcelona the 1-0 lead in the first half as his shot would strike the crossbar and go in for his 20th goal of the league season.

Barcelona would add one more with another great strike by Griezmann and Huesca would close the gap at 2-1 going into half time. Early in the second half, Lionel would get his seventh assist off a cross to Mingueza who would score.

The Argentine would make it to 21 goals in the league before the end of the match. A second long range goal, his third in a row, as he would score to make it 4-1 for Barcelona minutes before the end of the match. He has now scored 20 goals or more in 13 straight La Liga seasons.

He would also equal Xavi’s record of most matches ever for Barcelona at 767 matches.

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