The draw for the South American 2022 World Cup qualifiers will take place in December.
It was announced earlier that the draw for the 2022 South American World Cup qualifiers would take place on 17 December. Argentina will find out who they will be playing and in which order when the draw takes place.
Mauricio Pochettino is no longer the coach of Tottenham.
The club released a statement on Tuesday announcing the firing of Pochettino. Tottenham have not had the best start to the season but did manage to reach the Champions League final last season.
Pochettino joined the club back in 2014, managing them for five years.
Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero both scored for Argentina in their 2-2 draw vs. Uruguay.
Messi had a goal and an assist, his second goal in two matches for Argentina. It was Uruguay who took a 1-0 lead but Sergio Aguero would draw level. Argentina were awarded a free kick and Messi delivered a ball into the area which found Aguero’s head who scored.
Argentina would trail once more after Uruguay would score. Messi would leave it late as they were awarded a penalty kick. Up stepped Messi who would score.
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi's equalising penalty against @Uruguay was his 70th goal for @Argentina
— #U17WC 🇧🇷⚽️ (@FIFAcom) November 18, 2019
😲 Only one South American player has scored more international goals: @Pele (77) pic.twitter.com/vZzeUrvIKU
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has confirmed that both Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero will play vs. Uruguay on Monday.
The team have made the flight from Saudi Arabia over to Israel for their friendly game vs. Uruguay on Monday. Lionel Scaloni has given a press conference where he spoke about the team, the players and more. Here’s what he had to say:
“We still haven’t confirmed the team, we will wait a bit more. We’ll wait a little more. I want to put out a fresh team, that’s fully fit and that’s why we will wait until tomorrow.
“Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero will play tomorrow. I won’t confirm anything more, it’s barely been 48 hours since we played Brazil. I would like to see a few of the players which didn’t play against Brazil. Since it’s the last friendly game before the World Cup qualifiers, I believe we could give the chance to a few more players.”
Regarding the team:
“The balance is positive. We tried to bring in new players to the Argentina national team. I think we have formed a good base with players who have worn the shirt. we hope to be able to have a good match tomorrow.
“When the opponents are stronger, it’s better. The important thing is to play against big national teams. We are satisfied with the teams we’ve gotten in these friendly games.”
About their opponents:
“Uruguay is one of the best national teams in the world. They have a mix of youth and experienced players. I’m an admirer of Uruguayan football. I admire their coach and the path for us to continue is a bit like the one they started years ago. It’s the way to try and get something beautiful out of the Argentina national team.”
Argentina won 1-0 vs. Brazil in their final match at the U23 tournament.
Fernando Batista’s team won their last match against the eternal rivals. The winner was scored by Nicolas Capaldo.
#Sub23 🏆 Final cuadrangular "United"
— Selección Argentina 🇦🇷 (@Argentina) November 17, 2019
📽 Así fue el gol de Nicolás Capaldo para poner en ventaja a la Selección Nacional
⚽️ @Argentina 🇦🇷 1 – #Brasil 🇧🇷 0pic.twitter.com/oAtpJYbMVl
The team will take part in the Olympic qualifiers in January and February where they will attempt to qualify for the 2020 summer games.
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