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Fernando Gago named new Aldosivi manager

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Fernando Gago has been named the new coach of Aldosivi.

Gago will begin working with the club as of Thursday and will have Federico Insua as one of his assistants. Both are former Boca Juniors players and played with the Argentina national team. Still only 34 years old, Gago announced his retirement late last year following an injury riddle career. Hewas announced as the new club coach on Saturday.

This is Gago’s first managerial post after having played most of his career in Europe.

Nicolas Gonzalez scores for Stuttgart in 2-2 draw vs. Monchengladbach

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Nicolas Gonzalez scored for Stuttgart in their 2-2 draw vs. Borussia Monchengladbach.

Gonzalez scored his sixth goal of the season for Stuttgart to help earn them a draw. It was Monchengladbach who were leading 1-0 and a cross sent into the penalty area found the Argentine who would head the ball to draw Stuttgart level.

Still only 22 years old, Gonzalez has found himself in the Argentina team, starting and scoring.

PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino tests positive for COVID-19

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PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino has tested positive for COVID-19.

Pochettino will enter isolation as the club announced on Friday that he has tested positive. His assistants Jesus Perez and Miguel D’Agostino will be at the helm for PSG’s match vs. Angers on Saturday.

A speedy recovery to Pochettino.

Mauro Icardi scores for PSG in 2-1 Trophée des Champions win vs. Marseille

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Mauro Icardi scored for PSG in their 2-1 Trophée des Champions win vs. Marseille.

Icardi made it two goals in his last two matches for PSG as he, along with Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes and new coach Mauricio Pochettino lifted the trophy. One Argentine was going to lift the Trophée des Champions one way or another as Marseille also had Leonardo Balerdi and Dario Benedetto on the bench. It was the Argentine who opened the scoring as Icardi would give PSG the 1-0 lead with a finish from close range.

Maurio Pochettino won his first piece of silverware in his 12 year managerial career with the win. The former Espanyol, Southampton and Tottenham man was announced as new coach of PSG earlier this month. This is the fourth Trophée des Champions for Angel Di Maria, the second for Leandro Paredes and the first for Icardi himself.

Paulo Dybala to miss 15-20 days for Juventus due to injury

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Paulo Dybala is injured and will miss 15-20 days for Juventus.

Dybala, who had to be substituted out for Juventus during their 3-1 win vs. Sassuolo, has suffered “a low-grade lesion of the medial collateral ligament of the left knee.” This would mean that he would miss the rest of January. This per the official Juventus website:

“Meanwhile, Paulo Dybala underwent diagnostic tests at J|Medical this morning, which revealed a low-grade lesion of the medial collateral ligament of the left knee with a recovery time of approximately 15/20 days.”

This would mean that Dybala will miss four matches for Juventus, one of which would be against Inter on January 16 and the other on January 20 against Napoli in the Supercoppa.

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