Dario BENEDETTO scored for Marseille in their 2-1 win vs. OGC Nice.
The former Boca Juniors man got his first goal for his new club, scoring against fellow Argentine goalkeeper Walter BENITEZ. BENEDETTO received the ball at rhe edge of the penalty area as his bouncing shot beat BENITEZ.
On this day in 2004, Marcelo BIELSA’s Argentina team won gold at the Athens Summer Olympic Games, winning the final 1-0 vs. Paraguay.
It was a star studded Argentina team which was sent out by coach BIELSA. Star man Carlos TEVEZ scored 8 goals in the tournament on the road to the final. Argentina’s squad consisted of the following players:
Roberto AYALA Nicolas BURDISSO Willy CABALLERO Fabricio COLOCCINI Cesar DELGADO Andres D’ALESSANDRO Leandro FERNANDEZ Luciano FIGUEROA Cristian Kily GONZALEZ Luis Lucho GONZALEZ Mariano GONZALEZ Gabriel HEINZE German LUX Javier MASCHERANO Nicolas MEDINA Clemente RODRIGUEZ Mauro ROSALES Javier SAVIOLA Carlos TEVEZ
All of the 19 players would go on to represent Argentina at senior level, with 12 of them ultimately taking part in at least one World Cup.
Argentina’s opening match was a 6-0 win against Serbia and Montenegro, a score line which they would repeat two years later in Germany at the World Cup. Cesar DELGADO, Cristian GONZALEZ, Carlos TEVEZ (two goals), Gabriel HEINZE and Mauro ROSALES would score in that match.
The second match would come against Tunisia with a modest 2-0 win, Carlos TEVEZ once more on the score sheet with Javier SAVIOLA also scoring.
Andres D’ALESSANDRO would go on to score his first goal of the tournament in the final group stage match in a 1-0 win vs. Australia.
In the quarter finals, a Carlos TEVZ hattrick and Cesar DELGADO’s second goal of the tournament were enough for a victory against Costa Rica.
Carlos TEVEZ continued to make the tournament his own, scoring a lovely goal against Italy while Luis GONZALEZ and Mauro ROSALES added one each in a 3-0 win.
Paraguay were the opponents in the final and once more Carlos TEVEZ would prove to be the hero. Scoring the lone goal in a 1-0 win as Argentina would get their first gold medal at the Summer Olympics in football.
Carlos Tevez was La Albiceleste's Athens hero, grabbing their winner in the final – one of 8⃣ goals he scored en route to finishing as the tournament's top scorer 👏pic.twitter.com/yQSyMRrm21
Pity MARTINEZ scored for Atlanta United in their 2-1 win against Minnesota United.
Atlanta United took an early lead through an own goal in the U.S Open Cup final. Pity MARTINEZ would double their lead. Justin MERAM cut into the penalty area and passed it to MARTINEZ as the former River Plate man hit the ball with his left foot into the roof of the net.
Another former River Plate man, Leandro GONZALEZ PIREZ made news during the match but for a red card as he received a second yellow.
Paulo DYBALA is still being linked with a move away from Juventus with PSG being the primary candidates in signing him.
It’s been the talk of the summer for both Paulo DYBALA and NEYMAR. It is no secret that the club from Turin is looking to offload Paulo DYBALA with him being at one point close to joining Manchester United. However, that deal fell through and DYBALA remains a Juventus player. For now.
Per several reports in Italy and France, PSG are looking to sign the Argentine but that would depend on NEYMAR’s potential move to FC Barcelona. Per the reports, should NEYMAR sign with the Catalan club, that would open the door for PSG to sign DYBALA from Juventus.
Mauro ICARDI’s future with Inter appears to be up in the air as both sides cannot reach an agreement.
ICARDI’s future at the club took a huge turn after being stripped from the captaincy and being left out of matches and squads last season. ICARDI’s wife, who happens to be his agent, has stated that he has turned down a lot of money and a lot of offers from different clubs in order to stay with Inter.
However, the club executives don’t feel the same way. Speaking with DAZN, Inter director Giuseppe MAROTTA had this to say:
“For us it is a bit of annoyance, both for the timing and for the way [she spoke]. I absolutely deny that any Inter manager, and in particular [chairman] Steven Zhang, has invited Icardi to stay. We have dictated a precise strategy and communicated it at the right time. We will go on until the end and nobody from Inter can distort this common line.”
AS are reporting that Juventus, Napoli and Monaco are interested in signing the Argentine.
