Giovanni Simeone scored for Cagliari in their 2-1 loss vs. Verona.
Simeone marked his Serie A return with a goal, despite being on the losing end. Verona took a 2-0 lead courtesy of a Samuel Di Carmine double but it was the Argentine who pulled one back for Cagliari.
A left footed strike by Simeone from inside the penalty area as he scored his seventh goal of the year right before half time.
Sebastian Driussi scored for Zenit in their 4-0 win vs. CSKA.
In the Russian league, former Argentina youth player Sebastian Driussi scored the fourth goal of the match for Zenit. Leading 3-0, Zenit were awarded a penalty kick and it was Sebastian Driussi who would score.
Emiliano Rigoni would also come on as a substitute.
Emiliano Buendia spoke about wanting to play with the Argentina national team.
Buendia, currently a regular im the Norwich starting eleven, has impressed during the season and many have been wanting to see him called to the Argentina national team. He has already represented Argentina at youth level and speaking with AS, here’s what he had to say:
“I see it as a real option. It’s a dream talking about it. I was lucky to wear the shirt at the U20 World Cup (in New Zealand in 2015) and the truth is that thinking about doing the same thing with the senior team makes me anxious. It’s what I work for every day.”
Still only 23 years old, Buendia has played for Getafe but is optimistic about his time with Norwich.
“I have to do things well with my club and after that I’ll have the opportunity. Hopefully things go well for me in order to be called up sooner rather than later.
“One always aspires to reach the highest level, at the best teams in the world and in terms of international, to play with the national team.”
Juan Foyth has suffered an injury to his right knee and will miss Tottenham’s match against Manchester United.
Foyth will not only miss the game against Manchester United and it’s possible that he requires surgery. Per a report by TNT Sports, Foyth’s injury is an external meniscus tear of his right knee.
The Argentina man has been heavily linked with a move to Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United. A versatile central defender, Foyth has also played right back for the Argentina team. Should he be out for an extended period of time, this could complicate his potential move to Leeds.
Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat trick for Argentina on this day in their 4-1 win vs. South Korea at the World Cup.
It was Argentina’s second match in Group B and just like the opening win vs. Nigeria, the two time world champions got off to an early lead. Diego Maradona’s team were awarded a free kick and it was Lionel Messi who took it and the number 10’s cross into the penalty area landed onto Park Chu-Young as the South Korean deflected it into his own net.
Higuain would score his first ever goal at the World Cup before half time. Maxi Rodriguez would send a cross in which was flicked back by Nicolas Burdisso. The ball landed onto Higuain who would score from close range.
Martin Demichelis would make a mistake at the back and Lee Chung-Yong would take advantage to pull one back for the South Koreans before half time.
Lionel Messi would be the architect of the third goal. A lovely run from midfield as he’d play a pass to Aguero who would play it back to Messi but his shot would hit the post and land onto the feet of Higuain who would score a tap in.
The fourth goal was a lovely counter attack. Lionel Messi took a quick free kick and passed it onto Aguero. The then Atletico Madrid man ran towards the South Korean back line and the ball would eventually find Lionel who, while surrounded by several red shirts, would dink it over them onto Aguero. A flick cross into the penalty area reached Higuain who would head it into the back of the net for his third.
That third goal for Higuain was the first hat trick scored by an Argentina player at a World Cup since Gabriel Batistuta did it against Jamaica at the 1998 World Cup.
Here was the starting eleven for that match:
Sergio Romero, Gabriel Heinze, Walter Samuel, Martin Demichelis, Jonas Gutierrez, Angel Di Maria, Javier Mascherano, Maxi Rodriguez, Carlos Tevez, Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain
Nicolas Burdisso would come on for Walter Samuel, Sergio Aguero for Carlos Tevez and Mario Bolatti for Gonzalo Higuain.
