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Argentina coach Scaloni: “Pavon is a player we are following”

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni spoke about Cristian Pavon and his chances of being with the national team.

Cristian Pavon is no stranger to the Argentina team. He was part of the 2018 World Cup squad and even started a knockout game. However, since then, he has been in and out of the team.

Currently at LA Galaxy, Pavon is managed by Guillermo Barros Schelotto, who was his previous coach at Boca Juniors. Scaloni, who was also part of the 2018 World Cup coaching staff, is also familiar with Pavon.

Speaking to the media at a press conference before Argentina’s match vs. Chile, here’s what he had to say:

“We are following Pavon and hopefully we can have him in the future. He is a player we are following, he’s very interesting and has chatacteristics we don’t have. I wish him the best and hopefully he can be with us in the future.”

“The coach he has now knows him and could bring out his strengths to make him grow. He knows very well what he can give.”

Paulo Dybala, Lautaro Martinez, Gio Lo Celso confirmed to start for Argentina

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Paulo Dybala, Lautaro Martines and Gio Lo Celso are all confirmed to start for Argentina vs. Chile.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni announced his starting eleven which will play against Chile on Friday.  Here’s the eleven:

Marchesin; Montiel, Otamendi, Lucas Martinez Quarta, Tagliafico; De Paul, Paredes, Lo Celso; Dybala, Lautaro, Joaquin Correa

With goalkeeper Franco Armani not fully fit, Agustin Marchesin gets the start. In backline, it’s one we haven’t seen before with veteran Nicolas Otamendi leading the charge. Midfield is one which we saw at the Copa America while the attack is a dynamic one.

Argentina U23 team win 5-0 vs. Bolivia, Ezequiel Ponce scores 3 goals

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Argentina’s U23 team defeated Bolivia 5-0 with Ezequiel Ponce scoring a hattrick.

Fernando Batista’s team had their first of two friendly games for this month, this one againat Bolivia. Here was the starting eleven:

Ezequiel Centurion, Nehuen Perez, Claudio Bravo, Marcelo Herrera, Fausto Vera, Marcos Senesi, Fernando Valenzuela, Santiago Colombatto, Julian Carranza, Matias Vargas and Julian Alvarez.

It was Valenzuela who stole the ball and passed it to Julian Alvarez as his lovely strike gave Argentina the 1-0 lead.

Valenzuela would make it 2-0 after he received the ball on the edge of the penalty area, he cut inside and his curler of a shot went in.

Eduardo Vargas would play the ball in to Ezequiel Ponce for his first, Argentina’s third of the night. Ponce would go on to score two more to complete his hattrick.

Franco Armani trains alone, separate from Argentina team

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Argentina and River Plate goalkeeper Franco Armani trained separately away from the rest of the Argentina team.

The starting goalkeeper for Lionel Scaloni’s team, Franco Armani is reported to have a problem in his adductor. Scaloni will likely have to count on either Agustin Marchesin or Esteban Andrade for the friendly games against Chile and Mexico.

Franco Cervi of Benfica rejects Boca Juniors move, rumored to go to Mexico

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Franco Cervi rejected a move to Boca Juniors but is rumored to be joining a Mexican club.

Per several reports coming out of Argentina and Portugal, the Benfica man turned down the opportunity to join Boca Juniors. However, per a report by A Bola, Cervi could still leave Benfica but to go to a Mexican club.

The Mexican transfer market is still open and that could be where Cervi will be playing next. The report by A Bola does not mention a club but it is rumored that Cervi would accept to go play in the Mexican league.

 

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