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Adolfo Gaich comments on his future with the Argentina national team

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Adolfo Gaich is the latest Argentine striker to make the jump to Europe as his deal with CSKA Moscow is all but official and the 21 year old is confident he will still be called to the Argentina national team.

Despite many big name strikers being called to the Argentina national team, Gaich has already been capped once. A star for the U20 team at the World Cup, he made his senior national team debut at the end of last year. Despite not joining one of the top 5 European leagues, Gaich is confidence he’ll still be in the Argentina national team radar. Speaking in an interview with TyC Sports, here’s what he had to say:

“I never thought I’d be far from the Argentina national team. I know it’s a great opportunity to gain experience in European football and I know that I will continue to be called to the national team.

“I always try to enjoy every match, every training camp, these are things that make you very happy.

“I’ve been in contact with the coaching staff. That doesn’t confirm me anything but I trust in myself and I know that I could be at a good level.”

Gaich also spoke about his time with San Lorenzo:

“There were times where I had more desire to play and it didn’t happen. Where I didn’t get an opportunity. There were times where I had that confidence and I was able to show it on the pitch, which were during my last few months.

“Those are things I carry deep in my heart because they were beautiful moments which I lived, scoring goals and that’s what I’ll keep with me from all of this.”

Leonardo Balerdi joins Olympique de Marseille from Borussia Dortmund

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Argentina defender Leonardo Balerdi has officially joined Olympique de Marseille on a one year deal.

As we reported yesterday, an agreement has been reached between Marseille and Borussia Dortmund over the former Boca Juniors man. Olympique de Marseille made it official earlier when they announced that he has joined the club on loan for one year with an option to buy.

Balerdi, who is 21 years old, has already been capped by the Argentina national team.

Leonardo Balerdi agrees to join Olympique Marseille from Borussia Dortmund

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Leonardo Balerdi is set to be joining Olympique Marseille on loan from Borussia Dortmund.

The 21 year old Argentina defender hasn’t been able to crack the Dortmund team and looks set to leave Germany. Per a report by TyC Sports, an agreement has been reached between both clubs. Olympique Marseille want the player and it would be on a 1 year loan deal with an option to purchase for around €15 million.

He would join up with former Boca team mate Dario Benedetto at the club.

South American World Cup Qualifiers could be played in Europe this year

The South American World Cup Qualifiers for Qatar 2022 could be played in Europe this year.

With the global pandemic happening, the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers were supposed to have already been under way with the original set of fixtures starting in March. However, that has since been delayed and the qualifiers are yet to start.

Per a report by El Pais in Uruguay, there are rumors that the South American World Cup Qualifiers could instead be played in Europe. The South American players would have to be isolated for 7 days when arriving to South America and another 7 days when they would return to Europe which would make it difficult for the club season.

Should the qualifiers be moved to Europe, they would be starting this year. Also per the report, except for Bolivia, the remaining players of the remaining South American nations are mostly based in Europe.

The report also takes into account the 2018 Copa Libertadores final which was played in Madrid and was seen as a success.

Lionel Messi wins Pichichi award with Barcelona, beats previous record

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With his 25 goals this season in La Liga, Lionel Messi has won the Pichichi trophy for the most goals in the league, beating the previous record.

Lionel Messi continues to win awards. At the age 33, there’s no individual award the Argentine hasn’t won. Finishing the season with a league high 21 assists wasn’t enough for Messi.

Following his two goal performance for Barcelona on Saturday, that tally brought him up to 25 goals and with no games remaining in the league, Messi finished as the leading scorer for a record 7th time.

Messi has now won the award for a 4th time in a row and has surpassed Telmo Zarra as the player with the most Pichichi awards in history.

Congratulations to Lionel Messi on winning the award!