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Adolfo Gaich’s agent wants player at Inter, Juventus, Milan or Roma

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Adolfo Gaich, currently with Benevento, scored on the weekend to give his club the 1-0 win vs. Juventus and his agent would like to eventually see him at a bigger club.

Gaich, still only 21 years old, has scored twice for Benevento this season and speaking with FCInterNews.it, his agent Pablo Caro was asked about Gaich’s future. Here’s what he had to say (credit to SempreInter for the translated quotes):

“Let’s hope he can have an extraordinary future in Serie A, like Gabriel Batistuta at Fiorentina or Hernan Crespo at Parma and Inter. We hope we can have a similar opportunity, Adolfo is working every day to improve himself and to try and FULFILL this kind of dream.

“Let’s see what happens, hoping he has a good chance to one day join a team like Inter, AC Milan, Juventus, Roma… Adolfo had interest in January from some of those clubs, as well as a few informative phone calls, but it never became anything serious. Obviously that interest was pleasing all the same, although today we’re more than happy at Benevento.”

Regarding his goal vs. Juventus, Caro stated the following:

“Gaich knows that was an important goal he scored. Caro admitted. We know what Juventus mean within Italian football and that having scored against the Bianconeri is something that will remain (in history).”

Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala, Rodrigo de Paul in new Argentina home shirt

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Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala and Rodrigo de Paul wore the three Argentine male players used by Adidas in their campaign to unveil the official Argentina national team shirt for the 2021 Copa America.

While it had been leaked for several months, Adidas officially revealed the new shirt on Monday. The home kit will be used for the 2021 Copa America as well as the World Cup qualifiers.

It’s the traditional sky blue and white vertical stripes on the shirt but with a sort of camouflage look on the blue. In addition to the shirt, it will be black shorts and blue stripes on the side, per visible in Rodrigo de Paul’s image. The away shirt is expected to remain the same.

Lionel Messi scores twice for FC Barcelona in 6-1 win vs. Real Sociedad, breaks record

Lionel Messi scored twie for FC Barcelona in their 6-1 win vs. Real Sociedad while also breaking a record.

Messi would score one and play provider for another goal. With Barcelona leading 1-0, Messi would play a pass into Dest as the right back would score to give Barcelona the 2-0 advantage.

The Argentine would get his name on the score sheet with a great goal himself. A cross over everyone by Busquets found Messi who would score to make it 4-0 for Barcelona.

Real Sociedad would get a goal back but Messi would make it 6-1, his second of the match. A great team goal, Jordi Alba would pull one back to Messi and he would score.

With his appearance for Barcelona, Messi would also become Barcelona’s all time appearance leader. Messi has now played a record 768 matches for Barcelona.

Adolfo Gaich scores for Benevento in 1-0 win vs. Juventus

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Adolfo Gaich scored for Benevento in their 1-0 win vs. Juventus.

Gaich scored his second goal of the season for Benevento, a crucial one against current champions Juventus. The Argentine intercepted a pass out from the Juventus back line, controlled the ball and struck it with his right foot to give Benevento the 1-0 lead. That win also keeps Benevento away from the relegation zone as they are in 16th place, seven points from relegation.

Still only 22 years old, Gaich has now scored two goals in five matches for his new club.

Champions League Quarter Finals draw, six Argentine players remain

Six Argentine players remain in the Champions League as the draw for the quarter finals took place.

We are down to the final eight teams in Europes grandest club competition and in those eight teams we have six Argentine players and one coach left. Sergio Aguero and Manchester City will want to make the semi finals as they get closer to a first ever Champions League final birth. Aguero host Borussia Dortmund in their first match on April 6 in Manchester.

A repeat of last year’s final is in the books as current Champions League holders Bayern host PSG in the first leg. One main difference for PSG this season is that they have Mauricio Pochettino at the helm to go with their three Argentine representatives. Angel Di Maria, who is the only Argentine remaining in the competition to have ever won the Champions League, along with Leandro Paredes and Mauro Icardi will look to get revenge for last year’s final. That first match is on April 7 in Germany.

In a battle of the two goalkeepers, it’s FC Porto’s starting goalkeeper Agustin Marchesin against Chelsea. Marchesin was one of the hero’s for Porto when they eliminated Juventus in the last round. While veteran goalkeeper Willy Caballero will not be starting for Chelsea, he will no doubt be supporting his team as they look for their second Champions League trophy in the last 10 years. That one will also be played on the same day as Bayern and PSG.

The third Champions League match involves Real Madrid and Liverpool, both without any Argentine players.