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Lautaro Martinez scores twice for Inter in 3-0 win vs. AC Milan

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Lautaro Martinez scored twice for Inter in their 3-0 win vs. AC Milan.

Martinez managed goals number 12 and 13 for himself in the season as Inter extend their position as league leaders with four points ahead of second place Milan. Lautaro would give Inter the 1-0 lead following great work by Lukaku as he would cross the ball into the penalty area and Lautaro would score with a header.

The Argentine would make it 2-0 to Inter with a poacher like finish. A ball into the penalty area would find the 23 year old who would score from close range to double Inter’s lead. After having gone goalless in four matches, he now has four goals in his last four league matches.

Jorge Sampaoli agrees to become new coach of Olympique Marseille

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Jorge Samapoli has reportedly reached an agreement and is the new coach of Olympique Marseille.

Sampaoli has been linked with the Marseille coaching position for several weeks and per reports, he has agreed on everything. According to Veronica Brunati, there is an agreement between both sides and he will be signing the contract to become the Marseille coach until the 2023 season. He will reportedly fly to France on February 26 from Brazil.

Prior to coaching in Brazil, Sampaoli won the 2015 Copa America with Chile, defeating Argentina in the final. He would later infamously coach Argentina at the 2018 World Cup where the team struggled under him at the helm. Following his resignation from the Argentina national team, the 60 year old would take over Santos where he would leave the club trophyless. He’d join Atletico Mineiro where he won the 2020 Campeonato Mineiro with them.

The Argentine, currently coaching Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro, would have Leonardo Balerdi as well as Dario Benedetto to manage with Marseille. Sampaoli gave Benedetto his first Argentine call-up back in 2017 during the World Cup qualifiers.

Lionel Messi scores for FC Barcelona, breaks and extends two records

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Lionel Messi scored for FC Barcelona in their 1-1 draw vs. Cadiz.

Messi scored the only goal of the game for the hosts as Barcelona were awarded a penalty. Up stepped the Argentine who scored goal number 16 of the league season for him. He also broke two records during this match.

With his appearance and goal for Barcelona vs. Cadiz, he has surpassed fellow legend Xavi as the Barcelona player with the most league appearances. The captain now has 506 appearances in the league.

Another record which Messi has broken or extended as he held the previous record is he has now scored against 38 different teams in the league.

For Cadiz, it was Argentine Jeremias Ledesma as their goalkeeper. The 28 year old is presently on loan from Rosario Central.

Argentina World Cup qualifying match dates vs. Uruguay, Brazil in March

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Argentina are currently in second spot in the South American World Cup qualifiers as they play two eternal rivals in March.

Lionel Messi will lead his Argentina team against Uruguay and Brazil in March as the two time World champions will look to maintain a high place in the standings. The dates and hours for Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers have been confirmed.

The first match for Argentina will be at the Estadio Único de Santiago del Estero Friday, March 26 at 9:00pm local time vs. Uruguay. Lionel Scaloni’s team will then travel away to Recife where they will play on Tuesday, March 30 at 9:30pm local time vs. Brazil.

Argentina World Cup winner Oscar Ruggeri: “Lionel Messi has to leave Barcelona”

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Argentina World Cup winner Oscar Ruggeri: “Messi has to leave Barcelona”

Argentina World Cup winner Oscar Ruggeri has stated that he thinks Lionel Messi should leave Barcelona in the summer.

Oscar Ruggeri knows La Liga well as the former defender spent one year representing Real Madrid, winning the league title before reaching the 1990 World Cup final with Argentina. But speaking in an interview with ESPN, the two time Copa America winner had this to say:

“Messi has to leave the club. He is still the best, but all the teams have lost respect for Barcelona. It’s over, he has to go, they did a lot of things to him and we have come to this. They kicked out [Luis Suarez], and forgot he’s [his] friend, [part of] the family. Suarez is a scorer. You can’t kick him out. Not many players are at Suarez’s level nowadays.

“Now Messi wants to come to Argentina, before it was the other way around. Now he would shoot [someone] to come to the national team, before he escaped from it. He’s lost respect for Barcelona.”

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