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Argentina national team trains before Paraguay match in World Cup qualifier

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The Argentina national team trained for the first time in November for their World Cup qualifying match against Paraguay.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni had most of his players available on Monday and the team trained for the first time ahead of their match on Thursday. Scaloni was without Nicolás Tagliafico, Alejandro Garnacho, Lautaro Martínez, Nehuen Pérez, Valentín Castellanos and Nicolás Otamendi, who will be joining the team on Tuesday.

Scaloni’s team will play Paraguay in a World Cup qualifying match on Thursday and will play Peru on Tuesday.

Germán Pezzella out of Argentina team

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Germán Pezzella is out of the Argentina national team.

Pezzella will not be with the team for Argentina’s two World Cup qualifying matches. No reason has been given for Pezzella leaving the team.

The Argentina national team will play Paraguay on Thursday and will play Peru on Tuesday in South American World Cup qualifiers.

Argentina national team to train on Monday for World Cup qualifiers

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The Argentina national team will be training on Monday as they prepare for the World Cup qualifiers.

Argentina national team players are on their way to join the team and begin training for their match against Paraguay. According to Gastón Edul, Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will have about 20 players for Monday’s training.

Lionel Scaloni will have the entire team on Tuesday and will speak at a press conference on Wednesday before flying out the same day to Paraguay. Argentina will play Paraguay on Thursday.

Ángel Di María scores twice for Benfica in 4-1 win vs. FC Porto

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Ángel Di María scored twice for Benfica in their 4-1 win vs. FC Porto.

Di María had two goals for Benfica, making it three goals and two assists in his last six league matches. With the score at 1-1, Di María received the ball inside the penalty area and his finish beat the goalkeeper to give Benfica the 2-1 lead.

At 2-1, Nehuén Pérez scored an own goal to make it 3-1 for Benfica. They were later awarded a penalty and it was Di María who took it.

The Argentine stepped up and went to the goalkeeper’s left, scoring his second goal of the match.

Julián Álvarez scores for Atletico Madrid, Giuliano Simeone assists in 1-0 win vs. Mallorca

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Julián Álvarez scored for Atletico Madrid and Giuliano Simeone had the assist in their 1-0 win vs. Mallorca.

Álvarez made it seven goals for Atletico Madrid, scoring the only goal of the match in their 1-0 win. At 0-0, it was a corner kick for Mallorca but it was cleared by Oblak and the ball fell to Simeone.

The Argentine would receive the ball and he would get the better of Pablo Maffeo, passing to Álvarez and he would score to give Atletico Madrid the 1-0 lead.