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Giovani Lo Celso signs until 2025 with Tottenham

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Giovani Lo Celso has signed a deal with Tottenham, keeping him at the club until 2025.

On loan from Real Betis, Tottenham have announced that they have exercised their option to sign Lo Celso. The 23 year old midfielder has received high praise from coach Jose Mourinho in the past as well as team mates.

Alexis Mac Allister scores as Argentina win vs. Ecuador in Olympic qualifier

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Alexis Mac Allister scored for the Argentina U23 team in their 1-0 win vs. Ecuador in the Olympic qualifiers.

It’s two goals in two matches for Mac Allister and a second assist of the tournament for Adolfo Gaich. Argentina once more took an early lead as Mac Allister received the ball, passed it to Gaich, made a run where Gaich would return the pass and Alexis would score to give Argentina the lead.

Goalscorer from the second game Nehuen Perez would make a goal line clearance in the second half. With goalkeeper Facundo Cambese beaten, John Sanchez of Ecuador would attempt a shot but Nehuen Perez would stop it with his head.

Argentina starting eleven vs. Ecuador in Olympic qualifiers, Gaich, Mac Allister

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Argentina will look to make it three wins out of three in their quest to qualify for the Olympics.

Fernando Batista’s team have Alexis Mac Allister back in the starting eleven vs. Ecuador after sitting out the 2-0 win vs. Chile due to suspension. Here’s the starting eleven:

Facundo Cambeses
Hernan De La Fuente
Nehuen Perez
Facundo Medina
Claudio Bravo
Nicolas Capaldo
Fausto Vera
Matias Zaracho
Alexis Mac Allister
Julian Alvarez
Adolfo Gaich

Nicolas Capaldo comments on Argentina U20 team following win in Olympic qualifiers

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Nicolas Capaldo commented on his team’s 2-0 win vs. Chile in the Olympic qualifiers.

Capaldo who opened the scoring for Fernando Batista’s team spoke about their two wins vs. Colombia and Chile gave his thoughts on the win. Speaking after the victory, here’s what he had to say:

“It was a difficult match, they got to our goal many times but luckily we were able to get a goal at the start of the game. Personally speaking, it’s very good but the important thing is that the team wins.

“We are a difficult team and if we keep running like this in every match, we will be very difficult to beat.” 

Chimy Avila of Osasuna out injured, will miss the rest of the season

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After having a stellar start to the season, Ezequiel Chimy Avila is out for the rest of the campaign.

Chimy Avila has been one of the standout stars in La Liga scoring 9 goals and providing two assists with Osasuna. He is fourth in the league behind only Lionel Messi, Karim Benzema and Luis Suarez. However, that tally will end at nine goals.

Avila suffered a cruciate ligament injury to his right knee in Osasuna’s 2-0 win vs. Levante. Per a report by Marca, Avila will miss the rest of the season.

There were rumors that Barcelona were interested in signing the Argentine striker to replace the injured Luis Suarez who will also miss the rest of the season.