Lionel Messi scored for Barcelona in their 4-1 win vs. Alaves.
Messi continues to do Lionel Messi things. With the score at 2-1 for Barcelona, Messi would receive the ball and he would drive forward. Surrounded by several Alaves players, the Barcelona captain would shoot from outside of the penalty area and score.
That goal means that Lionel Messi has now scored 50 or more goals in a calendar year for the 6th straight year, nine times in the last 10 years.
Argentina olympic coach Fernando Batista had his first training session with the team ahead of the tournament in January and it was Adolfo Gaich who was in attack.
Despite news and rumors that Adolfo Gaich would not be released by San Lorenzo for the tournament, Gaich ultimately joined the team and was part of the eleven players out in training. Nehuen Perez arrived to training late and was not part of the eleven while Lautaro Valenti and Matias Zaracho are uncertain to be released by their clubs.
Here was the eleven:
Cambeses; Herrera, Centurion, Medina, Bravo; Capaldo, Vera, Mac Allister; Alvarez, Gaich, Urzi
Paulo Dybala scored for Juventus in their 2-1 win vs. Sampdoria.
Dybala gave Juventus the 1-0 lead through a well struck volley. A cross was sent in which found the Argentina man who hit the ball first time for one of the best goals in a Juventus shirt.
Argentina’s fixture list for the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers has been announced and a double header vs. Uruguay and Brazil is in the list.
The qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup begins in March 2020 against Ecuador and ends in November 2021 in Ecuador as well. Here’s the fixture list:
Ecuador, home: March 2020
Bolivia, away: March 2020
Paraguay, home: September 2020
Peru, away: September 2020
Uruguay, home: October 2020
Brazil, away: October 2020
Chile, home: November 2020
Colombia, away: November 2020
Bolivia, home: March 2021
Paraguay, away: June 2021
Peru, home: June 2021
Uruguay, away: September 2021
Brazil, home: September 2021
Chile, away: October 2021
Colombia, home: October 2021
Venezuela, home: November 2021
Ecuador, away: November 2021
