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Lucas Martinez Quarta named Fiorentina player of the month

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Lucas Martinez Quarta was named as the Fiorentina player of the month.

Quarta, who is still in his debut season at the club, won the award for the month of February. Only 24 years old, the defender has one goal, three yellow cards and one red card this sesaon in the league.

He took part in four league matches in February, playing in a three man back line along with fellow Argentine German Pezzella. In total, he played 389 minutes, covered 44.62km with 31,51km/h of maximum speed.

With the Argentina national team, he has taken part in all four of the World Cup qualifying matches.

Congratulations to Lucas Martinez Quarta on being named the Fiorentina player of the month for February!

Argentina to play friendly match vs. Ecuador this month

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Argentina will reportedly play a friendly match vs. Ecuador later this month.

With the South American World Cup qualifiers cancelled for the month of March because of COVID travel restrictions, it appears as if Lionel Scaloni’s team will still play a match vs. a South American nation. Per a report by Ole, Argentina will play on March 25 or March 26 at Santiago del Estero vs. Ecuador.

In addition, Diario AS are reporting that Barcelona are aware that the AFA are organizing the friendly match and regarding Lionel Messi, the Argentine’s decision at the moment is not known.

Lisandro Martinez, Adolfo Gaich named to Argentina U23 squad for this month

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Argentina U23 national team coach Fernando Batista has named his squad for this month’s two friendly matches vs. Japan.

The likes of Adolfo Gaich, Ezequiel Ponce and Matias Vargas all made the team despite some notable names missing. Several of the players named for the matches helped the team qualify for the 2020 Olympic games and won gold at the Pan American games. Alexia Mac Allister, who played an important part in qualifying for the Olympics makes the list but it would not be impossible that he misses out due to the current COVID travel restrictions.

Of the 21 players in the team, seven of them have played for the senior Argentina national team. Those seven being Alexis Mac Allsiter, Nehuen Perez, Leonardo Balerdi, Lisandro Martinez, Santiago Ascacibar, Matias Zaracho and Adolfo Gaich.

Fernando Batista’s Argentina team will play Japan, the hosts of the 2021 Olympics twice this month. The first being on Friday, March 26 with the second being on Monday, March 29 just a few days after their first match. Here’s the squad for the two matches:

Jeremias Ledesma
Joaquin Blazquez
Hernan De La Fuente
Kevin Mac Allister
Nehuen Perez
Leonardo Balerdi
Lisandro Martinez
Nazareno Colombo
Milton Valenzuela
Alexandro Bernabei
Santiago Ascacibar
Santiago Colombatto
Matias Zaracho
Lucas Gonzalez
Valentin Castellanos
Fernando Valenzuela
Juan Brunetta
Agustin Urzi
Matias Vargas
Ezequiel Ponce
Adolfo Gaich

Lionel Messi scores incredible goal for FC Barcelona in 1-1 draw vs. PSG

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Lionel Messi scored one of the best strikes of his career for FC Barcelona in their 1-1 draw vs. PSG.

Messi showed that he can still strike the ball as well as anyone in the world as he netted scored his 25th goal of the season, leaving him six behind his tally of last season. PSG took a commanding 4-1 lead going into the second match in Paris and took a 1-0 lead in the match.

Despite Barcelona actually having most of the chances and being unlucky to fall behind, they needed a miracle for a comeback. And a miracle they could have gotten. Messi would receive the ball well outside of the penalty area and a thunderous left footed shot beat goalkeeper Navas to draw Barcelona level.

He could have made it 2-1 going into half time as Koeman’s team were awarded a penalty kick. Up stepped Messi who had his penalty saved. Yet despite the miss, Messi had a great game.

Leandro Paredes and Mauro Icardi both started for Mauricio Pochettino’s men while Angel Di Maria was brought on as a substitute.

Argentine Champions League preview: Angel Di Maria and PSG host Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona

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Four matches in this week’s Champions League, three of them involving Argentine players.

Paulo Dybala is still out injured and will not play as Juventus host FC Porto. However, for FC Porto, they will have Agustin Marchesin in goal as they take a 2-1 lead to Turin. What is guaranteed in this match is that one Argentine will be eliminated while the other will be continuing to the quarter finals with their team.

The second match on Tuesday is that of Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla. For the Spanish club, all three Argentine players will be available for them. After losing 3-2 in Sevilla, Lucas Ocampos, Marcos Acuna and Alejandro Papu Gomez will look to turn it around and get the win in Germany. No Argentine representatives for Dortmund which means there is a possibility that not one Argentine player makes it to the quarter finals from this draw.

The big Argentine clash on Wednesday will be to Mauricio Pochettino’s advantage. His PSG team have a 4-1 lead and receive a boost with Angel Di Maria back in the squad. He, along with Leandro Paredes and Mauro Icardi are heavy favorites to make it to the quarter finals as Lionel Messi will hope for another memorable come back.

The fourth and final advantage is that of Liverpool and RB Leipzig, but no Argentine players on either team.

Here are the matches for this week:

Tuesday:

Juventus (Paulo Dybala) vs. FC Porto (Agustín Marchesín)

Borussia Dortmund vs. Sevilla (Alejandro Papu Gomez. Lucas Ocampos and Marcos Acuña)

Wednesday:

PSG (Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi and Angel Di Maria, Mauricio Pochettino coach) vs. FC Barcelona (Lionel Messi)

Liverpool vs. RB Leipzig

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