Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni is expected to announce his preliminary list of 50 players for the Copa America in a few hours.
With the tournament beginning in June, reports are emerging out of South America that Scaloni will announce his initial list of 50 today. That list will eventually drop to a final 23 when the tournament begins in June.
Joaquin Correa scored twice for Lazio in their 3-0 win vs. AC Milan.
Correa helped propel Lazio to the three points as they edge closer to a European spot. It was fifth in the place Milan away to sixth place Lazio and it was the home team who managed their 10th consecutive home win.
While Milan came close to taking an early lead, it was Correa who managed the first goal of the match. A lovely ball into the 26 year old as Correa dribble around Donnarumma and opened the scoring just two minutes into the match.
The Argentine would score his second and double Lazio’s lead early in the second half. Another ball found Correa as he evaded the challenge and his shot beat the goalkeeper.
With those two goals, Correa is now on 6 for the league season as that was his first double of the season.
Lucas Ocampos scored for Sevilla in their 2-1 win vs. Granada.
A goal made in Argentina, it was Alejandro Papu Gomez combining with Ocampos for Sevilla’s second of the match. The fight for the league title race is truly coming down to the wire. A win would see Sevilla remain in fourth place but only three points away from first place Atletico Madrid.
With Sevilla leading 1-0, Alejandro Papu Gomez played a ball into the penalty area which found Ocampos who scored to double Sevilla’s lead. It was goal number five of the league season for Ocampos and his first since January.
Lisandro Magallan scored for Crotone in their 4-3 win vs. Parma.
Magallan managed his first goal of the season for Crotone and it was an important one. With Crotone last in the standings and all but officially relegated, they were up against 19th place Parma.
Crotone were awarded a corner kick and it was the Argentine who leaped up and scored the header to give his team the 1-0 lead.
Still only 27 years of age, the center back joined Crotone on loan from Ajax at the start of the season. He has yet to represent Argentina at the senior level.
Argentina will play two World Cup qualifying matches in June before the start of the Copa America.
It was announced earlier today that two rounds of South American World Cup qualifiers will be played in June. With the pandemic postponing the World Cup qualifying matches in March, CONMEBOL had not stated when the qualifiers would be played.
Originally, Lionel Scaloni’s team were set to play Uruguay and Brazil in the two biggest clashes in South America in March but that has been delayed until the end of the year. Argentina’s matches in June will not be against their eternal rivals but instead they will face Chile and Colombia. Scaloni’s squad will play those two teams before starting their Copa America campaign. Here are the dates and matches for Argentina in June’s World Cup qualifiers:
June 3 vs. Chile at home, World Cup qualifier
June 8 vs. Colombia away, World Cup qualifier
June 13 vs. Chile, Copa America
It’s going to be three matches in 10 days for Argentina, two of those matches against Chile as they start the Copa America.
Here is the calendar for the rest of the World Cup qualifiers this year:
September:
Versus Venezuela away, Brazil away, Bolivia at home
October: Paraguay away, Uruguay at home, Peru at home
November: Uruguay away, Brazil at home
