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Lionel Messi scores twice, assists in FC Barcelona win vs. Alaves

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Lionel Messi scored twice and assisted in FC Barcelona’s 5-0 win vs. Alaves.

Messi assisted the first goal of the match, a little dink pass into Ansu Fati who would give Barcelona the 1-0 lead. The Barcelona captain would score the second, a lovely little dribble inside the penalty area to double their lead.

The Argentina man would also scored the last goal of the match, a cross sent in found Messi who would score from inside the penalty area. He is now the leading goal scorer and could win the Pichichi award as he is on 25 goals with Madrid’s Karim Benzema on 21 goals with the Frenchman having just one game left to play.

He also leads La Liga with 21 assists.

Former Argentina, Boca Juniors left back Silvio Marzolini passes away

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Former Argentina national team and Boca Juniors legend Silvio Marzolini has passed away at 79 years of age.

Regarded by many as the greatest left back Argentina has ever produced, Marzolini took part in two World Cup tournaments. The first being in 1962 and the second in 1966 in England where he was elected as the best left back of that tournament and part of the team of the tournament. From 1960-1969 he was part of the Argentina national team played 28 matches.

He made his league debut with Ferro Carril Oeste in 1959 where he played on year with the club. He went on to join Boca Juniors where he played with them from 1960-1972, winning 6 titles. As a coach, he won one title with Boca, in 1981, the Metropolitano.

Marzolini suffered a stroke last year in addition to being diagnosed with a tumor.

Rest in peace to a great man and an Argentina legend.

Marcelo Bielsa wins Premier League promotion with Leeds United

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Marcelo Bielsa has coached Leeds to a Premier League promotion, in addition to winning the Sky Bet Championship!

Congratulations to former Argentina national team coach Marcelo Bielsa on his incredible achievement with the club. This would be the first time Leeds United would be back in the Premier League in 16 years, having been relegated all those years ago and unable to return.

Huddersfield’s win against West Brom on Friday confirmed Leeds United’s return to the Premier League with two games remaining.

As manager, Bielsa has won Olympic gold with Argentina back in 2004, as well as three league titles in Argentina.

Nicolas Gonzalez set to leave Stuttgart as Inter, AC Milan, Atalanta show interest

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Nicolas Gonzalez looks set to leave Stuttgart with a few Serie A clubs reportedly interested in signing him.

Despite the club securing promotion into the Bundesliga, the Argentina man reportedly wants out of the club. Per a report by Kicker, four Serie A teams are keen on signing the striker. Inter, AC Milan, Atalanta and Sampdoria are the four clubs in the running.

Scoring 14 goals in the league this season and being capped by the Argentina national team, Gonzalez was signed by Stuttgart for €8.5 from Argentinos Juniors in 2018 and would look to get €20 million for him.

Lionel Messi scores free kick in Barcelona loss to Osasuna

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Lionel Messi scored another free kick for Barcelona as they lost 2-1 vs. Osasuna.

It’s not the season Messi and Barcelona were expecting. With Osasuna leading 1-0, Barcelona were awarded a free kick and it was Lionel Messi who was taking it. Messi’s shot went around the wall and in to draw Barcelona level.

Osasuna would go on to score a late winner as Barcelona would go on to lose the league title.

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