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Lionel Messi scores twice for Barcelona, leads Pichichi race

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Lionel Messi scored twice for FC Barcelona in their 3-0 win vs. Elche as he leads the Pichichi race.

Messi is the league’s top scorer this season after having scored Barcelona’s opening two goals. With the first half finishing 0-0, Messi gave Barcelona the 1-0 lead through a lovely goal. He would receive the ball and dribble passed a few Elche players before playing a one-two with Braithwaite who would back heel it to Messi as he woukd drag the ball forward and score.

The Argentine wasn’t done just yet. De Jong would make a great run towards the Elche back line as he would pass the ball to Messi. The captain would dribble inside the penalty area and with several opportunities to score, would continue dribbling before ultimately chipping it into the net for Barcelona’s second goal of the match.

He has now scored 18 goals in the league this season.

Joaquin Correa scores for Lazio in 4-1 loss vs. Bayern Munich

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Joaquin Correa scored for Lazio in their 4-1 loss vs. Bayern Munich.

Correa managed his third goal of the Champions League this season with his goal vs. Bayern. It was Bayern leading 4-0 as Corra received the ball on the edge of the penalty area and dribble his way in before a low shot beat Manuel Neuer to get Lazio in the tie.

The other match in the Champions League saw Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid lose 1-0 in what was supposed to be their home tie but the match was played in Romania due to COVID restrictions.

Champions League preview: Joaquin Correa and Lazio host Bayern Munich

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A total of eight Argentine players could take part in this week’s Champions League coaches.

Diego Simeone has a difficult fixture when they play Chelsea in Romania due to COVID restrictions. Angel Correa is the only Argentine on that team as back up goalkeeper Willy Caballero won’t be starting for Chelsea.

Lazio have the most Argentine representatives with three as Joaquin Correa, Gonzalo Escalante and newly signed Mateo Musacchio host Champions League winners Bayern Munich.

On Wednesday, Jose Palomino and Cristian Romero will try to shut down Real Madrid as they will look to build off last season’s competition where they made it to the quarter finals.

Sergio Aguero will try to get some minutes as Manchester City travel to Germany to play Borussia Monchengladbach.

Here are the matches for this week:

Tuesday:

Atletico Madrid (Angel Correa) vs. Chelsea (Willy Caballero)

Lazio (Joaquin Correa, Gonzalo Escalante, Mateo Musacchio) vs. Bayern Munich


Wednesday:
Atalanta (Jose Palomino, Cristian Romero) vs. Real Madrid

Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Manchester City (Sergio Aguero)

Lautaro Martinez scores twice for Inter in 3-0 win vs. AC Milan

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Lautaro Martinez scored twice for Inter in their 3-0 win vs. AC Milan.

Martinez managed goals number 12 and 13 for himself in the season as Inter extend their position as league leaders with four points ahead of second place Milan. Lautaro would give Inter the 1-0 lead following great work by Lukaku as he would cross the ball into the penalty area and Lautaro would score with a header.

The Argentine would make it 2-0 to Inter with a poacher like finish. A ball into the penalty area would find the 23 year old who would score from close range to double Inter’s lead. After having gone goalless in four matches, he now has four goals in his last four league matches.

Jorge Sampaoli agrees to become new coach of Olympique Marseille

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Jorge Samapoli has reportedly reached an agreement and is the new coach of Olympique Marseille.

Sampaoli has been linked with the Marseille coaching position for several weeks and per reports, he has agreed on everything. According to Veronica Brunati, there is an agreement between both sides and he will be signing the contract to become the Marseille coach until the 2023 season. He will reportedly fly to France on February 26 from Brazil.

Prior to coaching in Brazil, Sampaoli won the 2015 Copa America with Chile, defeating Argentina in the final. He would later infamously coach Argentina at the 2018 World Cup where the team struggled under him at the helm. Following his resignation from the Argentina national team, the 60 year old would take over Santos where he would leave the club trophyless. He’d join Atletico Mineiro where he won the 2020 Campeonato Mineiro with them.

The Argentine, currently coaching Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro, would have Leonardo Balerdi as well as Dario Benedetto to manage with Marseille. Sampaoli gave Benedetto his first Argentine call-up back in 2017 during the World Cup qualifiers.

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