Ever Banega, Lucas Ocampos and Franco Vazquez have qualified for the Europa League final with Sevilla.
The three Argentine players will represent the Spanish side with potentially one more to join. Banega and Ocampos started in Sevilla’s 2-1 win vs. Manchester United to get to the final on Friday.
Lautaro Martinez will try to make the final as Inter play Shakhtar Donetsk on Monday. A win for Inter would be at least one Argentine would be lifting the trophy.
Only three Argentine players remain in the 2019-2020 Champions League.
With the elimination of Barcelona and Manchester City, the PSG players are the only one’s holding the Argentina flag left this season. Angel Di Maria will be looking to become a two time champion having previously won it in 2014 with Real Madrid while Mauro Icardi and Leandro Paredes will want to lift it for the first time in their careers.
PSG will play RB Leipzig on Tuesday in the first semi final while Bayern will play Lyon in Wednesday’s second semi final.
Javier Mascherano spoke about Barcelona’s chances in the Champions League in relation to Messi and Lautaro Martinez possibly joining the team.
Mascherano won two Champions League titles with Barcelona, one of which coming in a historic treble season. Now with Estudiantes in Argentina, the former Barcelona midfielder turned defender spoke with Ara about Lionel Messi and Barcelona:
“Messi is the main reason Barcelona can beat any team. He knows they are just two more matches away from the Champions League final. I saw that desire from him against Napoli and it spread to his teammates.”
Regarding Lautaro Martinez joining Barcelona from Inter and replacing Luis Suarez:
“I don’t know if he’s the perfect replacement for Luis Suarez. What I do know is he’s a very good player and is very compatible with Messi for the national team. But I don’t know if he’s Suarez’s replacement or if Suarez needs replacing.”
It’s going to be a historic Champions League clash as Alejandro “Papu” Gomez and company take on PSG in the Champions League.
For the first time in the history of the competition, the quarter finals will be played in a single match and not a two leg tie. For Atalanta, it’s Jose Luis Palomino and Alejandro “Papu” Gomez who will represent them. Meanwhile for PSG, it’s Angel Di Maria, Mauro Icardi and Leandro Paredes.
Angel Di Maria, who won the tournament with Real Madrid in 2014, is suspended for the Ligue 1 champions while Paredes and Icardi are in the match squad. Di Maria has 2 goals and 5 assists.
Mauro Icardi, who is expected to start, has 5 goals this season.
Papu Gomez has 1 goal and 2 assists this season.
Lucas Ocampos scored for Sevilla in their 1-0 win vs. Wolves in the Europa League.
It was the Argentina show for Sevilla as Ever Banega and Lucas Ocampos were two of the standout players for the Spanish club.
Wolves were awarded a penalty in the first half which was saved by the Sevilla goalkeeper. The second half looked go be going into extra time until the two Argentina players connected.
Ocampos would score off a Sevilla corner. The set piece was taken short and found Banega who crossed the ball into the area and Lucas Ocampos scored the header just minutes before full time.
17 – Lucas Ocampos has scored his 17th goal of the season in all competitions, with 2019-20 now his outright best scoring season in Europe. Clutch. #UEL pic.twitter.com/u9xmJji4Kf
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 11, 2020
🏆 Sevilla forward Lucas Ocampos did it again as he scored a late header that turned out to be the winner against Wolves! Sevilla progress to the semi-finals to face Manchester United! pic.twitter.com/gFvVREZwNx
— D9INE | (LIVE) Europa League (@D9INEvsFOOTBALL) August 11, 2020
