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Argentina U20 secure second spot in Sudamericano

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Argentina U20 secure second spot in Sudamericano

Argentina lost 1-0 to Brazil in the Sudamericano and finished in second spot.

Despite the loss, the Argentina U20 team was already secured of a position at both the U20 FIFA World Cup as well as the Pan American games. Here are the final standings with Ecuador winning the Sudamericano.

Ecuador, 10 points

Argentina, 9 points

Uruguay, 8 points

Colombia, 5 points

Brazil, 5 points

Venezuela, 4 points

Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia all qualified for the U20 FIFA World Cup.

For the Pan American games, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay and hosts Peru are all qualified.

Sergio AGUERO scores hattrick in Manchester win against Chelsea

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Sergio AGUERO scores hattrick in Manchester win against Chelsea

Sergio AGUERO scored a hattrick in Manchester City’s 6-0 win against Chelsea.

In a Premier League title race that is extremely close, Manchester City were looking to stay close to Liverpool in the standings. AGUERO received a golden opportunity to extend City’s 1-0 advantage against Chelsea but from close range, missed.

AGUERO would go on and redeem himself with a goal of the season candidate. With a few Chelsea players surrounding him, Manchester City’s all time leading scorer let out a thunderous right footed shot which went into the top corner.

Pep GUARDIOLA’s men would get one more before half time as AGUERO would pounce off a Chelsea mistake to score from close range.

The third for AGUERO would come in the second half through a penalty kick. With that hat hatrick, AGUERO has now rqualled Alan SBEARER’s record of 11 Premier League hat tricks.

Dario BENEDETTO rumored to be called up to Argentina team in March, no Sergio AGUERO

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Dario BENEDETTO rumored to be called up to Argentina team in March, no Sergio AGUERO

Dario BENEDETTO is rumored to get called-up to the Argentina team while Sergio AGUERO would not make the cut.

Lionel SCALONI has big decisions to make in regards to his Argentina selections. March’s friendly matches against Morocco and Venezuela will likely be the last matches prior to the announcement of the Copa America squad.

Along with the highly anticipated return of captain Lionel MESSI, Boca forward Dario BENEDETTO is expected to get called-up. Per a report by Toda Pasion, Dario BENEDETTO would make the team in March as a back-up to Inter captain Mauro ICARDI.

However, should BENEDETTO be picked, this would likely close the door for Sergio AGUERO as the Manchester City forward would miss the Copa America.

Lautaro MARTINEZ scores winner after coming on as substitute for Inter

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Lautaro MARTINEZ scores winner after coming on as substitute for Inter

Lautaro MARTINEZ scored the winner for Inter in their 1-0 win against Parma.

A less than stellar match for Inter but Lautaro MARTINEZ came on as a substitute and scored to win the match. The former Racing man came on and just two minutes later, he scored the winner.

Ariel ORTEGA scores memorable goal for Argentina in 1998 win against Republic of Ireland

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Ariel ORTEGA scores memorable goal for Argentina in 1998 win against Republic of Ireland

Weeks before the 1998 FIFA World Cup, on April 22, 1998, Argentina played a friendly match in Dublin where they won 2-0 against the Republic of Ireland.

A match which saw Gabriel BATISTUTA scoring one of his many, many goals for the Argentina team also produced an Ariel ORTEGA goal which still holds up 20 years later. The first goal came following a ball sent in from the left side which found BATISTUTA who slotted home from close range.

Argentina’s second goal was magic by ORTEGA. With the ball glued to his foot, the number 10 toyed with the Irish back line and goalkeeper Shay GIVEN before chipping the ball over everyone and into the net.

Here was Argentina’s starting XI, coached by Daniel PASSARELLA:

German BURGOS
Roberto AYALA
Nelson VIVAS
Roberto SENSINI
Matias ALMEYDA
Sergio BERTI
Diego SIMEONE
Juan Sebastian VERON
Gabriel BATISTUTA
Claudio LOPEZ
Ariel ORTEGA

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