Lucas Ocampos is being linked with a move to Bayern Munich.
The reigning league champions are reportedly interested in the Argentine. Per a report by Gianluca DiMarzio of Sky Italia, Bayern have contacted Sevilla in hopes of signing him in January but Sevilla reportedly want to keep him until the summer.
Ocampos has been in great form for Sevilla and has found himself included in Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina team.
Bayer Leverkusen have announced the signing of Exequiel Palacios.
Rodrigo Palacio was widely rumored to be leaving River Plate for Leverkusen and it’s now official as the club announced it on Twitter. Palacios will join in January on a five year deal.
Sporting managing director Rudi Voller had this to say about Palacios on the club’s website:
“Exequiel Palacios is a technically gifted midfielder able to score goals and he has the ability to involve his team-mates. He fits in really well with our team and the way we play.”
Sporting director Simon Rolfe said this:
“We’ve been looking at Exequiel Palacios for a long time and he’s really impressed us. In his last game for River Plate he won the Argentine cup and in 2018 the Copa Libertadores and he was in the final of that competition again in November with River Plate. Exequiel has achieved a lot in spite of his young age. He stands out with his football ability and a remarkable mentality.”
Palacios himself commented on joining Bayer Leverkusen:
“I’m very happy to be able to play for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, for a club that has been home to a lot of players from South America. Bayer 04 have a good reputation here in Argentina. I’m proud to be part of this ambitious club and I’m looking forward very much to the Bundesliga and European games.”
There’s a total of 15 Argentine players and one Argentina coach remaining in the Champions League.
With the draw taking place, we now know who will face who in the Round of 16 of Europe’s most elite club competition. Of the eight ties, only one will not have an Argentine representative. Here are the Argentine players remaining:
PSG: Leandro Paredes, Angel Di Maria, Mauro Icardi
Manchester City: Nicolas Otamendi, Sergio Aguero
Atalanta: Jose Luis Palomino, Alejandro Gomez
Valencia: Ezequiel Garay
Atletico Madrid, coached by Diego Simeone: Angel Correa
Juventus: Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain
Tottenham: Gio Lo Celso, Erik Lamela, Paulo Gazzaniga
FC Barcelona: Lionel Messi
Here are the matches:
Borussia Dortmund vs. PSG (Leandro Paredes, Angel Di Maria, Mauro Icardi)
Real Madrid vs. Manchester City (Nicolas Otamendi, Sergio Aguero)
Atalanta (Jose Luis Palomino, Alejandro Gomez) vs. Valencia (Ezequiel Garay)
Atletico Madrid (Angel Correa) vs. Liverpool
Chelsea vs. Bayern Munich
Lyon vs. Juventus (Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain)
Tottenham (Gio Lo Celso, Erik Lamela, Paulo Gazzaniga) vs. Leipzig
Napoli vs. FC Barcelona (Lionel Messi)
Argentina’s list of 22 players for the Olympic qualifiers have been announced.
The qualifiers will take place in Colombia between January 18 and February 9, 2020 in three host cities. Argentina coach Fernando Batista has selected his list of 22 players as the likes of Adolfo Gaich, Joaquin Blazquez and Matias Zaracho have all been chosen for the qualifiers.
Here’s the list:
Facundo Cambeses (Banfield)
Juan Cozzani (Lanus)
Joaquin Blazquez (Valencia, Spain)
Marcelo Herrera (San Lorenzo)
Hernan De La Fuente (Velez)
Nehuen Perez (Famalicao, Portugal)
Leonel Mosevich (Clube Desportivo Nacional, Portugal)
Facundo Medina (Talleres)
Lautaro Valenti (Lanus)
Claudio Bravo (Banfield)
Fausto Vera (Argentinos Juniors)
Matias Zaracho (Racing Club)
Nicolas Capaldo (Boca Juniors)
Tomas Belmonte (Lanus)
Julian Alvarez (River Plate)
Fernando Valenzuela (Barracas Central)
Alexis Mac Allister (Boca Juniors)
Lucas Robertone (Velez)
Agustin Urzi (Banfield)
Nahuel Bustos (Talleres)
Adolfo Gaich (San Lorenzo)
Valentin Castellanos (New York City FC)
Diego Perotti scored for Roma in their 3-1 win vs. SPAL.
For the second time in less than a week, Diego Perotti scored for AS Roma, once more off a penalty kick. With the score at 1-1, Roma were awarded a penalty kick and up stepped Perotti.
Perotti would go to the goalkeeper’s left side as the goalkeeper would stand still and Perotti would convert.
61% – Diego #Perotti has scored 61% of his Serie A goals from penalty kick (17 of 28). Specialty.#RomaSpal pic.twitter.com/OdZ3YwztT1
— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) December 15, 2019
Perotti de penal. Forza Roma! pic.twitter.com/pQM7WdQkdI
— Óѕcαя εℓ Sιмρσsιαяcα (@OscarOrdonezV) December 15, 2019
