Argentina defeated Mauritania 4-1 at COTIF L’Alcudia to start the tournament.
The reigning champions were off to a flying start in the tournament. Coached by Esteban SOLARI, it was Pablo SOLARI, Matko MILJEVIC, Brandon CORTES and Ezequiel NAVARRO who scored the four goals for Argentina.
They will play against Spain on Friday.
Lionel MESSI has been nominated for the FIFA Best Men’s player award.
MESSI has made the top 10 players list once more and is one of the favorites to win the award. A league winner with FC Barcelona, MESSI made the semi-finals of the Champions League and captained Argentina to a third place finish at the 2019 Copa America. Here are the nominees.
Lionel MESSI
Cristiano RONALDO
Frenkie de JONG
Matthijs de Ligt
Eden HAZARD
Harry KANE
Sadio MANE
Kylian MBAPPE
Mohamed SALAH
Virgil van DIJK
Mauricio POCHETTINO, Marelo GALLARDO and Ricardo GARECA have all been nominated for the FIFA best coach of the year.
The list of the 10 nominees has been announced and Argentina have the most representatives of any country among them. Mauricio POCHETTINO of Tottenham was a Champions League finalist while finishing fourth in the Premier League and a semi-final appearance in the Carabao Cup.
Marcelo GALLARDO won the 2018 Copa Libertadores with River Plate while also wining the Recopa and finishing third at the FIFA Club World Cup. As for Ricardo GARECA, he helped guide Peru to a 2019 Copa America final. Here’s the final list:
Jurgen KLOPP, Liverpool
Pep GUARDIOLA, Manchester City
Mauricio POCHETTINO, Tottenham Hotspur
Fernando SANTOS, Portugal
TITE, Brazil
Ricardo GARECA, Peru
Erik TEN HAG, Ajax
Marcelo GALLARDO, River Plate
Didier DESCHAMP, France
Djamel BELMADI, Algeria
Lionel SCALONI has officially been announced as Argentina coach for the World Cup Qualifiers.
SCALONI, who took charge of the team last year, has a contract until the end of this year but that has changed. Following a third place finish at the 2019 Copa America, the AFA have decided to keep SCALONI on for a little longer.
#SelecciónMayor El Comité Ejecutivo de la @afa resolvió hoy darle continuidad a Lionel Scaloni como entrenador de la @Argentina durante las próximas Eliminatorias para el Mundial de Qatar 2022, que comenzarán el año próximo. https://t.co/XLvUTRnSyP pic.twitter.com/4bksLz2Z9r
— AFA (@afa) July 30, 2019
FC Porto are set to sign Argentina goalkeeper Agustin MARCHESIN.
Club America have reportedly accepted FC Porto’s offer for the goalkeeper and MARCHESIN would join on a four year deal. The final number has not yet been announved but there are rumors that it was an offer in the region of €18 million.
This comes after FC Porto goalkeeper Iker CASILLAS suffered heart problems a few months ago.
¡Se va! @ClubAmerica acepta la oferta del @FCPorto por @amarchesin1 y ya sabemos por cuántos años firmará.https://t.co/wIF2sltciy
— Super Deportivo a.m. (@superdeportivo) July 30, 2019
Still only 31 years old, MARCHESIN was part of Argentina’s 2019 Copa America squad.
