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Lionel MESSI wins record 5th European golden shoe award

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Lionel MESSI wins record 5th European golden shoe award

Lionel MESSI received his 5th golden boot award on Tuesday.

For the fifth time in his illustrious career, the Argentina and FC Barcelona man was awarded the European golden boot. The award is given for the top league scorer in the European leagues.

MESSI finished with 34 goals last season, equalling his tally when he first won the award in during the 2009-2010 season.

Lionel MESSI: 2009-2010 golden boot winner, 34 goals
Lionel MESSI: 2011-2012 golden boot winner, 50 goals
Lionel MESSI: 2012-2013 golden boot winner, 46 goals
Lionel MESSI: 2016-2017 golden boot winner, 37 goals
Lionel MESSI: 2017-2018 golden boot winner, 34 goals

Aside from Hector YAZALDE back in 1973-1974, MESSI remains the only Argentine to win the award.

Argentina 2018 Goal of the Year: All goals scored after the 2018 FIFA World Cup

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Argentina 2018 Goal of the Year: All goals scored after the 2018 FIFA World Cup

We are now in December and the first two of three polls in regards to the Argentina national team has already concluded.

Manuel LANZINI’s goal against Italy was voted as the best goal scored by Argentina this year before the 2018 FIFA World Cup. As for the best goal scored by Argentina at the FIFA World Cup, Lionel MESSI’s goal against Nigeria was voted as the best. A total of 10 goals plus an own goal were scored by Argentina after the World Cup.

We will break down these goals into three different categories before finally voting on the Argentina 2018 goal of the year. The first poll included the best goal before the 2018 FIFA World Cup which was voted as Manuel LANZINI’s goal. The second voting was Lionel MESSI’s goal against Nigeria voted as the best. And now we vote on the best goal scored after the World Cup. Once we have the top 3 goals, we will put them to a vote to select the 2018 Argentina Goal of the Year.

Here are the highlights and the goals scored at the 2018 FIFA World Cup with the poll below:

Argentina vs. Guatemala: Gonzalo MARTINEZ, Giovani LO CELSO, Giovanni SIMEONE

Argentina vs. Iraq: Lautaro MARTINEZ, Roberto PEREYRA, German PEZZELLA, Franco CERVI

Argentina vs. Mexico (match 1): Ramiro FUNES MORI

Argentina vs. Mexico (match 2): Mauro ICARDI, Paulo DYBALA

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Marcos ROJO of Manchester United on Boca Juniors radar

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Marcos ROJO of Manchester United on Boca Juniors radar

Marcos ROJO of Manchester United is reportedly on the radar of Boca Juniors.

The Argentina defender is being linked to a move to Boca Juniors in January. However, it appears as though the Copa Libertadores finalists are also chasing Walter KANNEMANN of Gremio.

Per reports, Boca would want to sign one of Marcos ROJO or Walter KANNEMANN to help fix their back line. The former Estudiantes man joined the red devils back in 2014 following an impressive FIFA World Cup.

Walter KANNEMANN has been with Gremio since 2016 and while he hasn’t played in Europe, he has impressed in South America.

Cristian PAVON of Boca Juniors being linked to Arsenal

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Cristian PAVON of Boca Juniors being linked to Arsenal

Cristian PAVON of Boca Juniors is being linked to a move to Arsenal.

Per reports in the English media, Arsenal coach Unai EMERY is interested in bringing in the Argentina man to London. The 22 year old could join for a reported fee of €44 million.

PAVON has been previously linked to a move to the gunners and they have resurfaced once more with EMERY in charge.

Champions League Round of 16 draw: Previewing the Argentina players left

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Champions League Round of 16 draw: Previewing the Argentina players left

The draw for the Champions League Round of 16 has been made and we’ll preview the Argentine players left.

There are 14 Argentine players left in the Champions League and every match will involve at least one representative except for Liverpool against Bayern Munich. Here’s the draw for the Champions League.

Schalke (Franco DI SANTO) vs. Manchester City (Sergio AGUERO, Nicolas OTAMENDI)
Atletico Madrid (Angel CORREA) vs. Juventus (Paulo DYBALA)
Manchester United (Marcos ROJO, Sergio ROMERO) vs. PSG (Angel DI MARIA)
Tottenham (Erik LAMELA, Paulo GAZZANIGA, Juan FOYTH) vs. Borussia Dortmund
Lyon vs. FC Barcelona (Lionel MESSI)
AS Roma (Diego PEROTTI, Federico FAZIO, Javier PASTORE) vs. FC Porto
Ajax (Nicolas TAGLIAFICO) vs. Real Madrid
Liverpool vs. Bayern Munich

Lionel MESSI: 6 goals
Paulo DYBALA: 5 goals
Nicolas TAGLIAFICO: 3 goals
Sergio AGUERO: 2 goals
Angel DI MARIA: 1 goal
Erik LAMELA: 1 goal

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