Exequiel PALACIOS of River Plate has had to pull out of the Argentina team for this month’s matches.
One of the stand out players for Lionel SCALONI during last month’s friendly matches against Guatemala and Colombia, PALACIOS suffered a muscle tear and will be out of action for the next few weeks.
Mauro ICARDI and Angel DI MARIA both scored on Wednesday in the Champions League.
It wasn’t just Lionel MESSI and Erik LAMELA scoring in the Champions League. Mauro ICARDI scored the winner for Inter in their 2-1 victory against PSV. With the score at 1-1, a long ball was sent into the PSV penalty area. With ICARDI fighting to get the ball, the defender and goalkeeper clashed and ICARDI ended up scoring the open net for Inter’s second of the match.
Gol ICARDI Gooll @MauroIcardi #ForzaInter #PSVInter #PSVINT @Inter_id @Inter @InterClubIndo pic.twitter.com/BBDn8FQfrr
— irfan (@evannn) October 3, 2018
Angel DI MARIA managed to get in on the goal scoring party for PSG in their 6-1 win against Red Star Belgrade. DI MARIA scored to make it 4-0 for PSG, a flick finish after the ball was sent into the penalty area.
But why did Manchester United sell Di Maria pic.twitter.com/2wLkbMORo1 #PSGFKCZ
— Gitau® (@ItsGitau_) October 3, 2018
It was the Lionel MESSI show in London at Wembley as FC Barcelona won 4-2 against Mauricio POCHETTINO’s Tottenham. MESSI was in spectacular fashion and every where on the pitch for Barcelona. He played a massive part in two of the four goals while scoring the other two.
For Barcelona’s opening goal, MESSI played a ball from deep in midfield which cut through the Tottenham back line to find Jordi ALBA. France’s World Cup captain Hugo LLORIS came out but ALBA passed the ball to COUTINHO who scored.
GOAL! Philippe Coutinho (0-1) #SpursBarça pic.twitter.com/qb1gbGnzEK
— Media Cules Goal (@mediaculesgol09) October 3, 2018
The second goal was MESSI sending in another perfectly weighted ball into the area and it eventually found Croatia’s Ivan RAKITIC who scored arguably the goal of the Champions League season.
Ivan Rakitic Goal (2-0) – Barcelona vs Tottenham (2018) @FCBarcelona @SpursOfficial @ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/K4mnCHbJ64
— GOLAZO (@GOLAZOHDTV) October 3, 2018
As for MESSI’s two goals, the first one was a genius goal. He started it and finished it. A low pass sent in as Luis SUAREZ let it roll in between his legs and MESSI passed the ball into the net for Barcelona’s third goal.
Just Cancel the game when Messi retire.
Boy oh Boy, What a Lovely goal. pic.twitter.com/t8KhYtWhBW
— BarcaMedia (@BarcaTimesTape) October 3, 2018
Barcelona’s fourth came right before full time as MESSI received the ball with a lot of time in the penalty area and a predator like finish scored the insurance goal.
GOAL! Leo Messi (2-4) #SpursBarça pic.twitter.com/JgbiKZvAo3
— Media Cules Goal (@mediaculesgol09) October 3, 2018
There was one more Argentine player who scored in the match but for Tottenham. Erik LAMELA scored the second goal for his team, a great one at that from just outside of the penalty area. LAMELA received the ball on the edge of the area and beat the German goalkeeper to score his first of the Champions League season.
That boy Lamela🙌 pic.twitter.com/pXq8Y0mgl2
— Bra_quophi (@wayne_huffy) October 3, 2018
Sergio AGUERO scored goal number 8 of the season in Manchester City’s 2-1 win against Hoffenheim in the Champions League.
It wasn’t the best of starts for Pep GUARDIOLA’s City as they let in a goal in the first minute. Luckily for Pep and his team, they have Sergio AGUERO as the striker scored just six minutes later. Leroy SANE received the ball inside the penalty area and pulled it back to AGUERO who controlled it, avoided the challenge and scored.
Man City with an early equalizer
Aguero.. ⚽ masterclass pic.twitter.com/1ixZO03U7D— God (@GodOf_Africa) October 2, 2018
5 – Sergio Aguero is just the second player to score in five consecutive away Champions League appearances for an English team, after Ruud van Nistelrooy for Man Utd in 2003. Menace. pic.twitter.com/J0NbIrhcbn
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 2, 2018
Sergio Aguero in all competitions this season:
👕 Games: 10
⚽️ Goals: 8
🎯 Assists: 2Lethal! And it's only October 2nd 😳 pic.twitter.com/hRt4A1xgjo
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 2, 2018
Impressive numbers for AGUERO this season.
Paulo DYBALA scored a hat trick for Juventus in the Champions League.
With no Cristiano in the line-up, Paulo DYBALA was in the starting eleven and scored three times for Juventus in their 3-0 win against Young Boys. It was three very different finishes from the Argentina man.
Scorers of Champions League hat-tricks this season:
Lionel Messi 🇦🇷
Paulo Dybala 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/zaIIbGVJ7O— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) October 2, 2018
The first one qas a lovely first time finish off a cross by BONUCCI and DYBALA made it look easy as he gave Juventus the 1-0 lead.
Definió flojo, #Dybala #Juventus #Champions pic.twitter.com/6JG29qpLFS
— Hernán Claus (@hernanclaus) October 2, 2018
DYBALA added a second goal, this time easier than the first one as he pounced onto the rebound to make it 2-0 for Juventus.
Dybala Doppietta! 2-0. pic.twitter.com/HBstOF4LaC
— Tarek Khatib (@ADP1113) October 2, 2018
And the third goal was the easiest as it was a number 9 like finish, a predator inside the area, DYBALA scored from just in front of goal.
DYBALA. HAT-TRICK. pic.twitter.com/XcsK7VpIgP
— Tarek Khatib (@ADP1113) October 2, 2018
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