A total of 25 Argentine players and two Argentine coaches will take part in this season’s 2018-2019 UEFA Champions League.
Every group this season in the Champions League will include at least one Argentine player, with Group B boasting six players and one coach and Group E having seven Argentine players in the group. No Argentine player has lifted the UEFA Champions League trophy since Lionel MESSI and Javier MASCHERANO did it with FC Barcelona back in the 2014-2015 season.
Here are the groups for this season’s premier European club tournament.
Group A:
Atletico Madrid: Angel CORREA, coach Diego SIMEONE
Club Brugge
Borussia Dortmund
Monaco
Group B:
Tottenham Hotspur: Erik LAMELA, Juan FOYTH, Paulo GAZZANIGA, coach Mauricio POCHETTINO
FC Barcelona: Lionel MESSI
PSV Eindhoven
Internazionale: Mauro ICARDI, Lautaro MARTINEZ
Group C:
Napoli
Liverpool
Paris Saint-Germain: Angel DI MARIA
Red Star Belgrade
Group D:
FC Porto
Galatasaray
Lokomotiv Moscow
Schalke 04: Franco DI SANTO
Group E:
Bayern Munich
Ajax: Nicolas TAGLIAFICO
AEK Athens: Ezequiel PONCE
Benfica: German CONTI, Franco CERVI, Eduardo SALVIO, Facundo FERREYRA, Cristian LEMA
Group F:
Lyon
Shakhtar Donetsk
1899 Hoffenheim
Manchester City: Sergio AGUERO, Nicolas OTAMENDI
Group G:
CSKA Moscow
Real Madrid
Roma: Diego PEROTTI, Federico FAZIO, Javier PASTORE
Viktoria Plzen
Group H:
Juventus: Paulo DYBALA
Young Boys
Manchester United: Marcos ROJO, Sergio ROMERO
Valencia: Ezequiel GARAY
Of the 25 players, 19 of them have played for the senior Argentina National Team squad. Those 18 being the following:
Angel CORREA, Erik LAMELA, Lionel MESSI, Mauro ICARDI, Lautaro MARTINEZ, Angel DI MARIA, Franco DI SANTO, Nicolas TALGIAFICO, Franco CERVI, Eduardo SALVIO, Sergio AGUERO, Nicolas OTAMENDI, Diego PEROTTI, Federico FAZIO, Javier PASTORE, Paulo DYBALA, Marcos ROJO, Sergio ROMERO and Ezequiel GARAY.
Here are the matches for this week:
Tuesday:
FC Barcelona (Lionel MESSI) vs. PSV Eindhoven
Inter (Mauro ICARDI, Lautaro MARTINEZ) vs. Tottenham Hotspur (Erik LAMELA, Juan FOYTH, Paulo GAZZANIGA, coach Mauricio POCHETTINO)
Club Brugge vs. Borussia Dortmund
Schalke 04 (Franco DI SANTO) vs. FC Porto
Monaco vs. Atletico Madrid Angel CORREA, coach Diego SIMEONE
Liverpool vs. PSG (Angel DI MARIA)
Red Star Belgrade vs. Napoli
Galatasaray vs. Lokomotiv Moscow
Wednesday:
Ajax (Nicolas TAGLIAFICO) vs. AEK Athens (Ezequiel PONCE)
Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Hoffenheim
Real Madrid vs. Roma (Diego PEROTTI, Federico FAZIO, Javier PASTORE)
Valencia (Ezequiel GARAY) vs. Juventus (Paulo DYBALA)
Benfica (German CONTI, Franco CERVI, Eduardo SALVIO, Facundo FERREYRA, Cristian LEMA) vs. Bayern Munich
Viktoria Plzen vs. CSKA Moscow
Manchester City (Sergio AGUERO, Nicolas OTAMENDI) vs. Lyon
Young Boys vs. Manchester United (Marcos ROJO, Sergio ROMERO)
We will have coverage of all the goals scored by Argentine players in the Champions League.
