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Atletico Madrid coach Diego SIMEONE on Boca vs. River: “A fantastic match”

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Atletico Madrid coach Diego SIMEONE has spoken about the upcoming Copa Libertadores final involving Boca Juniors and River Plate.

SIMEONE is no stranger to the Superclasico, having coached River Plate in 2008 for one season. However, now coaching in Europe, SIMEONE gave his thoughts on the final. Speaking at a press conference in Madrid, here’s what SIMEONE had to say about it.

“As an Argentine, very happy because last season Lanus represented us in the final of the Libertadores and this year, it’s a repeat (of Argentine clubs) with Boca and River. It speaks very well of the grows that Argentine football has had the last few years. It’s very good for all Argentine’s.

“It will be a fantastic match, with a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of passion and hopefully in peace.”

Boca Juniors vs. River Plate – Superclasico Copa Libertadores dates set

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Arguably the biggest matches in Copa Libertadores history final have dates announced as Boca Juniors will play River Plate in the final of South America’s biggest club competition.

The two Superclasico finals (or as they have been called, the Super Finals) will be played on Saturday’s instead of the usual weekdays which are given to the other match days of the competition. The first match will be at Boca’s Bombonera stadium on Saturday, 10th of November. The second will come two weeks later on November 24 at River Plate’s Monumental.

Both matches are expected to be without away fans, although that news has been changing every day.

Champions League Match Day 4 Preview: Lionel MESSI a doubt for Barcelona

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Matchday 4 of the UEFA Champions League kicks off Tuesday and the big clash is that of Inter Milan against FC Barcelona.

When Mauro ICARDI and Lautaro MARTINEZ Host FC Barcelona on Tuesday, the Catalan club might start the match without captain Lionel MESSI. The Argentine who has missed the last few weeks due to a shoulder injury is expected to get the green light but may start on the bench.

Here are the matches for Tuesday and Wednesday:

Tuesday:

Red Star Belgrade vs. Liverpool
AS Monaco vs. Club Brugge
Atletico Madrid (Angel CORREA) vs. Borussia Dortmund
Tottenham (Erik LAMELA, Juan FOYTH, Paulo GAZZANIGA) vs. PSV Eindhoven (Maxi ROMERO)
Schalke 04 (Franco DI SANTO) vs. Galatasaray
Napoli vs. PSG (Angel DI MARIA)
FC Porto vs. Lokomotiv Moscow
Inter Milan (Mauro ICARDI, Lautaro MARTINEZ) vs. FC Barcelona (Lionel MESSI)

Wednesday:

Valencia (Ezequiel GARAY) vs. Young Boys
CSKA Moscow vs. AS Roma (Diego PEROTTI, Federico FAZIO, Javier PASTORE)
Manchester City (Sergio AGUERO, Nicolas OTAMENDI) vs. Shakhtar Donetsk
Lyon vs. Hoffenheim
Plzen vs. Real Madrid
Juventus (Paulo DYBALA) vs. Manchester United (Marcos ROJO, Sergio ROMERO)
Benfica (German CONTI, Franco CERVI, Eduardo SALVIO, Facundo FERREYRA, Cristian LEMA) vs. Ajax (Nicolas TAGLIAFICO)
Bayern Munich vs. AEK Athens (Ezequiel PONCE)

From an Argentina point of view, the big match on Wednesday would be Benfica hosting Ajax, with both teams having a total of six Argentine players.

Rodrigo BATTAGLIA out of Argentina squad, KRANEVITTER possible replacement

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Rodrigo BATTAGLIA of Sporting has ruptured his knee ligaments and is out of the Argentina team to play Mexico this month.

The former Argentina U20 man had to be substituted off due to injury in his team’s match against Santa Clara. He was taken off after only 30 minutes. There are now reports that Matias KRANEVITTER of Zenit could possibly replace him.

Argentina will play against Mexico in two friendly matches this month, the first on the 16th of November in Cordoba and the second on November 21 in Mendoza.

Sergio AGUERO scores 150th Premier League goal for Manchester City

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Sergio AGUERO scored in Manchester City’s 6-1 win against Southampton.

The Argentine keeps scoring for City and the one he netted against Southampton was his 150th Premier League goal for Manchester City. His goal takes him behind Wayner ROONEY of Manchester United and Thierry HENRY of Arsenal for most goals for a single Premier League team.

The goal takes AGUERO joint top scorer on the league with seven goals. He is tied along with Eden HAZARD of Chelsea and Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG of Arsenal.

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