Lautaro MARTINEZ has been lighting it up for Inter during pre-season and now hopes to make the Argentina National Team squad.
Lionel SCALONI and Pablo AIMAR will be in charge of coaching the Argentina team next month when they play Guatemala and Colombia in friendly matches. Speaking to the press following his goal against Atletico Madrid, MARTINEZ stated his desire of wanting to be called-up for those matches.
“Hopefully I can be called-up. I’m going to keep working to complete my objective.”
The Inter forward also spoke about his friendship with club captain Mauro ICARDI.
“We get along very well and he’s helped me a lot on a day to day basis. We are taking advantage of it and we are very happy with what we are doing.”
There’s no doubt that a partnership of ICARDI and MARTINEZ with Inter can only benefit the Argentina team.
The Argentina Superliga has started and with only one match left to play, Gabriel HEINZE’s Velez Sarsfield top the table.
Velez against Newell’s opened up the Superliga this season and despite losing star man Mauro ZARATE to Boca, Gabriel HEINZE’s men picked up a 2-0 win in Liniers. It took just one minute for the first goal to be scored. A corner kick lead to Luis ABRAM who was left all alone to head the ball into the net.
Just minutes later Velez had another opportunity in front of goal but BOUZAT was denied by a questionable stop by the goalkeeper. Still in the first half, Velez were awarded a penalty and Matias VARGAS doubled the lead from the spot as they ran away 2-0 winners.
Tigre against San Lorenzo was the other match on Friday and just like in the first match, we had an early goal in this one. A cross sent into San Lorenzo’s penalty area found Lucas MENOSSI who controlled the ball with his right knee and striked it with his ledft into the top of the net.
A defensive mistake just six minutes later lead to Federico GONZALEZ scoring to give Tigre the 2-0 lead. A bad clearance by the goalkeeper found a Tigre player and the attack was on as GONZALEZ calmly slotted the ball past the goalkeeper.
San Lorenzo were back in it but not without controversy. Nicolas BLANDI’s goal was initially ruled for offside but upon review, the goal was given and Tigre’s lead was cut in half. Another defensive mistake, this time coming from Tigre as a bad back pass lead to Nicolas RENIERO pouncing to bring San Lorenzo back in it.
Saturday brought four matches, two of which ended 1-1 and the other two 0-0 draws. Gimnasia defeated Argentinos 1-0 through an own goal while Union picked up the 1-0 win against Aldosivi. Union’s goal coming from Franco SOLDANO. Patronato and Colon drew 0-0 while Belgrano and San Martin also ended goal less.
Argentina international Cristian PAVON gave Boca Juniors the 1-0 win against his old club Talleres. A shot from outside the area early in the match was enough to give Boca the win. Emmanuel MAS was taken down in the area and Boca were awarded a penalty but Carlos TEVEZ had his spot kick missed.
Another match on Sunday involved Godoy Cruz and Estudiantes de la Plata. Juan ANDRADA was sent off in the 19th minute for Godoy Cruz and despite playing for 10 minute the rest of the match, Diego VIERA scored the winning goal off a penalty kick in the 6th minute of injury time of the second half.
Nicolas FERNANDEZ was the hero for Defensa y Justicia as they drew 2-2 against Lanus. Despite scoring early in the first half through goals by Sebastian RIBAS (a penalty in the 7th minute) and Tomas BELMONTE (a goal in the 12th minute), FERNANDEZ scored twice late to hand his team the draw.
A goal from inside the area made it 2-1 in the 80th minute and a header just three minutes later was enough to give Defensa y Justicia the draw.
Matias CARRUZZO gave Rosario Central a 1-0 win against Banfield. A header from inside the area was enough to give them the win.
The last match on Sunday ended 0-0 between Huracan and River Plate. Monday’s match is Atletico Tucuman against Racing Club.
Lionel MESSI broke another FC Barcelona record while Emiliano SALA scored.
Another day another record for Lionel MESSI. FC Barcelona defeated Sevilla 2-1 to win the Spanish Super Cup and with Andres INIESTA no longer at the club, it meant that Lionel MESSI is club captain. Wearing the armband, MESSI lifted the Spanish Super Cup securing a club record 33rd trophy.
MESSI overtook Andres INIESTA who was on 32 trophies. While he didn’t score, MESSI did play a great through ball to Luis SUAREZ which was ultimately wasted and his free kick which hit the post fell to Gerard PIQUE who scored off the rebound.
Over in France, Emiliano SALA scored for FC Nantes in their 3-1 loss to Monaco. Despite being 3-0 down and in injury time, Nantes continued to press and got their goal through Emiliano SALA.
The former Bordeaux man shot from just outside of the area and got the consolation goal for his team.
Lautaro MARTINEZ scored a fantastic volley for Inter while Gonzalo HIGUAIN managed his first goal for new club Milan.
Roberto PEREYRA wasn’t the only Argentine player to score a volley on Saturday. Newly signed Lautaro MARTINEZ continues to impress in pre-season, this time adding a volley to his name. MARTINEZ scored the only goal in Inter’s 1-0 win against Atletico Madrid in the International Champions Cup.
It's a stunner from Lautaro Martinez as he nets the only goal in Inter's victory over Atletico Madrid in the #ICC! 😍 pic.twitter.com/ZEBLd757VE
From one Milan team to the other, Gonzalo HIGUAIN scored his first goal for his new team AC Milan. HIGUAIN’s goal was the only one for Milan in their 3-1 loss against Real Madrid. With the score at 1-0, HIGUAIN’s curled shot from the edge of the penalty area beat the goalkeeper to draw Milan level. However, Madrid would eventually add two more goals.
Roberto PEREYRA has kicked off the English Premier League season in style scoring two great goals in a 2-0 win against Brighton.
Roberto PEREYRA who scored just five goals in all of last season in the Premier League already bagged two on the first day of the season, one of which is a goal of the season candidate. Watford were awarded a corner kick in the 35th minute, a cross sent in found the former River Plate man’s right foot and a volley into the back of the net gave Watford the lead.
4 – Roberto Pereyra has scored four goals in his last five Premier League games at Vicarage Road; this after netting three in his previous 19. Buzzing. pic.twitter.com/ZVDx0qsj0l
6 – Roberto Pereyra has been directly involved in each of Watford's last six goals in the Premier League, scoring five and assisting the other one. Fundamental. pic.twitter.com/tztysM5nSq
An absolutely wonderful goal to kick start his season was followed by a second just nine minutes after the break. PEREYRA received the ball on the edge of the penalty area as he cut in from the goalkeeper’s right and beat him from a tight angle.
Meanwhile, Roberto Pereyra with 2 beautiful goals for Watford. Forza Tucumano! pic.twitter.com/6xWKznDtDZ
