Germán PEZZELLA suffered an injury during Fiorentina’s 1-0 loss against Empoli.
The Fiorentina man fractured his jaw in the match and will be operated on Monday. This could come as a concern for Argentina coach Lionel SCALONI with the Copa America starting next month and PEZZELLA potentially being one of the two starting center backs in the team.
PEZZELLA is not expected to miss out as there are reports that he would be back in training in a week.
Nicolas TAGLIAFICO and Lisandro MAGALLAN won the KNVB Cup with Ajax after a 4-0 win against Willem II, the first of a potential treble.
TAGLIAFICO and MAGALLAN lifted their first trophy with Ajax following the win. With Ajax still in the Champions League and first in the table in the Eredivisie, the potential treble is on.
Congratulations to Nicolas TAGLIAFICO and Lisandro MAGALLAN.
Argentina will take on Villarreal and Honduras before the U20 FIFA World Cup.
Per a Tweet by Juan Pablo VARSKY, the Argentina U20 team will play two games before the start of the tournament in Poland. The first would be against Villarreal, assumed to be their B team on May 14 before playing on May 18 against Honduras.
La #SelecciónArgentina 🇦🇷 Sub 20 se enfrentará a sus pares de Villarreal 🇪🇸 (el 14 de mayo) y Honduras 🇭🇳 (el 18 de mayo) en partidos preparatorios para el Mundial de Polonia. pic.twitter.com/b2ZawsmhXv
— VarskySports (@VarskySports) May 5, 2019
Gonzalo HIGUAIN scored in Chelsea’s 3-0 win against Watford.
The former Argentina international forward scored his fifth goal in the Premier League. A pass played in by Pedro into the penalty area found Gonzalo HIGUAIN who chipped the ball over the oncoming goalkeeper.
After the match, Chelsea coach Maurizio SARRI spoke about HIGUAIN’s future at the club. Here’s what he had to say:
“”If he’s staying then we can do very well in the next season. I don’t know about Gonzalo Higuain’s future, you have to ask the club. But for a striker it is not easy to play here, when you’re used to playing in Spain and Italy.
“It’s not easy to adapt to this competition because it’s different physically.”
Argentina U20 coach Fernando BATISTA announced his squad for the FIFA World Cup to be held in Poland.
The coach selected his 21 man squad with Ezequiel BARCO of Atlanta United being included. Here’s the full squad.
BATISTA’s boys are in Group F along with South Africa, Portugal and Korea Republic. Here are the match dates:
May 25 vs. South Africa
May 28 vs. Portugal
May 31 vs. Korea Republic
