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Argentine Champions League preview, Lionel MESSI, Sergio AGUERO, more

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The big clash this week in the Champions League comes in Spain where an Argentine jewel will look to eliminate Diego SIMEONE’s men.

Five Argentine players will be taking part in this week’s Champions League matches. Lionel MESSI, Angel CORREA, Paulo DYBALA, Sergio AGUERO and Nicolas OTAMENDI. Beginning on Tuesday, Lionel MESSI will travel to France as FC Barcelona are against Lyon.

Wednesday has the rest of the Argentine players. Angel CORREA and Diego SIMEONE host Paulo DYBALA. That’s the heavyweight clash of the day.

The other match on Wednesday is Schalke against Manchester City. The reigning league champions will look to make it far and win this year’s tournament. Sergio AGUERO and Nicolas OTAMENDI will look to make sure that it happens beginning with a win against Schalke.

Tuesday:
Lyon vs. FC Barcelona (Lionel MESSI)

Wednesday:
Atletico Madrid (Angel CORREA) vs. Juventus (Paulo DYBALA)
Schalke vs. Manchester City (Sergio AGUERO, Nicolas OTAMENDI)

The Argentine players left in the Champions League are:

AS Roma: Diego PEROTTI, Federico FAZIO, Javier PASTORE
Manchester United: Sergio ROMERO, Marcos ROJO
PSG: Angel DI MARIA, Leandro PAREDES
Tottenham Hotspur: Erik LAMELA, Juan FOYTH, Paulo GAZZANIGA
Borussia Dortmund: Leonardo BALERDI
Ajax: Nicolas TAGLIAFICO, Lisandro MAGALLAN
FC Barcelona: Lionel MESSI
Atletico Madrid: Angel CORREA
Juventus: Paulo DYBALA
Manchester City: Nicolas OTAMENDI, Sergio AGUERO

Giovani LO CELSO scores second goal of the week in Real Betis draw

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Giovani LO CELSO scored for Real Betis in their 1-1 draw against Alaves.

For the second time this week, the Argentine scored, this time from close range. LO CELSO gave his team the 1-0 lead but Betis couldn’t maintain the score with Alaves drawing level.

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Nicolas TAGLIAFICO scores second league goal of the season for Ajax in win

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Nicolas TAGLIAFICO scored for Ajax in their 5-0 win against NAC Breda.

After having a goal disallowed in the Champions League against Real Madrid, left back Nicolas TAGLIAFICO scored, this time with the goal standing, in their win. Ajax were awarded a corner kick and the Argentine found himself on the end of it for the goal.

Lionel MESSI scores and misses penalties in FC Barcelona win, penalty rate drops

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Lionel MESSI scored a penalty kick and missed a second in FC Barcelona’s 1-0 win against Real Valladolid.

In a bizarre match, MESSI didn’t have the best first half but scored a penalty kick while having a good second half but missing a penalty. In the first half, it was a well placed penalty with his shot hitting the side of the goal and going in.

The second, he went for the same spot but the goalkeeper guessed the right away again and this time saved it.

With his goal, MESSI has now scored 30+ goals in 11 consecutive seasons. In the league, MESSI has 22 goals in 22 matches this season.

Per a report by AS, his penalty rate dropped to 77% following his second penalty. Hr has missed 21 of the 89 penalty kicks he has taken for Barcelona or 23% of them.

Paulo DYBALA scores first Serie A goal for Juventus since November

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A first goal in Serie A since November for Paulo DYBALA for Juventus in their 3-0 win against Frosinone.

In a statistic which may be hard to believe, the Argentine scored for the first time in 2019 in the league. A thunderous shot from outside of the penalty area just six minutes into the match made it 1-0 for Juventus. The reigning Serie A champions would go on to add two more goals.

That goal was only his eighth in 29 matches in all competitions this season. Speaking with Sky Sport Italia, Juventus coach Massimiliano ALLEGRI had this to say about DYBALA:

“I’m happy for Paulo. He scored a good goal and forwards live for that. We need a player who works between the lines, even more so this year as we play with two strikers as well as him.

“This has maybe limited him a little in terms of finishing, but not in terms of the matches and his performances.”

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