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Diego PEROTTI makes new list for November friendlies!

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Jorge SAMPAOLI has revealed a new list for the November friendlies with Diego PEROTTI included in the squad.

We know Argentina will play Russia but we don’t know who they will face in their second friendly of the same month. Here is the list down below. Notable omissions: Manuel LANZINI and Enzo PEREZ. Anyone else? Looks like HIGUAIN has been left out again. Two new faces: Matias KRANEVITTER and Diego PEROTTI. What does everyone think?

Goalkeepers:
Sergio ROMERO
Nahuel GUZMAN
Agustin MARCHESIN

Defenders:
Javier MASCHERANO
Federico FAZIO
Gabriel MERCADO
Nicolas OTAMENDI
German PEZZELLA

Midfielders:
Eduardo SALVIO
Lucas BIGLIA
Ever BANEGA
Marcos ACUNA
Leandro PAREDES
Emiliano RIGONI
Matias KRANEVITTER
Aleandro GOMEZ
Diego PEROTTI

Forwards:
Lionel MESSI
Sergio AGUERO
Mauro ICARDI
Angel DI MARIA
Paulo DYBALA

If any of these players are not able to make it, there are eight players who Jorge SAMPAOLI has as backups: Joaquín Correa, Angel Correa, Guido Pizarro, Emanuel Mammana, Giovanni Lo Celso, Manuel Lanzini, Gerónimo Rulli & Emanuel Insua.  He also revealed that he is closely monitoring the recoveries of both Ramiro FUNES MORI and Marcos ROJO.

In terms of the local based players: Darío Benedetto (Boca), Enzo Pérez & Nacho Fernández (River) would be the local players that are picked. Also, there will be a fourth player that gets picked and that would come from either:  Fabricio Bustos (Independiente), Pablo Pérez (Boca) or Lautaro Acosta (Lanús).

 

VAMOS ARGENTINA!!

Lionel MESSI and Angel DI MARIA score in Europe

Both Lionel MESSI and Angel DI MARIA found the back of the net in the Champions League.

Two of Argentina’s three attacking players who started against Ecuador were on the scoresheet in Europe this week, with Lionel MESSI scoring for FC Barcelona and Angel DI MARIA for PSG. MESSI scored and assisted in Barcelona’s 3-1 win against Greek club Olympiacos. MESSI’s goal was his 100th in Europe, making him the first non-European player to reach that milestone. On top of la pulga’s free kick, he also had a lovely assist minutes later following a typical Lionel MESSI dribble inside the area before passing it to Lucas DIGNE who scored.

Lionel Messi's 100 goals in Europe. Via Goal.com
Lionel Messi’s 100 goals in Europe. Via Goal.com

For Angel DI MARIA, it was a different kind of goal. A strike similar to the one he scored in the 2008 Summer Olympic games in Beijing against Nigeria which won Argentina their second consecutive gold medal. A chip over the goalkeeper for Angel in PSG’s 4-0 win against Belgium club Anderlecht.

The goals by Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria

https://youtu.be/xf9wZYCv6fY

https://youtu.be/5M_ivdFvDAk

Gabriel BATISTUTA: “We have to copy National Teams”

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Argentina legend Gabriel BATISTUTA spoke about the Albiceleste’s current situation as well as Gonzalo HIGUAIN and Jorge SAMPAOLI.

The former Fiorentina striker was speaking on Radio La Red where he expressed his concerns and gave his thoughts on everything going on. Here’s what he had to say:

Gabriel BATISTUTA on his concerns:

“We have to copy the National Teams that are doing things well. It would be a lack of respect not to listen to TAPIA (AFA president). I would have to talk and express all of my concerns.

Gabriel BATISTUTA on Gonzako HIGUAIN:

“I believe they treated him very badly. He failed in moments where everyone was hoping he wouldn’t fail but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t know how to play. Furthermore, he’s a world class forward. Who goes to Russia? None of the three (HIGUAIN, ICARDI and BENEDETTO) deserve to be left out of the list.

Gabriel BATISTUTA on Jorge SAMPAOLI:

“We still haven’t seen SAMPAOLI apply his style. Hopefully what SAMPAOLI has is more than what we have seen so far. It was difficult for him to work in this situation because it was a delicate moment (when he took over and during the World Cup Qualifiers) but he was given two very easy matches at home (against Venezuela and Peru) where people were only expecting victories and that put a lot of pressure on him.”

Spain, Italy, Ukraine, rumored for Argentina friendlies

Several countries are in the running for the Argentina friendly match next month as well as in March, including Spain and Italy.

Argentina are confirmed to play Russia next month on November 11 in Moscow. According to several reports, the match against Russia is part of a contractual deal with Adidas (where Argentina would receive €400,000 per match) and the match was originally supposed to take place back in August 2013. However, the match was cancelled and held off as Russia were already set to play Ireland.

As for November’s friendly matches, there were rumors of Spain, France, Ukraine, Georgia and Poland. However, it appears as though all three of Spain, France and Poland already have their two opponents each for next month which would take them out of the running. That would leave Ukraine (who play Slovakia on Novemver 10) and have no second match yet or Georgia. The situation with those two countries are that they are paying very little for the match.

The other information is that in March there would be two friendly matches and apparently the AFA are in talks with the Spanish FA and Italian FA for those two games.

But the problem remains that the Albiceleste still do not have an opponent for the November 14 fixture.

Champions League Matchday 3: Preview

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The UEFA Champions League Matchday 3 takes place this week!

With Gonzalo HIGUAIN being the only Argentinian to score in the Champions League in Matchday 2, which Argentinian (if any) will score this time around? Here are the matches for this week:

Champions League Matchday 3 Tuesday, October 17:

Real Madrid vs. Tottenham Hotspur (Erik LAMELA, Juan FOYTH and Paulo GAZZANIGA)

Maribor vs. Liverpool

Manchester City (Nicolas OTAMENDI and Sergio AGUERO) vs. Napoli

Spartak Moscow vs. Sevilla (Ever BANEGA, Gabriel MERCADO, Guido PIZARRO, Joaquin CORREA, Nicolas PAREJA and Walter MONTOYA)

Feyenoord vs. Shakhtar Donetsk (Facundo FERREYRA and Gustavo Blanco LESCHUK)

APOEL (Agustin FARIAS and Facundo BERTOGLIO) vs. Borussia Dortmund

RB Lepzig vs. FC Porto

AS Monaco (Guido CARRILLO) vs. Besiktas

Champions League Matchday 3 Wednesday, October 18:

Qarabag FK vs. Atletico Madrid (Angel CORREA, Augusto FERNANDEZ, Axel WERNER, Nicolas GAITAN and Luciano VIETTO)

Anderlecht vs. PSG (Angel DI MARIA, Giovani LO CELSO and Javier PASTORE)

Juventus (Gonzalo HIGUAIN and Paulo DYBALA) vs. Sporting Lisbon (Alan RUIZ, Jonathan SILVA, Marcos ACUNA and Rodrigo BATTAGLIA)

Benfica (Eduardo SALVIO, Franco CERVI and Lisandro LOPEZ) vs. Manchester United (Marcos ROJO and Sergio ROMERO)

FC Barcelona (Lionel MESSI and Javier MASCHERANO) vs. Olympiacos (Nicolas MARTINEZ)

Chelsea (Willy CABALLERO) vs. AS Roma (Diego PEROTTI and Federico FAZIO)

Bayern Munich vs. Celtic

CSKA Moscow vs. FC Basel

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