Argentina defender Lisandro MARTINEZ has signed for Ajax,
Still only 21 years old, the Argentine centre-back has joined the Eredivisie champions on a four year deal where he will join fellow Argentine’s Nicolas TAGLIAFICO and Lisandro MAGALLAN at the club.
MARTINEZ made his Argentina national team debut back in March in a 3-1 loss against Venezuela.
First steps in ❌❌❌, many more to come!#VamosMartínez 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/SSiYA3Urzu
— AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) May 20, 2019
It’s not often I’ll post something that isn’t through text but I was on the Low Limit Futbal podcast with my good friends Roberto ROJAS and Joe UCCELLO a few days ago where I discussed Argentina.
For those who would like to hear my thoughts on the current team, the players, Lionel SCALONI, this year’s Copa America as well as next year’s, Lionel MESSI and more, do give it a listen.
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Lionel MESSI scored twice in FC Barcelona’s 2-2 draw against Eibar.
Argentina and FC Barcelona’s captain continues to score as he ends his league campaign with 36 goals. MESSI also lead La Liga with 13 assists and 92 most key passes. In short, MESSI leads everything.
MESSI has also reached 50 goals this season with the final of the Copa del Rey left.
Walter KANNEMANN suffered an injury and will miss the Copa America.
Gremio’s KANNEMANN suffered a fracture in the second vertebrae of his spine and will be out for six weeks. This would rule him out of being in Lionel SCALONI’s Argentina team.
Walter Kanemman seis semanas afuera por lesión en la segunda vértebra de su Columna (fractura).
— Hernán Castillo (@HernanSCastillo) May 17, 2019
Joaquin CORREA is the last player to be included in the Argentina preliminary list for the Copa America.
After securing the Coppa Italia for Lazio with a goal, CORREA has now found himself in the list of 40 players. Coach SCALONI had initially announced a list of 31 which was followed by five more to make it 36 and three more to make it 39 players. Joaquin CORREA now makes it to the final 40 players.
Lionel SCALONI will cut that down to 23 on May 30 for the tournament in Brazil. Here’s the final list of 40 players:
Goalkeepers:
Esteban ANDRADA, Boca Juniors
Franco ARMANI, River Plate
Agustín MARCHESIN, Club America
Juan MUSSO, Udinese
Gerónimo RULLI, Real Sociedad
Defenders:
Gabriel MERCADO, Sevilla
Gonzalo MONTIEL, River Plate
Juan FOYTH, Tottenham Hotspur
Renzo SARAVIA, Racing Club
Nicolás OTAMENDI, Manchester City
Walter KANEMANN, Gremio
Germán PEZZELLA, Fiorentina
Ramiro FUNES MORI, Villarreal
Nicolás TAGLIAFICO, Ajax
Marcos ACUNA, Sporting CP
Leonardo SIGALI, Racing Club
Milton CASCO, River Plate
Midfielders:
Leandro PAREDES, Paris Saint-Germain
Guido RODRIGUEZ, Club America
Giovani LO CELSO, Real Betis
Roberto PEREYRA, Watford
Rodrigo DE PAUL, Udinese
Exequiel PALACIOS, River Plate
Ángel DI MARIA, Paris Saint-Germain
Matías ZARACHO, Racing Club
Iván MARCONE, Boca Juniors
Gonzalo Pity MARTINEZ, Atlanta United
Manuel LANZINI, West Ham United
Ignacio FERNANDEZ, River Plate
Maximiliano Meza, Monterrey
Erik LAMELA, Tottenham
Gaston GIMENEZ, Velez
Forwards:
Lionel MESSI, FC Barcelona
Sergio AGUERO, Manchester City
Paulo DYBALA, Juventus
Mauro ICARDI, Inter
Matías SUAREZ, River Plate
Lautaro MARTINEZ, Inter
Ángel CORREA, Atletico Madrid
