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Lionel MESSI scores and assists against Juventus

Roy Nemer
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Lionel MESSI scores and assists against Juventus

It was the Lionel MESSI show for Barcelona against Juventus in the UEFA Champions League.

Two goals an one assist against Juventus, not a bad night at the office for the world’s best player. Some were calling it revenge other were calling it the turn of a new season, call it what you want, MESSI was the star of the show.

Remarkable to think that Lionel had never scored against BUFFON, after all, he has played against the great goalkeeper a few times. But this time, Leo finally broke the curse. A great one-two with Luis SUAREZ and a precise surgical finish from the little man right before half time ensured that his team would go into the dressing room a goal to the goods.

A clinical run down the right hand side in the second half, a pass which was meant to SUAREZ but landed to RAKITIC and it was 2-0 for the Catalans. Ernesto VALVERDE’s men got the third after another MESSI run as his shot went right but BUFFON was going left. A 3-0 win meant they go joint top of the table along with Marcos ACUNA’s Sporting Lisbon in their group.

Two other Argentinians, Paulo DYBALA and Gonzalo HIGUAIN (who was left isolated up front alone but did not look too mobile when he was on the ball) started the match for the Serie A league winners.

CONMEBOL approve Argentina’s Bombonera proposal

Roy Nemer
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CONMEBOL approve Argentina’s Bombonera proposal

CONMEBOL have approved the idea of playing at La Bombonera.

As we reported last week, the Argentina FA were going to submit a bid to FIFA and CONMEBOL regarding their World Cup Qualifying match next month. The idea would be that the AFA would bid to get their match against Peru to be played at Boca’s La Bombonera. The bid has since been submitted and it has reportedly been approved.

With the green light coming from South America, there’s only missing FIFA given the go and the decision will then be in the AFA’s hands. At the moment, the venue of the match remains unknown.

Champions League Draw: Argentinians for this season

Roy Nemer
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Champions League Draw: Argentinians for this season

The Champions League draw has taken place and we now know who the Argentinians will be playing.

A total of 40 Argentinians will be taking part in this year’s Champions League. Some as starters and some as squad players. Out of those 40, 24 of them have played for the Argentina National Team with a few more even playing for the youth teams.

Champions League Draw

Group A:

Benfica (Eduardo SALVIO, Franco CERVI and Lisandro LOPEZ)
Manchester United (Marcos ROJO and Sergio ROMERO)
FC Basel
CSKA Moscow

Group B:

Bayern Munich
PSG (Angel DI MARIA,Giovani LO CELSO and Javier PASTORE)
Anderlecht
Celtic

Group C:

Chelsea (Willy CABALLERO)
Atletico Madrid (Angel CORREA, Augusto FERNANDEZ, Axel WERNER, Nicolas GAITAN and Luciano VIETTO)
AS Roma (Diego PEROTTI and Federico FAZIO)
Qarabag

Group D:

Juventus (Gonzalo HIGUAIN and Paulo DYBALA)
FC Barcelona (Lionel MESSI and Javier MASCHERANO)
Olympiacos (Nicolas MARTINEZ)
Sporting Lisbon (Alan RUIZ, Jonathan SILVA, Marcos ACUNA and Rodrigo BATTAGLIA)

Group E:

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

Group F:

Shakhtar Donetsk (Facundo FERREYRA and Gustavo Blanco LESCHUK)
Manchester City (Nicolas OTAMENDI and Sergio AGUERO)
Napoli
Feyenoord

Group G:

AS Monaco (Guido CARRILLO)
FC Porto
Besiktas
RB Leipzig

Group H:

Real Madrid
Borussia Dortund
Tottenham Hotspur (Erik LAMELA and Paulo GAZZANIGA)
APOEL (Agustin FARIAS and Facundo BERTOGLIO)

Here are this week’s fixtures:

Tuesday, September 12:

Chelsea vs. Qarabag

AS Roma (Diego PEROTTI and Federico FAZIO) vs. Atletico Madrid (Angel CORREA, Augusto FERNANDEZ, Axel WERNER, Nicolas GAITAN and Luciano VIETTO)

Olympiacos (Nicolas MARTINEZ) vs. Sporting Lisbon (Alan RUIZ, Jonathan SILVA, Marcos ACUNA and Rodrigo BATTAGLIA)

Manchester United (Marcos ROJO and Sergio ROMERO) vs. FC Basel

Benfica (Eduardo SALVIO, Franco CERVI and Lisandro LOPEZ) vs. CSKA Moscow

FC Barcelona (Lionel MESSI and Javier MASCHERANO) vs. Juventus (Gonzalo HIGUAIN and Paulo DYBALA)

Wednesday, September 13:

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

Maribor vs. Spartak Moscow

FC Porto vs. Besiktas

RB Leipzig vs. AS Monaco (Guido CARRILLO)

Real Madrid vs. APOEL (Agustin FARIAS and Facundo BERTOGLIO)

Tottenham Hotspur (Erik LAMELA and Paulo GAZZANIGA) vs. Borussia Dortmund

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

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

Just like every season, we will be covering the Champions League with match fixtures, goals and highlights.

MESSI hat trick on Derbi Barceloní against Espanyol

John
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MESSI hat trick on Derbi Barceloní against Espanyol

Lionel MESSI returned to his routine for Barcelona when they took on Espanyol at the Camp Nou.

Following Real Madrid dropping points in their earlier match, MESSI and Barça ensured not to slip up as they ran rampage against their Catalan rivals. MESSI first opened his account on the night in the 26th minute when he picked the ball up from Ivan RAKITIC in the penalty area, then proceeded to sidestep Diego LOPEZ before blasting it into the top corner. The goal stood despite there being a call for offside.

He then doubled Barça’s lead in the 35th minute, after Jordi ALBA made a cut pass in which MESSI sloted it in passed the goalkeeper. Espanyol nearly closed the deficit back to one goal just before half time when Pablo PIATTI saw his effort crash the far goal post. The diminutive number 10 completed his hat trick in the 67th minute, with ALBA again being again the provider with a cut back pass in which MESSI calmly fired the ball into the bottom corner of the goal. This was his first hat trick in 554 days dating back to March 2016 against Rayo Vallecano.

Gerrard PIQUE and Luis SUAREZ completed Espanyol’s misery of the night with a goal each as Barcelona surged to the top of La Liga with a 5-0 win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJOfs1pS5UA

Gonzalo HIGUAIN, Paulo Dybala score for Juventus

John
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Gonzalo HIGUAIN, Paulo Dybala score for Juventus

Juventus cruised past Chievo Verona 3-0 with Gonzalo HIGUAIN and Paulo DYBALA scoring one goal each.

After leading 1-0 at half time with an own goal, Juventus came back strongly in the second half aiming to seal the game. All that changed when DYBLA, who started from the bench, was brought in for Douglas COSTA in the 54th minute. He combined well with Miralem PJANIC who set up HIGUAIN who then powered the ball into top left corner of the goal in the 58th minute, his second goal of the season.

DYBALA was so energetic on the field after coming from a disappointing National Team stint that he was destined to put his name on the score-sheet. And that happened in the 82nd minute, when he found his way past three Chievo players before slotting the third for Juventus to complete a memorable night for the Grand Old Lady.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuRLlARGB4w

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