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Martin DEMICHELIS retires, to join Malaga coaching staff

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Martin DEMICHELIS has officially retired and joined Malaga’s coaching staff.

The former Argentina, Bayern Munich and Manchester City man had announced his retirement prior to Malaga’s last La Liga match of the season. Speaking prior to the match, DEMICHELIS had this to say:

Martin DEMICHELIS:

“I want to be honest. I lost the strength in my legs and my concentration. But I want to give thanks to football. Ending my career at Malaga is a dream”.

It has since been reported that Michel GONZALEZ wants DEMICHELIS to join his coaching staff for next season.

DEMICHELIS, who’s won two Argentine Clausura titles, four Bundesliga titles, a Premier League title, two League Cups and a World Cup runner-up has not had a bad career.

Under-20 Argentina side lose to hosts S. Korea!

Hello everyone,

Our boys have lost again to the hosts S. Korea.  They had 19 shots on goal compared to S. Korea’s 7 and they also had 60% of ball possession throughout the match. They also had more opportunities against England in their first match where they also lost.  Los pibes seem to have a problem with finishing.

Coach Claudia UBEDA said the following:

“Just like the match against England, we had more opportunities than the opponents, but our mistakes made this result,” he said. “We have to accept it. We made bad choices to let this happen.”

Argentina still have hope of going to the round of 16. Argentina can still become one of the four third-placed team to join. UBEDA’S side will meet Guinea on Friday in Seogwipo, Jeju Island.

UBEDA also said:

“We will give out our best efforts in the final match,” he said. “I hope we can get an opportunity to reach the round of the 16.”

I personally am not happy and am disappointed.  We are Argentina and can’t let this happen. Any thoughts?

Argentina’s goal:

Local based players list announced for Argentina team

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The list of local based players for the Argentina team has been announced.

We’ve already gotten some fresh new faces from the European based list. From Mauro ICARDI to Leandro PAREDES, Alejandro GOMEZ to Geronimo RULLI, the changes are coming and they’re coming fast for Argentina. The same can also be said for the one’s currently in Argentina as there are some deserving names being included in the team. Seven players were added from the Primera to the National Team squad, here they are:

Argentina local based list:

Nicolas TAGLIAFICO
Jose LUIS GOMEZ
Jonathan MAIDANA
Javier PINOLA
Marcos ACUNA
Ignacio FERNANDEZ
Lucas ALARIO

Here’s the full list, combining both the European based players along with the Argentina based players.

Argentina National Team
The full Argentina team to play next month’s friendly matches.

Eduardo SALVIO: “I was not expecting the call-up”

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Eduardo SALVIO has commented on his call-up to the Argentina National Team.

The Benfica player spoke about how happy he is to being called-up to the Argentina National Team and that he was surprised to be included in the team. Playing at a very high level for Benfica, SALVIO, now 27 years old, has not played for Argentina since their 0-0 match in 2013 against Saudi Arabia.

But with Jorge SAMPAOLI taking over the team and changes being made, SALVIO was one of many fresh faces to be included in the squad. Speaking with Radio La Red, here’s what he had to say:

Eduardo SALVIO:

“I was not expecting this call-up to the Argentina National Team. Now that I’m with the National Team, I don’t want to leave it. The position I like to play in most is the right wing.”

Mateo MUSACCHIO undergoes AC Milan medical

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Mateo MUASCCHIO has undergone a medical with AC Milan.

The Villarreal defender has been linked to a move to the club for the past few months and it appears to finally be happening. AC Milan will pay the pricetag of €18 for the defender who is set to be the first signing of their new Chinese owners era.

AC Milan have released the following video in regards to MUSACCHIO.

Mateo MUSACCHIO: