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Argentina players in the 2018-2019 UEFA Champions League

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A total of 25 Argentine players and two Argentine coaches will take part in this season’s 2018-2019 UEFA Champions League.

Every group this season in the Champions League will include at least one Argentine player, with Group B boasting six players and one coach and Group E having seven Argentine players in the group. No Argentine player has lifted the UEFA Champions League trophy since Lionel MESSI and Javier MASCHERANO did it with FC Barcelona back in the 2014-2015 season.

Here are the groups for this season’s premier European club tournament.

Group A:
Atletico Madrid: Angel CORREA, coach Diego SIMEONE
Club Brugge
Borussia Dortmund
Monaco

Group B:
Tottenham Hotspur: Erik LAMELA, Juan FOYTH, Paulo GAZZANIGA, coach Mauricio POCHETTINO
FC Barcelona: Lionel MESSI
PSV Eindhoven
Internazionale: Mauro ICARDI, Lautaro MARTINEZ

Group C:
Napoli
Liverpool
Paris Saint-Germain: Angel DI MARIA
Red Star Belgrade

Group D:
FC Porto
Galatasaray
Lokomotiv Moscow
Schalke 04: Franco DI SANTO

Group E:
Bayern Munich
Ajax: Nicolas TAGLIAFICO
AEK Athens: Ezequiel PONCE
Benfica: German CONTI, Franco CERVI, Eduardo SALVIO, Facundo FERREYRA, Cristian LEMA

Group F:
Lyon
Shakhtar Donetsk
1899 Hoffenheim
Manchester City: Sergio AGUERO, Nicolas OTAMENDI

Group G:
CSKA Moscow
Real Madrid
Roma: Diego PEROTTI, Federico FAZIO, Javier PASTORE
Viktoria Plzen

Group H:
Juventus: Paulo DYBALA
Young Boys
Manchester United: Marcos ROJO, Sergio ROMERO
Valencia: Ezequiel GARAY

Of the 25 players, 19 of them have played for the senior Argentina National Team squad. Those 18 being the following:

Angel CORREA, Erik LAMELA, Lionel MESSI, Mauro ICARDI, Lautaro MARTINEZ, Angel DI MARIA, Franco DI SANTO, Nicolas TALGIAFICO, Franco CERVI, Eduardo SALVIO, Sergio AGUERO, Nicolas OTAMENDI, Diego PEROTTI, Federico FAZIO, Javier PASTORE, Paulo DYBALA, Marcos ROJO, Sergio ROMERO and Ezequiel GARAY.

Here are the matches for this week:

Tuesday:

FC Barcelona (Lionel MESSI) vs. PSV Eindhoven

Inter (Mauro ICARDI, Lautaro MARTINEZ) vs. Tottenham Hotspur (Erik LAMELA, Juan FOYTH, Paulo GAZZANIGA, coach Mauricio POCHETTINO)
Club Brugge vs. Borussia Dortmund

Schalke 04 (Franco DI SANTO) vs. FC Porto

Monaco vs. Atletico Madrid Angel CORREA, coach Diego SIMEONE

Liverpool vs. PSG (Angel DI MARIA)

Red Star Belgrade vs. Napoli

Galatasaray vs. Lokomotiv Moscow

Wednesday:

Ajax (Nicolas TAGLIAFICO) vs. AEK Athens (Ezequiel PONCE)

Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Hoffenheim

Real Madrid vs. Roma (Diego PEROTTI, Federico FAZIO, Javier PASTORE)

Valencia (Ezequiel GARAY) vs. Juventus (Paulo DYBALA)

Benfica (German CONTI, Franco CERVI, Eduardo SALVIO, Facundo FERREYRA, Cristian LEMA) vs. Bayern Munich

Viktoria Plzen vs. CSKA Moscow

Manchester City (Sergio AGUERO, Nicolas OTAMENDI) vs. Lyon

Young Boys vs. Manchester United (Marcos ROJO, Sergio ROMERO)

We will have coverage of all the goals scored by Argentine players in the Champions League.

 

Nicolas OTAMENDI of Manchester City could play for Argentina next month

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Nicolas OTAMENDI of Manchester City could come back and play for Argentina in their friendly matches next month.

Argentina coach Lionel SCALONI might be able to count on the Manchester City defender when his team play against Iraq and Brazil next month in Saudi Arabia. As we reported a few days ago, some of the more established players of the Argentina team could find themselves back in the squad for next month’s matches.

Per a report by TyC Sports, OTAMENDI could be one of those players who would be included in the list.

Argentina National Team to play Iraq in friendly match in October

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The Argentina National Team will reportedly play a friendly match against Iraq in October.

Per a report by TyC Sports, Argentina will no longer play Egypt but will now play Iraq prior to playing Brazil in Saudi Arabia. The confirmation will apparently come within the next day but the match is set to take place on October 12 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with the match against Brazil taking place on October 16 in Jeddah.

Iraq are presently in 89th place in the FIFA rankings. They are coached by Srecko KATANEC, who played for Yugoslavia and later went on to play for Slovenia. He was part of the 1990 Yugoslavia squad but did not play the match when Argentina eliminated them on penalties inthat tournament.

Gonzalo HIGUAIN scores for Milan, Erik LAMELA for Tottenham, more

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Gonzalo HIGUAIN, Erik LAMELA and Emiliano INSUA all scored for their clubs.

Finally off the mark, Gonzalo HIGUAIN scores his first goal for his new club in AC Milan’s 1-1 draw against Cagliari. HIGUAIN rounded the goalkeeper and scores to draw Milan level. Lucas BIGLIA and Mateo MUSACCHIO both also started the match for Milan.

While the door to the Argentina National Team should be closed for both HIGUAIN and BIGLIA (Lucas already retired following the loss to France), Mateo MUSACCHIO can still find his way into the team.

Off to England, Erik LAMELA scored  late goal for Tottenham as they lost 2-1 against Liverpool. LAMELA came on as a substitute as he began the match on the bench and was one of Tottenham’s better players. LAMELA smashes the ball from a difficult angle to beat the goalkeeper.

From Serie A to the English Premier League to the Bundesliga, Emiliano INSUA scored for Stuttgart in their 3-3 draw against Freiburg. A shot from outside of the penalty area found its way through the players and into the net. While not included in the Argentina National Team, INSUA has found regular playing time with Stuttgart.

Santiago ASCACIBAR, who was part of the recent Argentina team, started the match along with Nicolas GONZALEZ.

Argentine Rodrigo DE PAUL scores for Udinese vs. Torino in Serie A

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Rodrigo DE PAUL scored for Udinese in their 1-1 draw against Torino in Serie A.

The former Racing Club and Valencia man scored his third goal of the season (in five matches) for Udinese. In comparison, last season he finished with four goals in 39 matches and the year before that once more with four goals but in 35 matches.

A shot from outside of the penalty area gave Udinese the lead in the first half before Soualiho MEITE equalized for Torino. Ignacio PUSSETTO, preivously of Atletico de Rafaela and Huracan also started the match for Udinese and had the assist on DE PAUL’s goal.

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