Home Blog Page 1331

Jorge SAMPAOLI to visit Manuel LANZINI, Mauro ICARDI and more

6

Argentina National Team coach Jorge SAMPAOLI will visit a few players in Europe, one of which will be Manuel LANZINI.

August means the restart of CONMEBOL’s South American World Cup Qualifiers, which means new Argentina coach Jorge SAMPAOLI’s first competitive matches since taking over the team. As we noted a few days ago, SAMPAOLI mentioned in his latest press conference that he will be travelling to Europe to speak with a number of National Team players.

According to AS, SAMPAOLI will be visiting a number of players, two of which are West Ham United’s Manuel LANZINI and Inter captain Mauro ICARDI. Per AS, here’s the list with the dates:

August 1-2:
Jorge SAMPAOLI will visit Paris to speak with PSG players Angel DI MARIA, Javier PASTORE and Giovani LO CELSO.

August 3-4:
Jorge SAMPAOLI will visit Milan to speak with Inter’s Mauro ICARDI and AC Milan’s Mateo MUSACCHIO. He will also attend AC Milan vs. Craiova.

August 5-6:
Jorge SAMPAOLI will visit London where he will attend Tottenham and Juventus’ Champions League matches and speak with Gonzalo HIGUAIN, Paulo DYBALA and Manuel LANZINI.

August 7-8-9:
Jorge SAMPAOLI will visit Barcelona to speak with Lionel MESSI and Javier MASCHERANO. He will also attend Barcelona’s Gamper match.

August 10-11:
Jorge SAMPAOLI will visit Sevilla, where he used to coach. He will speak with Gabriel MERCADO, Ever BANEGA and Joaquin CORREA. He will also attend the club’s match against Roma to watch Federico FAZIO.

August 12:
Jorge SAMPAOLI will visit Madrid where he will speak with Augusto FERNANDEZ.

August 13:
Jorge SAMPAOLI will attend Barcelona’s Supercup match against Real Madrid.

Maxi RODRIGUEZ signs with Peñarol

7

Maxi RODRIGUEZ has found a new club in South America.

The Newell’s Old Boys legend has signed with his fifth club, his first in Uruguay. Maximiliano made his Newell’s debut back in 1999 before moving to Espanyol in 2002. He lated joined Atletico Madrid in 2005 prior to making the switch to Liverpool in 2010. He then went back to his boyhood club in 2012 where he performed very well and was part of the Argentina National Team which made the final of the 2014 World Cup.

With Argentina, Maxi scored 16 goals in 57 matches, three of which came in the 2006 World Cup (which included THAT goal against Mexico). Maxi also took the decisive penalty in the semi finals of the 2014 World Cup against Netherlands where his shot took Argentina to the final.

Best of luck to Maxi!

Malaga signs Emanuel CECCHINI

5

La Liga side Malaga have just completed the signing Argentine midfielder Emanuel CECCHINI from Banfield for a 5 years contract.

Spanish newspaper Marca announced earlier this week that the two clubs had agreed to a fee of €5 million for the highly rated 20 year old.

Augusto FERNANDEZ back from injury

4

Augusto FERNANDEZ is back from injury after having been sidelined for over 300 days.

The Atletico Madrid man was back and was very happy to have taken part in his first match back in nearly a year. FERNANDEZ has been out since September 25, 2016 after having been substituted off during a match. Tests were done on the player which confirned that he had completely ruptured a ligament in his right knee.

The rehabilitation took nearly a year to come back and made his return in Atletico Madrid’s 0-0 draw against Toluca. Following the match, FERNANDEZ had this to say:

Augusto FERNANDEZ on coming back from injury:

“Before the kick-off, I felt as if I was making my debut again. I enjoyed it. I’m where I want to be.”
“The time to play had come again and I felt I was in the place where I like to be. The truth is that I felt good, I will go slowly to pick up the pace and feel physically stronger.”

“The important thing is that my knee is good, it is responding well and I am going to get back where I was.”

“I feel grateful to all the people who supported me. I have felt that my colleagues have also been happy to see me again on the field and this shows that we are a great family.”

According to rumors, FERNANDEZ will be called-up by Jorge SAMPAOLI for Argentina’s upcoming World Cup Qualifying matches and might even feature with Ever BANEGA in midfield. However, at this point, those are only rumors.

Argentina To Play Cameroon?

13

There is a possibility that Argentina will play a friendly with Cameroon at the near future. 

The Indomitable Lions team’s manager and former Boca Juniors striker Alphonse TCHAMI was in Buenos Aires where he met up with AFA’s President Claudio TAPIA. He was brought around by TAPIA for a visit at the National Team’s training complex and to check out the facilities available there. 

We will just have wait and see whether this match gets materialized or not. 

In the meantime, here is perhaps the most memorable match up between these two sides. What a day (depending on how you interpret this!) it was for anyone who watch this back in 1990, played at the San Siro as the opening match for the 1990 World Cup.

What happened? Well the rest they say is history…

Become a Mundo Albiceleste Member

Support the site, win prizes, and be part of the Albiceleste family!

OFFER AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME

1 MONTH – FREE TRIAL, CANCEL ANYTIME

  • Participate to win a different retro Argentina shirt every month!
  • Play weekly trivia to win a 2022 World Cup ball signed by Julián Álvarez, among other prizes!
  • Write opinion pieces for the site
Subscribe Now