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Paulo DYBALA penalty miss for Juventus against Lazio

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A Paulo DYBALA penalty miss has handed Juventus their first Serie A loss of the season.

With Juventus down 2-1 at home to Lazio, the reigning Serie A champions were awarded a penalty in the 96th minute. The responsibility was given to the jewel himself, DYBALA. He stepped up and kicked the ball to the goalkeeper’s right and the kick was saved. Juventus lost their first Serie A match of the season.

Paulo DYBALA penalty miss

There was also this incredible miss by Gonzalo HIGUAIN:

Potential Argentina away shirt for 2018 World Cup

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There’s a potential Argentina away shirt which has been making rounds lately.

Earlier in the week, there was a leaked Argentina home shirt was was circulating around the internet. A few days later, a second potential kit has been going around but this time the away one. There’s been talks and rumors throughout the past year that Argentina’s away kit for the World Cup would be different in that it would not be a blue/dark blue color but more of a darker, even a black color.

While the shirt is only a rumored one, Adidas has already made the change for the likes of Germany in recent years (from introducing a red colored away shirt to a black one). Here’s the shirt:

Argentina away kit 2018
Argentina rumored away kit for 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Many have seen the blue/dark blue as being bad luck for Argentina in recent years (2002 World Cup, 2006 World Cup, 2014 World Cup). What do you think? Would you like to see Argentina go with a black kit or should they stick to the blue away shirt?

Lucas BIGLIA: “For number 9, I would prefer HIGUAIN”

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Lucas BIGLIA has come out speaking to the press about the Argentina National Team.

It’s been a crazy week for Lucas BIGLIA. He started both of Argentina’s final World Cup Qualifying matches against Peru and Ecuador with everything on the line. And according to this interview with TyC Sports, he would have retired from the National Team had Argentina not made it to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He also spoke about who he would like to see as the number 9 for Argentina. Here’s what he had to say:

Lucas BIGLIA on retirement:

“If we would not have qualified for the World Cup, I’d have retired from Argentina. Myself and several others would have stepped down. I would get to the Argentina team and I had MASCHERANO by my side. Now, thanks to God, I have him behind me.

On Gonzalo HIGUAIN:

“If they asked me to pick a number 9, I’d prefer HIGUAIN. He deserves another World Cup. I’d like to see him as the number 9 once more for the National Team and have him say goodbye in a different way. BENEDETTO and ICARDI are very good. AGUERO, it goes without saying which is why he was called. But I would also like to see HIGUAIN return.

The finals lost:

“The finals which were lost are a thorn. After the second Copa (Copa America final loss), a lot of us thought about leaving. But then the next day we wanted to be back. And we’re going for revenge.

Post match celebration:

“The celebration in the locker room was to let it all out, it wasn’t against anyone. When we didn’t speak to the press, I felt weird because I felt like we weren’t reacing the people (fans). The team doesn’t hate anyone. We started at zero and little by little we went for our objective: Russia.

AC Milan chartering a plane for him:

“I thanked the club (AC Milan) for putting me on the charter. I’m not that relevant for them to do that gesture to me.”

Argentina rumored to play Spain in November

Argentina is strongly being rumored to play a friendly match against Spain in November.

According to reports out of both Argentina and Spain, confirmation for a match between the Albiceleste and the 2010 World Cup champions is very close. The match would take place on November 14 at the Wanda Metropolitano (Home of Diego SIMEONE’s Atletico Madrid) stadium.

This would be the second of two matches for Argentina during November’s international break. As we reported earlier, the team will play Russia on November 11 in their first match.

The last time these two teams played each other was in September 2010 in Buenos Aires where Argentina won 4-1 after the visitors had just won the World Cup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTICVA4jhPE

Friendly match between Argentina and Russia in November

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Argentina will play a friendly match against Russia in November.

Now that the Albiceleste have qualified for the 2018 World Cup, the team can breathe a sigh of relief and build for it. Jorge SAMPAOLI’s Argentina will not have to wait until June to play in Russia. As a matter of fact, should Argentina make the final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, it wouldn’t be the first time they play in that stadium.

On November 11, the Argentina National Team will fly to Russia to play a friendly match at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, which also happens to be the venue for the final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. We first reported about this back in February and it now looks like the match will happen.

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