Breaking news coming out of South America as Argentina are now down to 6th place in the World Cup Qualifiers.
Bolivia have been punished for fielding an ineligible player for their matches against Chile and Peru. Because of that, Chile have been awarded 3 points and leapfrog Argentina ahead in the South American standings. Argentina are on 16 points and Chile (who were previously on 13 points) are now at 16 and ahead of Argentina due to matches won.
The second casualty is already hit for Argentina.
Following the injury to Nicolas GAITAN, Geronimo RULLI is another name who will be causing Edgardo BAUZA headaches. In training on Tuesday, Geronimo RULLI collided with a team mate and was unable to continue the session.
He collided with JUANMI and had to leave training ahead of Real Sociedad’s match against Atletico on the weekend. The knock he picked up was on his knee. The initial report out of Spain is that it is nothing serious.
Hey everyone,
Argentina coach Edgardo BAUZA has spoken with Mauro ICARDI and has confirmed that he will be called up at “any moment”. Therefore, we should anticipate a call up soon. He also explained that he will not accept any conditions set against him at all. He was quoted as saying: “If at any time a superior or player imposes conditions on me, I’ll pack up a bag and go home.” He also said that his contract “has been signed until the end of World Cup 2018 in Russia”. He also went on to say that he is not bothered by the critics. He went on to say “We lost against Paraguay at home – it’s logical they they criticize.” Moreover, he also went on to say: “We spoke about ICARDI with ZANETTI (Vice President of Inter Milan) about the National Team advising him that at any moment he will be called up.”
What do you guys think? Do you think he is telling us the truth or just appeasing us? Also, who do you think we should drop if ICARDI comes in? Pratto? Higuain? Aguero?
It was goals galore on Saturday with the scoring coming from England all the way to Brazil.
Sergio AGUERO scored twice for Manchester City in their 4-0 win against West Brom.
Gonzalo HIGUAIN scored against his old club Napoli in Juventus’ 2-1 win.
Luciano VIETTO scored for Sevilla in their 1-1 draw against Sporting Gijon.
Santiago GARCIA scored for Werder Bremen in their 3-1 loss to Freiburg.
In Portugal, both Eduardo SALVIO and Franco CERVI scored for Benfica in a 3-0 win against Pacos de Ferreira.
In Brazil, Lucas PRATTO scored for Atletico Mineiro in their 2-2 draw against Flamengo.
Sergio AGUERO’s goals:
Gonzalo HIGUAIN’s goal:
Luciano VIETTO’s goal:
Santiago GARCIA’s goal:
Eduardo SALVIO and Franco CERVI’s goals:
Lucas PRATTO’s goal:
The injury list is underway for Argentina.
In what seems to be a recurring theme every month, a player has picked up an injury. This time it’s Atletico Madrid’s Nicolas GAITAN who had to be substituted off after 30 minutes due to a buttock’s injury. Further tests will be done to see the extent of his injury.
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