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Marcos ACUÑA, BUFFARINI rumored to be called up

Edgardo BAUZA will be announcing his list of players for November’s qualifiers on Friday and there’s some names rumored.

According to reports, Marcos ACUÑA (Racing) and Julio BAFFIRINI (Sao Paulo) are expected to make the team for November’s matches. Along with those two, there’s a chance that Fernando BELLUSCHI (San Lorenzo) also gets the call.

Wanchope ABILA of Cruzeiro scores two more

Wanchope ABILA of Cruzeiro (who we briefly profiled here), has scored two more goals for Cruzeiro.

ABILA scored twice in Cruzeiro’s 4-2 win against Corinthians. The match was a Copa de Brazil match and has now amassed 21 goals for the club.

Match Highlights: Lionel MESSI hattrick, DI MARIA and more goals

Lionel MESSI grabbed a hattrick while Angel DI MARIA, Eduardo SALVIO and Franco CERVI also scored.

Lionel MESSI came back in style as he netted a hattrick (his second in two matches in the Champions League this season) in Barcelona’s 4-0 win against Manchester City. Javier MASCHERANO started for Barcelona as a right back while Nicolas OTAMENDI and Pablo ZABALETA started for Manchester City. ZABALETA picked up a knock, Sergio AGUERO came on as a substitute as did Willy CABALLERO who saved a penalty kick.

Angel DI MARIA scored for PSG in their 3-0 win against FC Basel.

Eduardo SALVIO and Franco CERVI scored both goals for Benfica in their 2-0 away win against Dynamo Kyiv.

Lionel MESSI’s goals:

Angel DI MARIA’s goal:

Eduardo SALVIO and Franco CERVI’s goals:

Diego PEROTTI and Franco CERVI being watched

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The two AS Roma and Benfica players are being watched for the National Team.

According to reports, Diego PEROTTI of AS Roma and Franco CERVI of Benfica are both being watched by Edgardo BAUZA. It remains to be seen if they will be called-up or not but BAUZA is reportedly keeping an eye out on them for next month’s World Cup Qualifiers.

Champions League Week 3: Argentine’s in Champions League

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The Champions League continues in the month of October and we have the matches involving the Argentine players.

The third round of the Champions League starts on Tuesday and here are the matches:

Tuesday, October 18:
CSKA Moscow vs. AS Monaco (Guido CARRILLO)
Sporting Lisbon (Cesar MELI, Alan RUIZ) vs. Borussia Dortmund
Leicester City (Leonardo ULLOA) vs. Kopenhagen
Dinamo ZAGREB (Leonardo SIGALI) vs. Sevilla (Nicolas PAREJA, Gabriel MERCADO, Matias KRANEVITTER, Joaquin CORREA, Luciano VIETTO)
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Tottenham Hotspur (Erik LAMELA)
Olympique Lyonnais (Emanuel MAMMANA) vs. Juventus (Paulo DYBALA, Gonzalo HIGUAIN)

Wednesday, October 19:
Arsenal (Emiliano MARTINEZ) vs. PFC Ludogorets (Jose LUIS PALOMINO)
Rostov vs. Atletico Madrid (August FERNANDEZ, Nicolas GAITAN, Angel CORREA)
PSG (Javier PASTORE, Angel DI MARIA) vs. FC Basel (Matias DELGADO)
Dynamo Kyiv vs. Benfica (Lisandro LOPEZ, Eduardo SALVIO, Franco CERVI)
FC Barcelona (Lionel MESSI, Javier MASCHERANO) vs. Manchester City (Sergio AGUERO, Willy CABALLERO, Nicolas OTAMENDI, Pablo ZABALETA)

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