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Argentina’s upcoming Itinerary

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Hey everyone,

Here’s Argentina’s itinerary for their upcoming World Cup Qualifiers.

Sunday October 2nd: Coach Edgardo BAUZA and players Lucas PRATTO, Ramiro FUNES MORI, Ángel DI MARIA, Nahuel GUZMAN and Guido PIZARRO arrive Sunday in Lima, Peru.

Monday October 3rd: Marcos ROJO, Sergio ROMERO, Nicolás OTAMENDI and Pablo ZABALETA arrive first. Later on in the day, Ever BANEGA, Erik LAMELA, Paulo DYBALA, Gonzalo HIGUAIN, Sergio AGUERO, Mateo MUSACCHIO, Facundo RONCAGLIA, Matías KRANEVITTER, Gabriel MERCADO, Nicolás GAITAN, Ángel CORREA, Martín DEMICHELIS, and Javier MASCHERANO all arrive.

On October 3rd and 4th the team will train at the Alberto Gallardo stadium which is the home of Sporting Cristal of Lima.

October 3rd:

  • 16:00 LOCAL TIME: 1st Training session.

October 4th:

  • 1st training session at 10:00 LOCAL TIME
  • 2nd training session at 16:00 LOCAL TIME

On Wednesday October 5th:  The team will train at 18:00 LOCAL time at the Estadio Nacional of Peru and there will also be a post training press conference held by coach Edgardo BAUZA.

October 6: Match is at 21:15 LOCAL TIME

Mauro ZARATE, FAZIO and PALACIO score in Europa League

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Three different Argentine’s scored in the Europa League on Wednesday.

Three Italian clubs had Argentine’s score in the Europa League as Mauro ZARATE found the back of the net twice, while Federico FAZIO and Rodrigo PALACIO also scored for their clubs.

Mauro ZARATE scored twice for Fiorentina in a 5-1 win against FK Qarabag. Following his first goal, ZARATE dropped to his knees and revealed a t-shirt which wrote “Gracias Dios Nat Te Amo” or “Thank you God, Nat I love you” as he dedicated both goals to his wife who has cancer.

Federico FAZIO scored for Roma in their 4-0 victory against Astra in the Europa League. Fellow Argentine’s Diego PEROTTI and Leandro PAREDES also started the match for the Italian club.

Rodrigo PALACIO scored for Inter in their 3-1 loss to Sparta Praga.

Mauro ZARATE’s goals:

Federico FAZIO’s goal:

Rodrigo Palacio’s goal:

Three teams being linked with Lucas ALARIO

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Lucas ALARIO is reportedly wanted by a few European teams for the 2017 season.

According to reports, Inter Milan, AS Roma and Arsenal are all monitoring the striker. However, this isn’t the first time that ALARIO has been linked with a European team. Back in the summer, Liverpool were rumored to be interested in the River Plate striker.

ALARIO is one of the local based players who has been called-up to the Argentina squad for next month’s World Cup Qualifiers.

Poll: What do you think of the domestic list call-ups?

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With Edgardo BAUZA announcing his list of domestic based players for October’s World Cup Qualifiers, what do you think of the list?

Mariano ANDUJAR, Emmanuel MAS, Guido PIZARRO and Lucas ALARIO were the four players called-up by BAUZA for the matches against Peru and Paraguay. What do you think of those call-ups?

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Paulo DYBALA, HIGUAIN and SALVIO score in Champions League

The Champions League saw three Argentine goalscorers this week.

Two goals scored from Argentines for Juventus while one was scored for a Portuguese club. For Juventus, it was Gonzalo HIGUAIN and Paulo DYBALA who both scored for the Serie A champions in a 4-0 away win to Dinamo Zagreb. For those interested, Paulo DYBALA’s goal is at 2:57 in the video below.

Eduardo SALVIO scored Benfica’s second goal of the night but it wasn’t enough as they lost 4-2 against Napoli.

It wasn’t all scoring for one Argentine though as Luciano VIETTO had a rough match against Lyon in Spain. VIETTO missed a few one on one chances with the goalkeeper, with one attempt being a chip over the goalkeeper but his shot being cleared on the line by a defender.

VIETTO also missed a penalty kick in the match as his shot went over the bar.

Paulo DYBALA against Dinamo Zagreb:

Gonzalo HIGUAIN’s goal:

Eduardo SALVIO’s goal:

Luciano VIETTO’s penalty miss:

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