Ramon “Wanchope” ABILA and Victor CUESTA both scored in Brazil.
It’s not only in Europe that Argentine’s are scoring but in Brazil as well. He continues to score goals in Brazil, Ramon “Wanchope” ABILA scored for Cruzeiro in their 2-0 win against Democrata GV. ABILA’s goal was a well taken penalty kick.
Victor CUESTA scored for Internacional in their 2-0 win against Cruzeiro RS. CUESTA’s goal was his first for the club.
It was goals galore in Serie A this weekend with goals from Gonzalo HIGUAIN, Rodrigo DE PAUL, Gonzalo RODRIGUEZ and Ricardo ALVAREZ.
Five goals were scored by Argentine players in Serie A this weekend, with Gonzalo HIGUAIN scoring twice and one each from Rodrigo DE PAUL, Gonzalo RODRIGUEZ and Ricardo ALVAREZ. Beginning with Juventus, Paulo DYBALA was a nightmare for Chievo as he ran them into the ground. DYBALA had a direct assist for the first goal as he left his marker while playing a massive part in the second goal. With his two goals, Gonzalo HIGUAIN is the first Juventus player to score 20 goals in their debut season since John CHARLES and Omar SIVORI did it in the 1957-1958 seaon.
Rodrigo DE PAUL scored for Udinese in their 3-0 win against Genoa. DE PAUL scored Udinese’s first goal of the match, a strike coming from outside the area which beat the goalkeeper. For Genoa, Nicolas BURDISSO, Ezequiel MUNOZ and Giovanni SIMEONE all played.
The Serie A match between Sampdoria and Fiorentina saw goals coming from Argentine’s. For Fiorentina, Gonzalo RODRIGUEZ scored their first goal after a powerful header through a corner kick. For Sampdoria, Ricardo ALVAREZ scored their second with a nice finish from the area.
A report from Ole has Jorge SAMPAOLI wanting the Argentina job.
The never ending saga of the Argentina National Team coaching job just took another turn. On Thursday, a leaked Whatsapp conversation involving AFA president TAPIA was made public. In the coversation, TAPIA reportedly embarassed and was name calling current Argentina coach Edgardo BAUZA.
Ole is currently reporting that current Sevilla coach Jorge SAMPAOLI is willing to take the Argentina job under the condition that he remain as coach until the 2022 World Cup. Reportedly, the reason why TAPIA and the AFA have yet to fire Edgardo BAUZA is because they want to confirm Jorge SAMPAOLI first prior to firing BAUZA.
There are also rumors that the AFA can’t afford to fire BAUZA due to a release clause in his contract and also because they are currently being sued by Gerardo “Tata” MARTINO’s coaching staff. And also they would have to pay Jorge SAMPAOLI’s release clause at Sevilla and his salary as Argentina coach.
Edgardo BAUZA’s meeting with the AFA took place on Thursday and the verdict is out.
The Argentina National Team coach met with the AFA president TAPIA as well as TINELLI regarding his future. TAPIA has come out and stated that Edgardo BAUZA will remain as the Argentina National Team coach and will resume working next week.
However, they will all meet again next week to keep talking regarding the team.
The legendary Gabriel BATISTUTA has recalled a story he has involving the current Argentina National Team.
Gabriel BATISTUTA, the second all time leading goalscorer of the Argentina National Team, has come out and told a story regarding himself and the current Argentina National Team. BATISTUTA, who was on a TyC Sports, spoke about how he was recently with the Argentina National Team (he didn’t specify when) and how some of the players reacted to him being there. He also spoke about Lionel MESSI and Gonzalo HIGUAIN. Here’s what he had to say:
“I entered the dressing room and half of them didn’t even extend their hand. There was a certain coldness to it, that’s how it was. I took it as something that is generational. I have nothing to do with them. However, I would have liked for them to greet me, not for who I am but because at one time I played there and shared the dressing room.”
“I don’t think they disrespected me, maybe they just didn’t feel it… I think they didn’t get help from the coaches, there’s no world champions around there for example. BILARDO’s one of the coaches who has won the World Cup and he didn’t even get a ticket… My God, that’s insane. It’s an incredible mess.”
“I really like HIGUAIN. But it’s obvious that he’s not doing the same thing he’s been doing at Juventus. MESSI could have stayed in Spain and avoided travelling 14,000km to hear us criticizing him.”
While BATISTUTA did not specify on when it took place, one could speculate that it was at Copa America or even a World Cup Qualifier which took place in Argentina.
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