Thank you for helping make Mundo Albiceleste what it is as we head into our 11th year! An incredible achievement for us all! Here’s hoping 2017 is even better than 2016 and is great to us all. Apologies for some late news as I was on vacation.
The U20 South American championship kicks off on January 18 and as usual, we will have all the coverage for it here on Mundo.
Coach Claudio UBEDA has named his squad for the tournament and here it is.
Argentina’s squad for the U20 South American championship
Argentina kick off their tournament on January 19 against Peru.
Diego SIMEONE has been named the best club coach of 2016 by the IFFHS.
The Atletico Madrid coach has been named the best club coach of 2016 by the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History & Statistics). SIMEONE, topped the list with 113 points, ahead of Zinedine ZIDANE who had 108 points and Claudio RANIERI with 86 points.
Mauricio POCHETTINO finished in 8th place in the standings. Here were the rankings:
Former River Plate player Leonel VANGIONI could possibly be leaving Italy.
VANGIONI, who has yet to feature for AC Milan since joining them earlier this year, is being linked to a move away from the club. According to a report by CalcioMercato, Sporting Lisbon of Portugal and Olympique de Marseille of France are the two clubs being linked to the player.
During the robbery, TEVEZ was busy celebrating his wedding to Vanesa MANSILLA in Uruguay and no one was the incident premise.
This is not first time TEVEZ was suffered due to wave crime back in Argentina. A few months ago his brother was assaulted in Devoto and his dad was kidnapped in Moron.
TEVEZ who recently has agreed to accept a mega deal to join Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua (which would make him the most highly paid footballer in the world) and this news could just speed up the whole process.
It was intense finish in the Final of the Liga MX between Club America (managed by 1978 World Cup winner and former Mexico & Boca Juniors coach, Ricardo LA VOLPE) and Tigres UANL as the match had to be settle on penalties, following a 2-2 draw on aggregate (both played to a 1-1 draw in the first leg).
The match ended goalless after 90 minutes, resulting in an additional 30 minutes of extra time. Edson ALVAREZ gave America the lead in the 95th minute and looked good to his side a title in their centenary year but Jesus DUANES equalized in the 120th minute; sending the crowd in the Estadio Universitario into ecstasy mode.
Tigres emerged the stronger side in the penalty shoot-out with Nahuel GUZMAN saving the first two kicks from America (one of which was taken by Argentine Silvio ROMERO). Having already converted their first 2 penalties, Guido PIZARRO then made it 3-0 for Tigres.
As a result, Club America was in a must score situation in their third kick (taken by Javier GUEMEZ) but GUZMAN was very much in a GOYCOCHEA meets ROA beastly mode, completed a hat-trick of penalty saves, thus giving the Apertua Liga MX title to Tigres!
Congratulations to GUZMAN, PIZARRO and also to both Ismael SOSA and Lucas ZELARRAYAN (who was on the bench) for this achievement.
Now for the main question, wouldn’t it be a good idea for Edgardo BAUZA to consider GUZMAN as his first choice in goal for Argentina’s next World Cup qualifier?
