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Cristian ESPINOZA signs with Villarreal

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The Spanish club have signed Cristian ESPINOZA.

Villarreal have signed Cristian ESPINOZA for €7.2 million from Huracan.

Villarreal have signed Argentine Cristian Espinoza for €7.2 million. He has joined the club on a five year deal. ESPINOZA is currently at the Olympics with Argentina. The forward has ammased 14 goals and 23 assists in his Huracan career.

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A look back: Argentina at 2008 Olympics

Argentina went into the 2008 Summer Olympic games in Beijing as defending gold medal tournament champions.

Lead by captain Juan Roman RIQUELME and coach Sergio BATISTA, Argentina won their second consecutive gold medal at the tournament. Allowing only 2 goals in 6 matches, it was an absolutely star studded team which beat Nigeria 1-0 in the final. Here was the squad:

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Name
1
Oscar USTARI
2
Ezequiel GARAY
3
Luciano MONZON
4
Pablo ZABALETA
5
Fernando GAGO
6
Federico FAZIO
7
Jose SOSA
8
Ever BANEGA
9
Ezequiel LAVEZZI
10
Juan Roman RIQUELME
11
Angel DI MARIA
12
Nicolas PAREJA
13
Lautaro ACOSTA
14
Javier MASCHERANO
15
Lionel MESSI
16
Sergio AGUERO
17
Diego BUONANOTTE
18
Sergio ROMERO
19
Nicolas NAVARRO

 

Argentina won all three matches in the group stages against the Ivory Coast, Australia and Serbia.

Argentina 2-1 Ivory Coast
Goals
Lionel MESSI
Goal
Lautaro ACOSTA
Goal


Argentina 1-0 Australia
Goals
Ezequiel LAVEZZI
Goal


Argentina 2-0 Serbia
Goals
Ezequiel LAVEZZI
Goal
Diego BUONANOTTE
Goal


Argentina 2-1 Netherlands
Goals
Lionel MESSI
Goal
Angel DI MARIA
Goal


Argentina 3-0 Brazil
Goals
Sergio AGUERO
Goal
Juan Roman RIQUELME
Goal


Argentina 1-0 Nigeria
Goals
Angel DI MARIA
Goal

Highlights: Luciano VIETTO and Mauro ICARDI score

Luciano VIETTO and Mauro ICARDI both scored for their clubs in pre-season friendly matches.

Luciano VIETTO, who only recently joined Sevilla, scored his first goal for the club. Pressuring and winning the ball back, VIETTO runs through on goal and scored with a shot in the top corner in their 2-0 win against Granada.

Mauro ICARDI scored his first of the pre-season in Inter Milan’s 4-1 loss against Bayern Munich. ICARDI was straight through on goal and made no mistake sliding it past the goalkeeper.

Argentina shirt for the Rio 2016 Olympics

Argentina will be using a shirt with the Olympic emblem on for the tournament.

For those who remember the 2008 Olympics edition, there were some problems between the Olympic committee and FIFA. The Argentina team (along with others) at the Olympics had to have the AFA emblem removed for the Olympic games as the AFA are part of FIFA and the Olympics are not a FIFA sanctioned event.

Aguero Messi

 

Here is the shirt the team will be wearing, with the Olympic emblem and sky blue and white colors.

olympicshirt

Julio OLARTICOECHEA: “Ruin Brazil’s party”

Argentina Olympic coach Julio OLARTICOECHEA spoke in a press conference ahead of the start of the Olympics.

OLARTICOECHEA spoke about the Olympics, the team and Edgardo BAUZA being named the new coach of the senior National Team. Here’s what he had to say:

“I’m convinced this team could do something special. They talk and are very united. I banned cellphones at the dinner table. I was informed that the rooms in the Olympic village for us are functioning fine. Everything was tested.”

“I’m calm knowing that the senior National Team now has a new coach. BAUZA and I were teammates in the National Team. We have a friendship. I wish him the best and I’m sure he’ll do well. BAUZA has the personality, the capacity to do it. Also, this opportunity comes at the right time in his career.”

“It’ll be a great match against Portugal on Thursday. A dinamic one. It’ll be nice to watch. The fans will enjoy it. It would be nice to get to the final against Brazil. It would be beautiful to ruin Brazil’s party.”

“Youth football in Argentina has to be re-built.”

BAUZA has also stated that it is possible that OLARTICOECHEA joins his coaching staff.

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