Eduardo SALVIO has undergone knee surgery, according to a report from Portugal.
Benfica’s Eduardo SALVIO underwent surgery on his right knee, this via A Bola. SALVIO left Benfica’s match against Rio Ave on February 3 injured and according to the report, the surgery was a success. While the length of his injured is yet to be confirmed, it is being rumored that he could be back at the end of March.
The former Lanus and Atletico Madrid man would miss Argentina’s friendly matches against Italy on March 23 in Basel as well as the match against Spain on March 27 in Madrid.
While in Europe last month, Argentina coach Jorge SAMPAOLI met with Toto as well as Sporting’s Marcos ACUNA. The former U20 player was also a starter in Argentina’s crucial final World Cup Qualifying match against Ecuador in which they won 3-1 thanks to a Lionel MESSI hattrick.
Tuesday means the return of the Champions League and there are some mouth watering matches. There will be a fair number of Argentinians taking part in the matches this week. Here are the matches for Tuesday and Wednesday:
Champions League Round of 16 – Tuesday:
Juventus (Paulo DYBALA and Gonzalo HIGUAIN) vs. Tottenham (Erik LAMELA)
FC Basel vs. Manchester City (Nicolas OTAMENDI and Sergio AGUERO)
Champions League Round of 16 – Wednesday:
FC Porto vs. Liverpool
Real Madrid vs. PSG (Angel DI MARIA, Giovani LO CELSO and Javier PASTORE)
All eyes will be on the showdown in Madrid with back-to-back champions Real Madrid hosting star studded PSG. However, the big news is coming out of Turin with Paulo DYBALA of Juventus missing out on the squad for Tuesday’s match despite returning to training on Monday.
DYBALA has been out since he pulled a thigh muscle back in early January. In form Gonzalo HIGUAIN will try to keep his goalscoring form up as they receive a visit from Mauricio POCHETTINO’s Tottenham with Erik LAMELA now back from injury.
The other match on Tuesday involves two other Argentinians as Nicolas OTAMENDI and four goal man Sergio AGUERO make the trip to Switzerland.
One of the matches on Wednesday involves zero Argentinians with the other in Madrid having three representatives of the sky blue and white.
It was an eventful weekend for Argentinians in Europe as Luciano VIETTO, Rodrigo PALACIO, Federico FAZIO all scored for their clubs.
Recently signed on loan from Atletico Madrid to Valencia, Luciano VIETTO found the back of the net for the first time in the league for his new club (after having scored a hattrick for them in the Copa del Rey). A 3-1 win for Valencia against Levante puts them back into third place. After having been hot on the trails of Barcelona in the league standings, Valencia took a bit of a hit going on a losing streak lately but the win puts them back on track.
Switching over to Serie A, Argentinian international Federico FAZIO found the back of the net in AS Roma’s 5-2 win against Benevento.
Still in Italy, former Argentina international Rodrigo PALACIO scored a cracker of a goal for his fourth of the season in Bologna’s 2-1 loss to Inter.
Right next door in France, Emiliano SALA scored twice for Nantes in their 2-2 draw against Lille. Now 27 years old, SALA has now scored 10 goals this season.
Argentina’s black away kit for the 2018 FIFA World Cup has leaked.
With the World Cup coming up, we’ve already seen the Argentina National Team wear the home kit which they’ll be using at the World Cup. Lionel MESSI, Angel DI MARIA and even goalkeeper Geronimo RULLI were modeling the new home kit (as they’re all signed with Adidas which makes the shirts).
The new shirts were used for the 1-0 win against Russia as well as the 4-2 loss to Nigeria. However, the away kit has not yet been released. Different variations of the shirt have been leaked but according to the reliable Todo Sobre Camisetas, the rumored Argentina black shirt for the World Cup has been leaked.
Adidas used the same type of template for this Argentina shirt as they did with Colombia’s home kit.
Argentina’s black away kit rumored for the World Cup.Colombia’s home kit for the World Cup.
Sergio AGUERO breaks EPL record by scoring four goals with Franco CERVI and Lucas BIGLIA also scoring on Saturday.
It’s been an impressive 2017-2018 season for Sergio AGUERO and his numbers continue to impress. In an English Premier League record, Sergio AGUERO scored four goals for the third time in his career. No other player has accomplished that feat as Kun scored four goals in Manchester City’s 5-1 win against Leicester City. With the goals, AGUERO has now scored in seven straight English Premier League matches at the Etihad, a personal record. He has also scored 12 hattricks in the English Premier League.
Ahead of the team’s trip to Basel for Tuesday’s Champions League Round of 16 match, City continued to widen their gap at the top of the table. The race for the Golden Boot in England is very tight with AGUERO tied for second place. Here’s the table:
Player
Number of Goals
Number of Matches
Harry KANE
23
26
Sergio AGUERO
21
22
Mo SALAH
21
25
Raheem STERLING
15
25
Following the match, Manchester City boss Pep GUARDIOLA said that AGUERO “deserves all the credit” for the win. Here’s what else he had to say:
“Sergio fought hard and he is so important to us. We played quite similar to the way we played in our draw against Burnley last week, but the difference here was we took our chances.”
Sergio Aguero’s game by numbers vs. Leicester:
55 touches
16 (84%) passes completed
7 shots
4 shots on target
4 take-ons completed
4 goals
1 chance created
In Portugal, Franco CERVI proved to be the hero for Benfica scoring early on in their 3-1 win against Portimonense. CERVI’s goal came after six minutes through a lovely finish from inside the area.
Switching over to Italy, Lucas BIGLIA managed to get on the scoresheet as he opened his account for 2018 scoring in AC Milan’s 4-0 win against SPAL. If you missed it, Diego MARADONA had some harsh words to say about Lucas BIGLIA in his latest comments.
