Lionel Messi was ranked in the top three of ESPN’s greatest athlete of the 21st century.
Messi was the only football player coming in the top 10 of the list. The Argentine came in third, behind first place swimmer Michael Phelps and second place tennis player Serena Williams. Here is the list of top 10 players:
1: Michael Phelps
2: Serena Williams
3: Lionel Messi
4: LeBron James
5: Tom Brady
6: Roger Federer
7: Simone Biles
8: Tiger Woods
9: Usain Bolt
10: Kobe Bryant
Andrés D’Alessandro spoke about Lionel Messi’s talent.
D’Alessandro played most of his Argentina national team career without Lionel Messi but the now retired midfielder took part in a handful of matches with Messi. The Argentine spoke on the Charla Podcast about Messi and his talent. Here is what he had to say:
“I played a bit with Leo in the national team but I played. Messi in training, he would get the ball and pass everyone. He was very strong. In training he impressed us. He’s small, has a low center of gravity, fast and light. At 18-19, he was a monster.”
He was also asked to pick between Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona:
“I’ll stick with Messi. More complete when it comes to scoring. Diego had more charm but Leo is more complete. And Messi has remained at an absurd level and performance for 15 years. And now he is a World Champion, which was missing.”
Federico Redondo scored twice and assisted once for Inter Miami in their 3-1 win vs. Toronto FC.
Redondo was the Argentine who stole the show for Inter Miami on Wednesday. With Lionel Messi watching in attendance, it was the 21 year old who was involved in all three goals for Inter Miami.
With the score at 0-0, it was a ball over every one from Redondo which found Diego Gómez and he would score to give Inter Miami the 1-0 lead.
A cross into the penalty area by Julian Gressel and Redondo would head it in to give Inter Miami the 2-0 lead. Redondo’s second would come minutes later.
Another cross into the penalty area and the ball would fall to Diego Gómez who would pass it to Redondo and the Argentine would score his second goal of the night.
Diego Gomez with a banger to open the score ⚽💥 pic.twitter.com/m0u78xyYBl
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) July 18, 2024
Julian Gressel asiste a Fede Redondo que marca su primer gol con la camiseta rosa 💗🖤🤩 pic.twitter.com/d5uBSEneh5
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) July 18, 2024
REDONDO MARCA EL TERCERO DE LA NOCHE 💥💗🖤 pic.twitter.com/vfcgZLTPu9
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) July 18, 2024
Argentina remained number one in the FIFA rankings after winning the Copa America.
The Argentina national team continue to be in first place in the FIFA rankings. The latest rankings are out and the top two remain unchanged with Argentina in first place and France in second.
Spain are in third place, having won the Euro’s and England are in fourth. Brazil drop to five and Belgium to six with the Netherlands remaining at seven.
Portugal drop down to eight, Colombia in nine and Italy in ten.
The reigning World Cup, Finalissima and back to back Copa America champions Argentina remain first in the latest FIFA rankings. pic.twitter.com/KoI0Vi2N2Z
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) July 18, 2024
Argentina U20 national team coach Diego Placente named his team for the COTIF tournament in Spain.
Diego Placente named 22 players for the tournament which begins on Sunday. Argentina were drawn in Group B with Valencia, Elche, Brazil and Mauritania.
Placente’s team will play Brazil on Sunday, July 21 and on Tuesday, July 23 against Levante. Their third group stage match will be against Mauritania on Thursday, July 25 and their final group stage match on Saturday, July 27 against Valencia.
The last COTIF tournament took place in 2022 with Argentina being crowned champions. Argentina have won the tournament three times, in 2012, 2018 and the last edition. Here are the players named for the COTIF tournament:
Thiago De Bellis (Racing)
Santino Barbi (Talleres)
Elias Brito (Lanus)
Tomas Olmos (Talleres)
Tobias Palacio (Argentinos Juniors)
Lautaro Montenegro (San Lorenzo)
Juan Manuel Villalba (Velez Sarsfield)
Teo Rodriguez (San Lorenzo)
Octavio Ontivero (Lanus)
Mariano Gerez (Lanus)
Santiago Sosa (San Lorenzo)
Valentino Acuna (Newell’s Old Boys)
Lautaro Millan (Independiente)
Gianluca Bosch (Velez Sarsfield)
Nehuen Benedetti (Estudiantes de la Plata)
Maher Carrizo (Velez Sarsfield)
Iker Zufiaurre (Boca Juniors)
Benjamin Acosta (Lanus)
Thiago Laplace (Lanus)
Gabriel Rodriguez (Mallorca)
Alexander Woiski (Mallorca)
Thiago Romano (Panathinaikos)
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