Argentina’s starting line-up has been announced.
Two changes in OLARTICOECHEA’s line-up for the match. ESPINOZA comes in for LANZINI and ROMERO in for LO CELSO. Here’s the line-up:
RULLI, GOMEZ, GIANETTI, CUESTA, SOTO; ASCACIBAR, MARTINEZ; ESPINOZA, ROMERO, CORREA; CALLERI
Diego SIMEONE’s son seems to be heading to Italy.
Givoani SIMEONE, currently with the Argentina Olympic Team, is likely to be joining Italian club Pescara. The deal appears to be that he would join the club on loan with the club having to buy him at the end of the season.
Following Argentina’s opening 0-0 draw against Colombia, the road to Rio continues.
It’s Haiti up next for the Olympic team as they get ready to play without the injured Manuel LANZINI. The match is at 5:00pm local time (use Time Zone to find the kick-off time in your area) and has the following TV listings:
There haven’t been any rumors or news regarding a potential line-up. You can find the full 18 man roster by clicking here.
We will have a match thread to discuss the game. We hope you can join us!
Manuel LANZINI has suffered an injury.
West Ham United midfielder Manuel LANZINI suffered a sprained left knee and will not play in Argentina’s remaining two matches against Haiti and Mexico. This would give coach OLARTICOECHEA a chance to experiment with the starting eleven prior to the Olympics.
Gonzalo HIGUAIN has joined Juventus.
After the will he, won’t he mini saga of the summer, Gonzalo HIGUAIN has joined Juventus from Napoli. He’s already done a medical with the club and his deal with the club expires in 2020.. In the process, HIGUAIN has become the third most expensive transfer in the history of football for 94.7 million euro.
He is now the all time highest transfer in Serie, beating out a certain Hernan CRESPO who was once sold for 55 million euro.
