Paulo Dybala scored two goals for AS Roma in their preseason 3-3 draw against AS Cannes.
Dybala had two goals to start his preseason. With the score at 0-0, AS Roma were awarded a free kick.
It was Dybala who took it and the Argentine scored to give AS Roma the 1-0 lead. With AS Roma leading 2-0, the Argentine received the ball outwide, cut inside and scored AS Roma’s third goal of the match.
AS Cannes scored three goals to draw level.
Santiago Castro is close to joining AS Roma from Bologna.
Castro could be joining Paulo Dybala with AS Roma. According to Fabrizio Romano, AS Roma are advancing to the final stages to sign the Argentine.
It would be €30 million plus a €5 million offer. The 21 year old scored seven goals and had three assists in 35 league matches last season, scoring 11 goals and assisting four times in 51 games.
Juan Román Riquelme has commented on Lionel Messi’s World Cup with the Argentina national team.
Riquelme spoke about Lionel Messi at the World Cup. Speaking in an interview with Diario Olé, here is what he had to say:
“I enjoyed Argentina’s World Cup. It’s impossible not to enjoy seeing Messi play with a ball.
“He plays another sport. He’s not like the rest… Hopefully he wants to play many more years, ha.
“Us Argentines are fortunate that he decided to play for our country and not for Spain.
“Messi deserves the love that he has from the entire world. I believe that is the best thing that can happen to him.
“I spoke with him during the World Cup. I have a nice relationship with him. I don’t like to bother him too much but I’m fortunate to be able to talk to him.
“I think he enjoyed this World Cup much more than the last one. He came having won it, you can see him enjoying every match, it was beautiful.”
Ángel Correa has joined River Plate from Tigres and River Plate now have five World Cup winning players on their team.
Correa is going to be joining River Plate, the club confirmed on Friday. The 31 year old spent the last two years with Tigres.
River Plate now have five World Cup champions on the team. Correa joins Nicolás Otamendi, Gonzalo Montiel, Marcos Acuña and Germán Pezzella.
The Argentine league also has Leandro Paredes with Boca Juniors and Ángel Di María with Rosario Central as World Cup champions.
Leandro Paredes spoke about his future with the Argentina national team, the World Cup and conspiracy theories.
Paredes played in the World Cup final for Argentina and on Thursday, he played with Boca Juniors. Speaking to ESPN Argentina after the match, here is what he had to say about his future with the Argentina national team:
“I think it’s going to be hard for many to think about a decision to continue or not. It’s going to be very difficult to maintain this level and for the group to function this way. You have to make a decision calmly.
“Me? I don’t know. It’s a process, you have to digest it, think about it. Surely, it’s something that needs to be discussed.”
The 32 year old also spoke about his rib injury:
“The rib? The severe pain was the first few days after the match against Egypt. We were carrying it well with treatments and anti-inflammatory to be able to endure it and luckily I could handle it very well.”
About the Argentina national team and the World Cup:
“It’s going to be a long process of getting over what we are going through. Yes, we won important things, losing a World Cup final will hurt for a long time because once more, we were so close.
“You still have to enjoy it because it’s not easy to maintain the level that we did for a long time, to achieve what we achieved.
“Although the final was lost, I think had a World Cup where people were reflected in us and that’s very rewarding. On that side, we are happy.”
Speaking with Diario Olé, here is what he had to say:
“The conspiracy theories? They are things we don’t care about.
“We are aware that we had a great World Cup. In the final, Spain was superior, deserved to win and be champion.”
