Emiliano Buendía scored as he and Emiliano Martínez won the Europa League with Aston Villa.
With Aston Villa leading 1-0 against Freiburg in the Europa League final, Buendía received the ball outside of the penalty area and scored to give Aston Villa the 2-0 lead. Aston Villa would score another goal and Aston Villa would win the Europa League.
Buendía finished the Europa League with four goals and six assists in 15 matches. Emiliano Martínez also started the match for Aston Villa and did not allow a goal.
The Argentine was named as the player of the match.
Neymar spoke about the picture of himself with Lionel Messi and Leandro Paredes after Argentina won the 2021 Copa America against Brazil.
Lionel Messi, Leandro Paredes and the Argentina national team won 1-0 against Brazil at the 2021 Copa America and Neymar was seen speaking with them after Brazil’s loss. In an interview with CONMEBOL, here is what he had to say:
“It brings me two different feelings. The first is bad, because it was a final in which lost against Argentina and the second is that think I football goes way beyond that. It goes beyond this rivalry. Messi and Paredes are phenomenal guys off the pitch, even though they’re Argentines who are natural rivals of Brazil.
“We became friends, and after the match ended, I’d already cried. I’d already been sad. Then I found them there on the steps of the Maracanã and we just stayed there talking about our stories at PSG, about the moment we were living, about the pandemic, in short, about various things.
“And we found a bit of happiness in the chaos of all that. So football goes beyond this rivalry. We do everything, but after the match ends there, we’re all human beings, regardless of the shirt you wear regardless of the country you’re from. We’re all human beings, we all have feelings.
“So this photo says it all. They’re two guys who were there living their peaks with their national teams, and they’re the two main names of their national team. Messi is number one in football. So for me, seeing this photo means a lot.
“I think it shows two guys who fought for the title in the final, gave 100% and after the match we managed to find a moment of happiness. Both for the guy who was the champion and for the guy who was defeated. So this means a lot, it’s our friendship.”
Nico Paz still has knee pain and there is concern within the Argentina national team.
Paz missed Como’s last league match due to the injury and the pain is still there for the player. According to Martín Arevalo, the pain is still there, the injury can be aggrevated and the Argentina national team are concerned.
Como have one more league match remaining, a match where they can qualify for the Champions League.
Bournemouth fans gave Marcos Senesi a send off after his final home match.
Marcos Senesi will be leaving Bournemouth at the end of the season as a free agent and fans gave him a send off after their 1-1 draw against Manchester City. The 29 year old joined Bournemouth from Feyenoord in 2022 and has played over 100 matches for the club.
Senesi will be leaving Bournemouth but is expected to stay in the Premier League.
Enzo Fernández scored and assisted for Chelsea in their 2-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur.
Fernández made it 10 goals for Chelsea, two goals and one assist in his last two Premier League matches. With the score at 0-0, Enzo received the ball outside of the penalty area and his effort beat the goalkeeper to give Chelsea the 1-0 lead.
With Chelsea leading 1-0, it was a cross into the penalty area which found Enzo and he would pass it to Andrey Santos who would score Chelsea’s second goal from close range.
Richarlison would score for Tottenham Hotspur. Alejandro Garnacho was substituted into the match for Chelsea.
