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Gonzalo Montiel and Marcos Acuña both injured for River Plate

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Gonzalo Montiel and Marcos Acuña both got injured with River Plate.

Montiel was part of the starting eleven for River Plate in their match against Gimnasia de la Plata but did not start the match. According to Rodrigo Ancora, the 29 year old felt a hamstring strain in the warm up and was replaced in the starting eleven.

Marcos Acuña started the match for River Plate but was substituted out early in the match. Acuña felt discomfort in one of his ankles.

Both players are part of the Argentina national team preliminary list of 55 players for the World Cup.

Lautaro Martínez scores for Inter in 2-0 win vs. Lazio to win Coppa Italia

Lautaro Martínez scored in Inter Milan’s 2-0 win against Lazio in the Coppa Italia final in Rome as Inter won their tenth Coppa Italia title.

It was Inter’s second trophy of the season after winning Serie A a little more than a week ago. Marcus Thuram scored the first goal before Lautaro added the second.

The title was Lautaro’s ninth with Inter since joining the club from Racing Club nearly eight years ago.

Inter’s season also had difficult moments. The club were eliminated from the Champions League by Bodø/Glimt, and Lautaro suffered a soleus injury in his right leg during the series. He missed more than a month before returning with two goals against Roma, but later suffered another setback and missed more time.

With two Serie A matches remaining, Lautaro has 17 league goals, the most in Italy this season.

Paris Saint-Germain offering players and money for Julián Álvarez from Atletico Madrid

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Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly offering players and money to sign Julián Álvarez from Atletico Madrid.

The reigning Champions League winners are reportedly offering two players and money to sign the Argentine. According to Diario AS, PSG are offering both Kangin-Lee and Gonçalo Ramos plus money to sign the 26 year old.

The total amount between the players and the money would be around €100 million. Julián Álvarez has been linked with a move away from Atletico Madrid, with rumors that FC Barcelona are also interested in signing him.

Argentina World Cup winners not part of preliminary team

Six Argentina players that won the World Cup in 2022 are not part of the preliminary list of 55 players for the World Cup.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni named on Monday his preliminary list of 55 players for the World Cup which starts next month. Franco Armani, Juan Foyth, Ángel Di María, Ángel Correa, Alejandro Gómez and Paulo Dybala are not included in the preliminary list.

Franco Armani was the second choice goalkeeper at the World Cup and has since retired from the Argentina national team. Juan Foyth has been out injured since January with an Achilles tendon rupture.

Ángel Di María has retired from the Argentina national team and Ángel Correa, with Tigres UANL, was not selected. Alejandro Gómez is playing with Padova in Italy’s second division.

Paulo Dybala, with AS Roma, has not been selected by coach Lionel Scaloni.

Twelve players from local league in Argentina included in preliminary World Cup list

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has included 12 players from the local league in the preliminary list of 55 players for the World Cup.

Lionel Scaloni has announced his preliminary list of 55 players for the World Cup and that includes 12 players that play in Argentina, four of them are World Cup champions. Scaloni has included Facundo Cambeses and Gabriel Rojas of Racing.

Six River Plate players are included as Santiago Beltrán, Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Germán Pezzella, Marcos Acuña and Aníbal Moreno are part of the team. From Boca Juniors, Lautaro Di Lollo, Leandro Paredes, Milton Delgado and Tomás Aranda are in the preliminary team.