Valentín “Taty” Castellanos scored his first goal for West Ham as the team beat Queens Park Rangers 2–1 in the third round of the FA Cup. The Argentine striker, who joined from Lazio for close to €30 million earlier this week, gave his new club the win in extra time.
West Ham tried to find a winner during regular time, but the match went to extra time. There, Castellanos scored with a header to make it 2–1 and decide the game.
The win was important for West Ham, who are fighting to stay in the Premier League. The team is in 18th place, seven points behind Nottingham Forest.
Mateo Pellegrino continued his strong form in Italy by scoring the winning goal in Parma’s 2–1 away victory over Lecce in Matchday 20 of the Serie A season. The Argentine forward scored with a header to give his team all three points.
Pellegrino, who came through the youth system at Vélez and later stood out at Platense, now has six goals in 19 league matches this season. He has also added three more in the Coppa Italia. Since joining Parma in February 2025, he has scored 12 goals in 34 appearances in all competitions.
In the Serie A scoring table, which is led by fellow Argentine Lautaro Martínez with 10 goals, Pellegrino has now caught up with Matías Soulé of Roma and Nicolás Paz of Como, who also have six goals each.
Another Argentine, Lautaro Valenti, also started for Parma and played the full match. Nahuel Estévez came on in the 64th minute and Christian Ordóñez in the 81st, while Mariano Troilo remained on the bench. For Lecce, Santiago Pierotti started and was replaced after 54 minutes.
Parma’s win at the Via del Mare Stadium helped the team move away from the relegation zone. The club is now 14th with 21 points. Lecce, who finished the match with two players sent off after taking an early lead, dropped to 16th place with 17 points.
Enzo Fernández scored and also provided an assist in Chelsea’s 5–1 win over Charlton Athletic in the FA Cup, as the team began a new era under coach Liam Rosenior. The victory sent Chelsea into the fourth round of the competition and ended a run of five games without a win.
Two Argentine players started: Alejandro Garnacho and Facundo Buonanotte. Buonanotte played an important role and provided the assist for Chelsea’s second goal of the night.
Enzo Fernández came on in the second half and made a strong impact. He provided the assist for Chelsea’s fourth goal before scoring himself late in the match. In stoppage time, Enzo converted a penalty after Brazilian winger Estevão was fouled in the box, making it 5–1.
Garnacho started the match and was substituted 40 minutes into the second half, while Buonanotte was replaced earlier by Enzo.
Rosenior arrived from Strasbourg, where he coached Argentine players Valentín Barco and Joaquín Panichelli.
Emiliano Buendía scored and assisted for Aston Villa in their 2-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur.
Buendía made it one goal and one assist in the FA Cup for Aston Villa. With the score at 0-0, the ball was passed to Buendía and he would run into the penalty area, scoring to give Aston Villa the 1-0 lead.
With Aston Villa leading 1-0, Buendía touched the ball inside the penalty area to Morgan Rogers and he scored Aston Villa’s second goal of the match. The Argentine now has six goals and four assists for Aston Villa.
For Aston Villa, Emiliano Martínez did not start and for Tottenham Hotspur, Cristian Romero did not start the match.
Matías Soulé scored and assisted for AS Roma in their 2-0 win against Sassuolo.
Soulé made it six goals and four assists in 20 league match as with AS Roma. With the score at 0-0, Soulé had the ball out wide and crossed it into the penalty area, finding Manu Kone who scored to give AS Roma the 1-0 lead.
With AS Roma leading 1-0, it was a low pass into the penalty area and the ball found the Argentine who scored from close range. Paulo Dybala also started the match for AS Roma.
