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Ángel Di María scores a hat trick in 18 minutes for Benfica

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Ángel Di María scored a hat trick in 18 minutes for Benfica in their match against Estrela Amadora.

Di María scored three goals for Benfica in the first 18 minutes of their Taça de Portugal match. Two minutes into the match, he would receive the ball inside the penalty area and would curl one to give Benfica the 1-0 lead.

His second goal was three minutes later. He would flick the ball over the defender inside the penalty area and would score with a bycicle kick.

At 2-0, the Argentine would score his third goal 13 minutes later. Once more, he would receive the ball inside the penalty area, dribble the defender and score with his right foot.

The match is still on going at 3-0 for Benfica.

Exequiel Palacios scores and assists for Bayer Leverkusen in 5-2 win vs. Heidenheim

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Exequiel Palacios scored and assisted for Bayer Leverkusen in their 5-2 win vs. Heidenheim.

Palacios got his first goal of the season for Bayer Leverkusen, scoring their first goal of the match. With Heidenheim leading 2-0, Palacios got the ball inside the penalty area and turned, scoring Leverkusen’s first goal.

With the score at 2-1, Palacios would play a first touch pass to Patrik Schick who scored to draw Leverkusen level.

Enzo Fernández scores and assists for Chelsea in 2-1 win vs. Leicester City

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Enzo Fernández scored and assisted for Chelsea in their 2-1 win vs. Leicester City.

Fernández got his first goal of the season, assisted and was named Man of the Match. With the score at 0-0, Enzo played a pass inside the penalty area to Nicolas Jackson who did well and scored to give Chelsea the 1-0 lead.

With Chelsea leading 1-0, Jackson had an effort on goal which was saved by the goalkeeper but Enzo would get to the ball and head it to score Chelsea’s second goal of the match. The Argentine now has one goal and six assists in his last five matches.

Diego Placente set to become new Argentina U20 national team coach

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Diego Placente is set to become the new Argentina U20 national team coach.

Placente will replace Javier Mascherano who will be stepping down as coach of the Argentina U20 national team to manage Inter Miami. Placente has been managing the Argentina U15 and U17 teams.

He would be coaching the team at the 2025 South American U20 tournament that will be taking place in Peru.

Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas comments on Lionel Messi’s future at the club

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Speaking at Inter Miami’s end-of-year press conference on Friday, co-owner Jorge Mas addressed Lionel Messi’s future with the team. Here’s what Mas had to say:

“Messi’s contract expiring in 2025? Leo and I will sit down and discuss the future. I fully expect that in 2026, when our new stadium opens, Messi will be our number 10.”

The 37-year-old Argentine superstar is under contract with Inter Miami CF until the end of 2025. Messi joined the club as a free agent in July 2023, after leaving Paris Saint-Germain, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal.