Ángel Correa scored for Atletico Madrid in their 3-1 win vs. Girona.
Correa made it eight goals in La Liga and started the match for Atletico Madrid. With the match at 1-1, it was a cross into the penalty area which found the Argentine who scored to give Atletico the 2-1 lead.
Nahuel Molina and Rodrigo De Paul also started the match for Atletico Madrid.
In dialogue with Mundo Albiceleste, the English artist Archie Wallis told us about his experience delivering a commissioned painting to Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez.
“It was nice to see his reaction to a piece that meant a lot to me but, of course, a lot more to him because of the achievement he had,” said Archie.
Wallis has delivered three paintings to Martínez so far. The first one was after the 2021 Copa América.
“He (Martínez) mentioned he was going to show the painting to Messi,” said Archie. “When he told me that I was at a loss for words.”
For the second one, Emiliano’s wife Amanda commissioned Archie to do a surprise birthday piece for him for the World Cup.
“It was his World Cup travel bag.”
The third and most recent piece was to celebrate Argentina’s 2022 World Cup win.
“That was also a surprise since Amanda kept the secret.”
“They are just lovely people. We talked about normal things, about life, about football. It was overall just an extremely pleasant process,” mentioned the English painter.
Archie Wallis is on Instagram under @wallisonthewall.
Claudio Echeverri scored in what was a mixed set of results for Argentine clubs in the Copa Libertadores.
Echeverri continued to show why he is one of the most promising young players in Argentine football. In match day two of the Copa Libertadores, Echeverri scored from long range to give River Plate the 1-0 lead in a 2-0 win vs. Nacional.
Guido Carrillo and Edwuin Cetre scored for Estudiantes in their 2-1 win against The Strongest. Estudiantes and River Plate were the two Argentine teams with wins this week.
Rosario Central fell 2-1 against Atletico Mineiro and San Lorenzo lost 2-0 against Independiente del Valle. With their loss, Rosario are in third place in Group G behind Atletico Mineiro and tied on three points with Peñarol.
San Lorenzo are tied in last place in Group F with Liverpool, both teams on one point each. Palmeiras and Independiente del Valle are both on four points.
River Plate lead Group H with six points and Estudiantes are in second place, tied for first with Huachipato on four points in Group C, ahead of The Strongest and Gremio.
Claudio Echeverri!pic.twitter.com/I8b6wyZYHu
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) April 12, 2024
Ángel Di María scored for Benfica in their 2-1 win vs. Marseille.
Di María made it four goals in five Europa League matches for Benfica. With Benfica leading 1-0, the 36 year old ran towards the Marseille back line and played a pass in to Neres who pulled it back to Ángel Di María and he scored to give Benfica the 2-0 lead.
The World Cup winner has 16 goals and 13 assists for Benfica.
Rodrigo De Paul scored for Atletico Madrid in their 2-1 win vs. Dortmund.
De Paul got his first Champions League goal in the Champions League. With the score at 0-0, Dortmund tried to play out from the back but a pass was intercepted by De Paul and the Argentine would score from inside the penalty area to give Atletico the 1-0 lead.
Nahuel Molina also started the match for Diego Simeone’s team and Ángel Correa was brought on as a substitute.
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