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Ángel Correa and Nico Paz score in Argentina friendly charity match

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Ángel Correa and Nico Paz both scored for Argentina in their 2-0 friendly charity match win against the Argentina U20 team.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni had put out a starting eleven which consisted of players that did not start in Argentina’s 1-0 win against Uruguay. Here was the starting eleven for the match:

Rulli; Medina, Balerdi, Pezzella, Foyth; Perrone, Palacios; Benjamín Domínguez, Correa, Paz; Castro

Rodrigo De Paul assisted Correa on his goal while Paz had a more individual effort on his goal. The match was to help raise money for the Bahía Blanca floods.

Emiliano Martínez: “We will play against Brazil as we did against Peru and Bolivia”

Emiliano Martínez spoke about Argentina’s 1-0 win against Uruguay in the World Cup qualifiers and the match against Brazil on Tuesday.

Martínez reached 50 matches and 36 clean sheets with the Argentina national team in the World Cup qualifying match against Uruguay. The Argentine spoke to the media after the match. Here is what he had to say:

“The pitch did not help either for us or for them, it was a very difficult match. They were intense and so were we, and that’s why we were able to pull the game out.

“Whoever plays we always have the same mentality, this group wants to continue to grow and achieve things. We are proud of this moment.

“We will play against Brazil as we did against Peru and Bolivia, with the same respect and responsibility as always.”

Cristian Romero speaks on Argentina’s 1-0 win vs. Uruguay

Cristian Romero spoke about Argentina’s 1-0 win against Uruguay in the South American World Cup qualifiers.

Romero started Argentina’s match against Uruguay and did not put a foot wrong. The Argentine spoke to the media after the match. Here is what he had to say:

“We knew it was going to be a complicated game, but they didn’t hurt us. In the second half we owned the game.

“We got an important win and we are getting closer to our goal.”

Julián Álvarez on Argentina win: “We must continue working and growing as a group”

Julián Álvarez started for Argentina in their 1-0 win against Uruguay in the World Cup qualifiers and spoke about the match to the media.

Álvarez was the lone striker up front for Lionel Scaloni’s team and also had the assist for Thiago Almada’s goal. The Argentine was every where on the pitch and spoke about the match against Uruguay. Here is what he had to say:

“We must continue working and growing as a group.

“These are three very important points, but we are taking it one step at a time. We must continue to grow as a group.

“It seemed like a game that had to be opened with a goal like that.”

Emiliano Martínez reaches 36 clean sheets in 50 matches for Argentina national team

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Emiliano Martínez has reached 36 clean sheets in 50 matches with the Argentina national team.

Martínez reached 50 matches with the Argentina national team in their 1-0 win against Uruguay in the World Cup qualifiers. The Best goalkeeper in the world has now kept 36 clean sheets in the 50 matches.

He has four losses while also winning four trophies with the Argentina national team. Martínez now enters the top three most capped Argentina goalkeepers of all time, behind World Cup winner Ubaldo Fillol who played 54 matches and Sergio Romero who played 96 matches.