Rodrigo De Paul gave an interview where he spoke about Argentina’s upcoming matches and Diego Simeone coaching the Argentina national team.

De Paul is part of the Argentina national team for the two matches against Panama and Curaçao later this month. The Argentine gave an interview with El Larguero in Spain where he spoke about it all. Here is what he had to say:

“It will also be a little party for us too because it’s the first match and it’s to show the World Cup. We’ll probably be celebrating, we are really looking forward to it.

About the ticket sales and how everyone wants a ticket:

“I believe Argentina also showed a bit of passion with which they faced this World Cup and it’s no wonder. It’s crazy, a lot of people are going to be left out and it’s been crazy for several days, but I think they’re organising it pretty well.

“Obviously we are playing in a great stadium like the Monumental which holds 82,000 people. But even so, there are going to be a lot of people who will be outside. It’s going to be crazy and I hope the people can enjoy it and so can we.”

He was also asked about Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone coaching Argentina:

“He has everything and more at Atleti, but well, I think he also has that illusion of coaching his country.”

The quarter finals draw for the Champions League has taken place and we now know which potential teams could make the final.

Enzo Fernández and Chelsea appeared to have turn their fortunes around but they will be tested against reigning and record champions, Real Madrid. A win for Enzo and Chelsea would take them to the semi finals against one of Manchester City and Bayern Munich.

Julián Álvarez and Máximo Perrone will hope that Manchester City can make another semi final but they have a big test ahead of them. Against Pep Guardiola’s former team, Bayern Munich have the opportunity to once more make a semi final.

Nicolás Otamendi and his Benfica continie their deep run into the Champions League and they will play Inter. For Lautaro Martínez and Joaquín Correa, it’s the first time they play in the quarter finals of the Champions League. There will be a World Cup winner in the semi finals.

Gio Simeone and Napoli are the fairy tale team and they host AC Milan in what is an all Italian team clash. Should Napoli win, we would be guaranteed of at least one Argentine player in the Champions League final.

Here is the draw for the quarter finals of the Champions League:

Chelsea (Enzo Fernández) vs. Real Madrid

Manchester City (Julián Álvarez and Máximo Perrone) vs. Bayern Munich

Benfica (Nicolás Otamendi) vs. Inter (Lautaro Martínez, Joaquín Correa)

Napoli (Gio Simeone) vs. AC Milan

Bernardo Romeo has stated that Alejandro Garnacho has decided to play for Argentina.

The Argentina national team youth team coordinator has revealed that the Spanish national team contacted Garnacho but his decision is to play for the current World Cup champions. Romeo spoke in an interview with DSports about Garnacho and here is what he had to say:

“The Spanish national team coordinator called Garnacho. He was clear and he told me that he answered him out of respect.

“He is very convinced about playing with the Argentina national team. You enter his house and he has all the photos with Messi.”

Alejandro Garnacho is born in Spain but has an Argentine mother and he has represented both national teams at youth level. He has been called up to the Argentina national team for the March matches but he will miss both games due to an injury.

Garnacho posted on Instagram about missing the matches. Here is what he had posted:

Alejandro Garnacho on Instagram, talks about his injury and missing matches for Argentina and Manchester United. pic.twitter.com/gC5eCZodRB

— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) March 14, 2023

Julián Álvarez has reportedly signed a new contract with Manchester City.

Álvarez has put pen to paper and signed an improved contract with the club. According to Fabrizio Romano, the Argentine signed a deal in Manchester on Thursday and the contract is until June 2028 with an improved salary.

The 23 year old signed with the reigning league champions in January 2022 from River Plate but played his first match with the club in July. He has since gone on to score in every competition and won the World Cup with the Argentina national team.

He has played 33 matches with the club, scoring 10 goals.