Santiago Castro scored for Bologna in their 3-1 win vs. Monza.
Castro reached six Serie A goals with Bologna in their win. With Monza leading 1-0, it was a cross into the penalty area which found the Argentine who headed the ball and scored to draw Bologna level.
At 1-1, Benjamín Domínguez had an assist on the second goal. A pass to Jens Odgaard and he scored to give Bologna the 2-1 lead.
Gonzalo Luján, Tadeo Allende, and Rocco Ríos Novo are the three new Argentine signings for Inter Miami under head coach Javier Mascherano.
Gonzalo Luján
Luján joins from Argentine top-flight club San Lorenzo, signing a contract that runs through the 2027 Major League Soccer (MLS) season, with a Club option for 2028. The versatile defender, who can play both as a center-back and fullback, brings significant experience for his age.
At just 23 years old, Luján has already played in major tournaments like the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. He also represented Argentina’s U-23 national team at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games under the management of Javier Mascherano, now his coach at Inter Miami.
Tadeo Allende
Allende joins on a one-year loan from Spanish LaLiga side Celta de Vigo, running through the end of the 2025 MLS season.
The 25-year-old winger arrives at Inter Miami with experience in both Argentina and Spain. In his home country, he played for Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba in 2021 and Godoy Cruz from 2022 to 2023, before moving to Celta de Vigo in Spain in 2024.
Rocco Ríos Novo
Ríos Novo, a goalkeeper, was claimed via Major League Soccer’s waiver protocol on a one-year loan from Argentine club Lanús. His loan runs through the 2025 MLS season, with an option to make the transfer permanent afterward.
The 22-year-old joins Inter Miami after spending two seasons with Phoenix Rising in the USL Championship, also on loan from Lanús.
Julián Álvarez scored for Atlético Madrid in their 4-0 away victory over Elche in the Round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.
The Argentine striker came off the bench in the 73rd minute with his team already leading by three goals. Just two minutes later, he made an immediate impact. “The Spider” found himself with the ball inside the opponent’s box after a rebound from the goalkeeper and finished with a first-time strike into the back of the net.
Fellow Argentines Juan Musso and Ángel Correa were part of Diego Simeone’s starting lineup, while Nahuel Molina and Rodrigo De Paul came on as substitutes in the second half.
Lautaro Martínez for Inter and Santiago Castro for Bologna scored in their 2-2 draw at the San Siro Stadium on Matchday 19 of Serie A.
In the 15th minute, with the game still scoreless, the 20-year-old Argentine, Santiago Castro, deflected a low ball into the box with his left foot, completely wrong-footing Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer to make it 1-0 for Bologna.
In the 45th + 1 minute, with the game tied at 1-1, Lautaro Martínez sprinted into the box. Federico Dimarco delivered a low cross from the left flank, and the World Cup-winning Argentine struck with his left foot into the back of the net, putting the Nerazzurri ahead 2-1.