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River Plate lose 3-0 to Atlético Mineiro in the Copa Libertadores semifinals

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River Plate lost 3-0 to Atlético Mineiro in Brazil in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semifinals. It was a tough defeat for Marcelo Gallardo’s team as they will now have to overcome a three-goal deficit next week at El Monumental.

Germán Pezzella and Franco Armani started the game, while Marcos Acuña was ruled out just minutes before kickoff due to an injury. Manuel Lanzini, Maximiliano Meza, and Pablo Solari came on for the “millonarios” in the second half, but Claudio Echeverri and Franco Mastantuono remained on the bench throughout the game.

In Atlético Mineiro, coached by former Argentine defender Gabriel Milito, the Argentines Rodrigo Battaglia and Fausto Vera played the full 90 minutes.

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Argentine Champions League preview: Alexis Mac Allister, Ángel Di María

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The Champions League continues on Wednesday with nine matches and of those nine, there can be up to 17 Argentine players in the teams.

Atletico Madrid have the most Argentine players out of any team with six players and Diego Simeone as coach. Juan Musso, Rodrigo De Paul, Ángel Correa, Nahuel Molina, Julián Álvarez and Giuliano Simeone will play Lille in Madrid.

Reigning German champions Leverkusen with Exequiel Palacios will travel and play Brest while Alexis Mac Allister and Liverpool travel to play against RB Leipzig. Nicolás Capaldo and RB Salzburg host Dinamo Zagreb while Ángel Di María, Gianluca Prestianni, Nicolás Otamendi and Benjamín Rollheiser and Benfica host Julián Carranza and Feyenoord.

The Italian champions Inter with Lautaro Martínez, Joaquín Correa and Tomás Palacios travel to Switzerland to play BSC Young Boys. Here are the matches in the Champions League for Wednesday:

Atletico Madrid (Juan Musso, Rodrigo De Paul, Ángel Correa, Nahuel Molina, Julián Álvarez and Giuliano Simeone) vs. Lille

Brest vs. Leverkusen (Exequiel Palacios)

RB Leipzig vs. Liverpool (Alexis Mac Allister)

RB Salzburg (Nicolás Capaldo) vs. Dinamo Zagreb

Benfica (Ángel Di María, Gianluca Prestianni, Nicolás Otamendi and Benjamín Rollheiser) vs. Feyenoord (Julián Carranza)

BSC Young Boys vs. Inter (Lautaro Martínez, Joaquín Correa and Tomás Palacios)

Atalanta vs. Celtic

Manchester City vs. Sparta Praha

FC Barcelona vs. Bayern

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Marcos Senesi expected to be called up for Argentina in November qualifiers

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Marcos Senesi is expected to be called up to the Argentina national team for the November World Cup qualifiers, according to journalist Fernando Czyz of Doble Amarilla.

The Bournemouth defender is set to return to the national team. His debut and only appearance so far was in June 2022, during Argentina’s 5-0 victory over Estonia, where he played 22 minutes.

The 27-year-old Argentine, of Italian descent, was called up by Italy’s national team in 2022 but chose to represent the Albiceleste. He has recently been putting in solid performances in the Premier League.

In the last double matchday in October, against Venezuela and Bolivia, Lionel Scaloni called up the following center-backs: Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Lisandro Martínez, Germán Pezzella, and Leonardo Balerdi.

Lautaro Martínez scores for Inter in 1-0 win vs. Roma

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Lautaro Martínez scored for Inter in their 1-0 win against AS Roma on matchday 8 of Serie A. In the 60th minute, the Argentine striker fired a powerful right-footed volley into the back of the net after a counterattack, making it 1-0 to the league champions.

Joaquín Correa came on as a substitute in the second half for Inter, while Paulo Dybala started the match and Matías Soulé came off the bench for AS Roma.

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Lionel Messi becomes top scorer of FC Barcelona, Argentina national team and Inter Miami

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Lionel Messi has become the top scorer for FC Barcelona, the Argentina national team and Inter Miami.

Messi now has the most goals in history for FC Barcelona, the Argentina national team and Inter Miami. The Argentine scored 672 goals for FC Barcelona, a record, while winning 34 trophies with the club.

With the Argentina national team, Lionel Messi scored three goals in the last World Cup qualifying match, bringing his tally to 112 goals with Argentina. No player has more goals for the World Cup winners.

Being with Inter Miami for just over a year, Lionel Messi scored three goals in their 6-2 win against New England, bringing him to 33 goals. The most ever for Inter Miami.