Nicolás González was substituted out injured for Fiorentina.
González suffered an injury during Fiorentina’s Europa Conference League match against Ferencvaros. The club announced that he has a muscle problem affecting the right thigh flexors.
Lionel Messi a finalist for the FIFA Best Men’s Player award
Lionel Messi is a finalist for the FIFA Best Men’s Player award.
Messi is the current holder of the award, having won it for 2022 and is once more a finalist. The Best player in the world won the Ligue 1 with PSG and also became the all time top scorer in the top five European leagues.
Along with Messi, Kylian Mbappe was also nominated. Mbappe won Ligue 1, while being the top scorer and being named the Ligue 1 Player of the Year.
Erling Haaland is the third nominee. Haaland won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup with Manchester City. He also won the Premier League Golden Boot and the 2022-2023 European Golden Shoe.
🚨 Lionel Messi is a finalist for the FIFA Best Men's Player award!
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) December 14, 2023
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi
🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappe
🇳🇴 Erling Haaland pic.twitter.com/QEe9gnVskN
Argentine players still in the Champions League
The group stages of the Champions League has concluded and there are 11 Argentine players left in the tournament.
Julián Álvarez lifted the Champions League trophy last season with Manchester City and is the highest Argentine scorer in the tournament with four goals in four matches. Álvarez and City finished first in their group ahead of RB Leipzig.
Atletico Madrid are the team with the most Argentine players with Rodrigo De Paul, Ángel Correa and Nahuel Molina and they finished first with Taty Castellanos and Lazio finishing second in the group.
Nico Paz and Real Madrid finished first with Gio Simeone and Napoli finishing second behind them.
Mateo Tanlongo and FC Copenhagen finished second behind Bayern to qualify for the next round with Walter Benítez and PSV finished behind Arsenal in their group.
Lautaro Martínez and Inter made the Champions League final last season and they finished behind Real Sociedad in their group while Alan Varela and FC Porto qualifying second. Here are the Argentine players that are still in the Champions League.
Copenhagen:
Mateo Tanlongo
PSV:
Walter Benítez
Real Madrid:
Nico Paz
Napoli:
Gio Simeone
Inter:
Lautaro Martínez
Atletico Madrid:
Rodrigo De Paul, Ángel Correa, Nahuel Molina
Lazio:
Taty Castellanos
Manchester City:
Julián Álvarez
FC Porto:
Alan Varela
Ángel Di María scores an olimpico, from a corner kick for Benfica vs. RB Salzburg
Ángel Di María scored an olimpico, a goal from a corner kick for Benfica in their 3-1 win vs. RB Salzburg.
Di María has once more scored from a corner kick. Benfica were awarded a corner kick and it was the Argentine who took it and not for the first time in his career, he scored from a corner kick and gave Benfica the 1-0 lead.
The 35 year old also had an assist in their Champions League match. With Benfica leading 1-0, Di María played a pass in to Rafa Silva who scored.
Emiliano Martínez nominated for 2023 IFFHS Men’s World Best Goalkeeper award
Emiliano Martínez is nominated for the 2023 2023 IFFHS Men’s World Best Goalkeeper award.
Martínez continues to be nominated for goalkeeper awards as his stellar year continues. After winning the World Cup, being named the best goalkeeper of the World Cup and winning the Yashin award for the best goalkeeper in the world, he is once more nominated for another accolade. Here are the nominees for the award:
Emiliano Martínez (Argentina, Aston Villa)
Matt Turner (USA, Arsenal/Nottingham Forest)
Ederson (Brazil, Manchester City)
Alisson (Brazil, Liverpool)
André Onana (Cameroon, Manchester United)
Mathew Ryan (Australia, AZ)
Jan Oblak (Slovenia, Atlético Madrid)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy, PSG)
Diogo Costa (Portugal, Porto)
Mike Maignan (France, Milan)
Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, Real Madrid)
Marc-André ter Stegen (Germany, Barcelona)
David Raya (Spain, Brentford/Arsenal)
Aaron Ramsdale (England, Arsenal)
Kevin Trapp (Germany, Eintracht Frankfurt)
Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez and Germán Cano nominated for 2023 IFFHS Best Player
Alejandro Garnacho nominated for 2023 IFFHS Men’s World Best Youth Player
Lionel Messi and Ángel Di María nominated for 2023 IFFHS Men’s World Best Playmaker