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Argentina U23 team named for friendly matches in Japan

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Argentina U23 team named for friendly matches in Japan

Argentina U23 national team coach Javier Mascherano has named his players for their friendly matches in Japan.

Javier Mascherano has named his 20 players for the matches on November 18 and November 22 against Japan. Mascherano has named nine players that are playing in foreign leagues.

Nico Paz of Real Madrid, Lucas Esquivel and Bruno Zapelli of Paranaense, Facundo Buonanotte of Brighton, Carlos Alcaraz of Southampton, Gastón Ávila of Ajax, Luis Vázquez of Anderlecht, Facundo Farías of Inter Miami, Thiago Almada of Atlanta United and Bruno Amione of Hellas Verona are the nine players.

Here are the players called up by Mascherano:

Leandro Brey (Boca Juniors)
Fabricio Iacovich (Estudiantes)
Marco Di Cesare (Argentinos Jrs)
Luciano Gondou (Argentinos Jrs)
Federico Redondo (Argentinos Jrs)
Lucas Esquievel (Paranaense)
Bruno Zapelli (Paranaense)
Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton)
Pablo Solari (River Plate)
Nicolas Paz (Real Madrid)
Rodrigo Villagra (Talleres de Cordoba)
Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton)
Gaston Ávila (Ajax)
Gonzalo Lujan (San Lorenzo)
Luis Vázquez (Anderlecht)
Facundo Farías (Inter Miami)
Thiago Almada (Atlanta United0
Diego Calcaterra (Sarmiento de Junin)
Santiago Simon (River Plate)
Bruno Amione (Hellas Verona)

Nico Paz makes Real Madrid debut in the Champions League

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Nico Paz makes Real Madrid debut in the Champions League

Nico Paz made his Real Madrid debut as he was substituted into their Champions League match against Braga.

Paz became the first Argentine since Ángel Di María to make his debut for Real Madrid as he was brought on as a substitute in their 3-0 win. The 19 year old was brought on in the 77th minute for Federico Valverde.

Carlo Ancelotti brought him on and Paz did not disappoint. According to MadridZone, the Argentine completed four dribbles, which is the most in the match while also making three recoveries and winning five ground duels.

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

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

Lautaro Martínez scored for Inter in their 1-0 win vs. RB Salzburg in the Champions League.

Martínez started the match on the bench for Inter but was brought on as a substitute and scored the only goal of the game. Inter were awarded a penalty kick and it was the Argentine who took it and scored to give Inter the 1-0 lead.

That win for Inter also qualifies them to the Round of 16 in the Champions League. The 26 year old has now scored two goals in four Champions League matches this season while scoring 12 goals in 11 Serie A matches.

Spanish born right back Pablo Maffeo to be called up for Argentina

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Spanish born right back Pablo Maffeo to be called up for Argentina

Spanish born right back Pablo Maffeo will be called up to the Argentina national team.

The 26 year old is born in Barcelona but his mother is born in Argentina. According to Marcos Durán and Nacho Sanchis, Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has already spoken to the player and if all of the necessary documents can be completed on time, Maffeo will be with the Argentina team for the November World Cup qualifying matches.

Maffeo started his club career with Espanyol B and signed to Manchester City where he spent most of his time away on loan. The majority of his career was with Girona and he is presently playing with Mallorca.

He has represented Spain at youth level but never with the senior national team.

Lucas Beltrán suffers a knock with Fiorentina and is a doubt for Argentina

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Lucas Beltrán suffers a knock with Fiorentina and is a doubt for Argentina

Lucas Beltrán suffered a knock during Fiorentina’s last match and is a doubt for Argentina.

Beltrán was substituted out for Fiorentina in their 1-0 loss against Juventus and appears to have suffered a knock. According to TyC Sports, the 22 year old suffered a hit to the intercostal area during Fiorentina’s match.

The Argentina national team play two World Cup qualifying matches in November. The first on November 16 and the second on November 21 against Brazil.

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