Argentina U17 coach Diego Placente has named his team for the U17 World Cup in Indonesia.

Diego Placente announced his team for the U17 World Cup which begins in November. Argentina have been drawn in Group D with Japan, Poland and Senegal. Here are the names selected by Placente:

Froilan Diaz (Union)
Jeremias Florentin (Talleres de Cordoba)
Franco Villalba (Velez)
Dylan Gorosito (Boca Juniors)
Ulises Gimenez (River Plate)
Tobias Palacio (Argentinos Juniors)
Juan Gimenez (Rosario Central)
Valente Pierani (Estudiantes de la Plata)
Juan Manuel Villalba (Velez Sarsfield)
Octavio Ontivero (Lanus)
Thiago Laplace (Lanus)
Mariano Gerez (Lanus)
Gustavo Albarracin (Talleres de Cordoba)
Valentino Acuna (Newell’s Old Boys)
Kevin Gutierrez (Rosario Central)
Franco Mastantuono (River Plate)
Claudio Echeverri (River Plate)
Maher Carrizo (Velez Sarsfield)
Agustin Ruberto (River Plate)
Santiago Lopez (Independiente)
Ian Subiabre (River Plate)

Argentina play their first match on November 11 against Senegal and their second on November 14 against Japan. Their last match is on November 17 against Poland.

🚨 The Argentina U17 team for the U17 World Cup in Indonesia! 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/e2ioWCeDX5

— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) October 27, 2023

#Sub17 ¡Ahora nos volvimos a ilusionar!

🫡 Estos son los jugadores elegidos por Diego Placente para disputar el Mundial de Indonesia 2023.

🇦🇷 Todo sigue igual, todo sigue igual de bien… pic.twitter.com/tUGqLhP5no

— 🇦🇷 Selección Argentina ⭐⭐⭐ (@Argentina) October 27, 2023

Pep Guardiola spoke at a press conference on Friday and praised the Argentina national team while also commented on the comparison with his FC Barcelona team.

Guardiola held a press conference on Friday prior to Manchester City’s league match against United on Sunday. The City coach spoke about Lionel Messi’s comments about the current Argentina national team being compared to his FC Barcelona team. With quotes courtesy of Dan Murphy, here is what Pep had to say:

“With the intuition and quality that Messi has to analyse what happened on the pitch in world football and he has been on both sides, why should I not believe him? I cannot talk about Argentina because I’m not there. He was in Argentina and Barcelona so it’s nice.”

He also spoke about Argentina at the World Cup:

“If we are close to the world champions, it’s nice. I’m really surprised in tough moments like the QF against Holland when they were two up and immediately it is 2-2. Normally the teams go down in knockout games. Emotions are so important, how they handled their emotions.

“They played better than before. The first half they played in the final against France is so difficult to find. it was one of the best finals I have seen. The reaction from France was fantastic but in that moment you see the trophy there, immediately at 2-0 it was 2-2. Teams can be destroyed but they reacted in extra time better than ever. That is so difficult.

“That’s why they’re champions. You’re not world champions if you don’t have something special in all departments but also the mentality. We were able to win the Treble last season because we were so strong.”

Lucas Beltrán had two goals and Lucas Martínez Quarta also scored for Fiorentina in their 6-0 win vs. Cukaricki in the Conference League.

Beltrán scored his first goal and goals for his new club. The 22 year old scored his two goals in the first 10 minutes of the match, with one of them being a chip over the goalkeeper.

Lucas Martínez Quarta has two goals in Serie A and scored his first goal in the Conference League, Fiorentina’s fifth goal of the match.

Lionel Messi has been nominated for the MLS Newcomer of the Year award.

Messi is nominated for an MLS award months after joining Inter Miami. The Best player in the world played only six matches with Inter Miami but has been named as one of the three finalists.

The 36 year old is nominated alongside Eduard Löwen of St. Louis City SC. and Giorgos Giakoumakis of Atlanta United. Messi joined Inter Miami on a free where he scored 11 goals in 14 matches.

The World Cup winner scored 10 of those 11 goals as he captained Inter Miami to a Leagues Cup trophy. In MLS, Messi has one goal in his six matches.

Thiago Almada and Luciano Acosta have been nominated for the MLS MVP award.

Almada and Acosta are two of the three finalists for the award along with Dénis Bouanga of Gabon. With Atlanta United, Almada has 11 goals and a league leading 19 assists.

Luciano Acosta was previously part of the MLS Best XI in 2018 and 2022. At 29 years old, his 17 goals and 14 assists are the highest goal contributions in the league.