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Champions League draw: 25 Argentina players involved

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Champions League draw: 25 Argentina players involved

With the Champions League draw completed, we now know the opponents for all 25 Argentine players taking part in the tournament this season.

There is a total of 25 Argentine players in the 2023-2024 Champions League season, with Sevilla having five players signed to the club. Group B has the most Argentine representatives with seven of them.

From the 25 players, 10 of them have won the World Cup. And from those 25 players, 10 of them have been called up to the Argentina national team for the September World Cup qualifying matches.

For the first time since the 2003-2004 season, a Champions League season does not include Lionel Messi.

Julián Álvarez and Máximo Perrone are the last two Argentine players to lift the trophy. Álvarez will look to defend it while Perrone is presently on loan at Las Palmas.

The draw took place on Thursday and here are the names of all the Argentine players taking part in this year’s tournament:

Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray)
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)
Federico Gattoni (Sevilla)
Erik Lamela (Sevilla)
Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)
Papu Gómez (Sevilla)
Walter Benítez (PSV)
Facundo Medina (RC Lens)
Giovanni Simeone (Napoli)
Ángel Di María (Benfica)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Nicolás Capaldo (RB Salzburg)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Taty Castellanos (Lazio)
Alexandro Bernabei (Celtic)
Luka Romero (AC Milan)
Marco Pellegrino (AC Milan)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Alex Vigo (Red Star Belgrade)
Alan Varela (FC Porto)

Here is the draw for this season’s Champions League:

Group A:
Bayern Munich
Manchester United: Lisandro Martínez, Alejandro Garnacho
FC Copenhagen
Galatasaray: Mauro Icardi

Group B:
Sevilla: Lucas Ocampos, Federico Gattoni, Erik Lamela, Marcos Acuña and Papu Gómez
Arsenal
PSV: Walter Benítez
RC Lens: Facundo Medina

Group C:
Napoli: Giovanni Simeone
Real Madrid
SC Braga
Union Berlin

Group D:
Benfica: Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi
Inter: Lautaro Martínez
RB Salzburg: Nicolás Capaldo
Real Sociedad

Group E:
Feyenoord
Atletico Madrid: Rodrigo De Paul, Ángel Correa and Nahuel Molina
Lazio: Taty Castellanos
Celtic: Alexandro Bernabei

Group F:
PSG
Borussia Dortmund
AC Milan: Luka Romero and Marco Pellegrino
Newcastle

Group G:
Manchester City: Julián Álvarez
RB Leipzig
Red Star Belgrade: Alex Vigo
Young Boys

Group H:
FC Barcelona
FC Porto: Alan Varela
Shakhtar Donetsk
Royal Antwerp

Argentina U23 pre-Olympic team announced for September trainings

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Argentina U23 pre-Olympic team announced for September trainings

Javier Mascherano has announced his team of Argentina U23 players for the September trainings.

Mascherano has announced 20 local based players and four players not from the local league for his U23 team. The four players were announced earlier on Thursday when Lionel Scaloni’s team for the September World Cup qualifying matches were announced.

Lucas Esquivel and Bruno Zapelli of Athletico Paranaense, Alan Velasco of FC Dallas and Lucas Beltrán of Fiorentina are the four players which were announced earlier. Here are the players announced by Mascherano for September:

Leandro Brey (Boca Juniors)
Facundo Sanguinetti (Banfield)
Joaquin Blazquez (Platense)
Santiago Simon (River Plate)
Gonzalo Lujan (San Lorenzo)
Julian Malatini (Defensa y Justicia)
Marco Di Cesare (Argentinos Jrs)
Kevin Lomonaco (Tigre)
Nicolas Valentini (Boca Juniors)
Kevin Zenon (Union)
Cristian Medina (Boca Juniors)
Juan Nardoni (Racing)
Rodrigo Villagra (Talleres)
Juan Sforza (Newell’s Old Boys)
Pablo Solari (River Plate)
Lautaro Giaccone (Rosario Central)
Luciano Gondou (Argentinos Jrs)
Abiel Osorio (Velez)
Pedro De La Vega (Lanus)
Santiago Pierotti (Colon)

Lionel Scaloni announced his list for the matches against Ecuador and Bolivia:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Juan Musso (Udinese)
Walter Benítez (PSV)
Franco Armani (River Plate)

Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham Forest)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth)
Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Lucas Esquivel (Athletico Paranaense, U23 team)

Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)

Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Bruno Zapelli (Athletico Paranaense, U23 team)
Thiago Almada (Atlanta United)

Forwards:
Nicolás González (Fiorentina)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Ángel Di María (Benfica)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Alan Velasco (FC Dallas, U23 team)
Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina, U23 team)

Argentina team for September World Cup qualifiers, Alan Velasco of FC Dallas

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Argentina team for September World Cup qualifiers, Alan Velasco of FC Dallas

The Argentina team for the September World Cup qualifiers has been announced with Alan Velasco of FC Dallas included as are more new names.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has announced his list of players for the matches against Ecuador and Bolivia in September and it includes 32 names. Paulo Dybala, Marcos Acuña and Gerónimo Rulli are left out due to injuries.

Gio Lo Celso is also not included in the team, despite not being injured. Franco Armani, who missed the last matches against Australia and Indonesia returns to the team.

Lionel Scaloni has included four U23 players which would be training with the U23 team. Lucas Beltran, newly signed to Fiorentina, left back Lucas Esquivel of Athletico Paranaense and midfielder Bruno Zapelli, also of Athletico Paranaense are called up for the first time.

Alan Velasco of FC Dallas gets the call up and will train with the U23 team. That makes it three MLS players included, along with Lionel Messi and Thiago Almada. Here are the names for those two matches:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Juan Musso (Udinese)
Walter Benítez (PSV)
Franco Armani (River Plate)

Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham Forest)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth)
Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Lucas Esquivel (Athletico Paranaense, U23 team)

Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)
Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Bruno Zapelli (Athletico Paranaense, U23 team)
Thiago Almada (Atlanta United)

Forwards:
Nicolás González (Fiorentina)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Ángel Di María (Benfica)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Alan Velasco (FC Dallas, U23 team)
Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina, U23 team)

Per Gastón Edul, Alan Velasco, Bruno Zapelli, Lucas Beltrán and Lucas Esquivel would train with the U23 Olympic team but that does not mean that they cannot train with the senior team. The U23 Olympic team will be released separately.

Enzo Fernández scores first Chelsea goal in 2-1 win vs. AFC Wimbledon

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Enzo Fernández scores first Chelsea goal in 2-1 win vs. AFC Wimbledon

Enzo Fernández scored his first goal for Chelsea in their 2-1 win vs. AFC Wimbledon.

Fernández scored the goal which gave Chelsea the win in the EFL Cup. The 22 year old started the match on the bench for Chelsea and he was brought on as a substitute and changed the match.

A clearance by the goalkeeper would take a few deflections and fall to the Argentine and Enzo would strike it from the outside of the penalty area and score to give Chelsea the 2-1 lead.

Lionel Messi’s goal named MLS Goal of the Matchday

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Lionel Messi’s goal named MLS Goal of the Matchday

Lionel Messi’s goal for Inter Miami against NY Red Bulls was named as the MLS Goal of the Matchday.

Messi has only played in one MLS match, scoring one goal and has already been recognized for it. Major League Soccer announced that his goal, which was created by Messi himself, was the best of the bunch.

The other three goals which were nominated were Saba Lobjanidze, which was assisted by Thiago Almada, Xander Silva and Erik Thommy.

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