Home Blog Page 388

Nicolás Tagliafico scores, receives a red card for Lyon in 4-3 win vs. Brest

-
0

Nicolás Tagliafico scored and 10 minutes later received a red card for Lyon in their 4-3 win vs. Brest on matchday 29 of the Ligue 1.

In a hectic match, Brest were leading 3-2 in the 79th minute when Tagliafico received a pass on the left side of the pitch. The Argentine controlled the ball, entered the box and executed a low, powerful shot to the goalkeeper’s left post to score the 3-3 for his team.

In the 87th minute and with the game still tied, Nicolás committed a foul on Brest’s number 20 Pierre Lees-Melou and tried to pull him up. A brawl broke out and with both players already on yellow cards, they were both shown a second yellow card by the referee.

Lyon ended up winning the game 4-3 with a penalty kick in the 10th added minute of the game.

Exequiel Palacios wins the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen

Roy Nemer
-
6

Exequiel Palacios has won the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen!

Palacios has won the Bundesliga for the very first time. The Argentine helped the club win the Bundesliga for the first time in their history, playing an integral part in the team.

Bayer Leverkusen won 5-0 vs. Werder Bremen on Sunday and with Palacios coming on off the bench and getting an assist on their fourth goal, Leverkusen were crowned German champions. The 25 year old has three goals and four assists in 21 Bundesliga matches but his play and consistency this season is up there among the best in the league.

With the Argentina national team, Palacios has won the World Cup, the Copa America and the Finalissima. With Leverkusen, he is a Bundesliga Champion and with River Plate, a Copa Libertadores, a Recopa Sudamericana and two time Copa Argentina champion.

Congratulations to Exequiel Palacios and Bayer Leverkusen!

Lionel Messi scores a screamer and assists for Inter Miami in 3-2 win

Roy Nemer
-
9

Lionel Messi scored and had an assist for Inter Miami in their 3-2 win vs. Sporting KC.

Messi scored one of the goals of the season for Inter Miami and also had an assist on their first goal of the match. With Sporting KC leading 1-0, Messi receiving the ball in midfield and played a through ball to Diego Gomez who scored to draw Inter Miami level.

The Argentine would score Inter Miami’s second goal of the match, a screamer and goal of the season contender. Messi would receive the ball outside of the penalty area and his left footed effort would beat the goalkeeper from distance and give Inter Miami the 2-1 lead.

In five MLS matches this season, Messi has five goals and two assists. He also has 18 goals for Inter Miami, 11 goals behind Gonzalo Higuaín who has 29 goals and holds the record for most in club history.

Tomás Avilés and Marcelo Weigandt also started the match.

Ángel Correa scores for Atletico Madrid in 3-1 win vs. Girona

Roy Nemer
-
2

Ángel Correa scored for Atletico Madrid in their 3-1 win vs. Girona.

Correa made it eight goals in La Liga and started the match for Atletico Madrid. With the match at 1-1, it was a cross into the penalty area which found the Argentine who scored to give Atletico the 2-1 lead.

Nahuel Molina and Rodrigo De Paul also started the match for Atletico Madrid.

English artist Archie Wallis shares his experience of delivering paintings to Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez

-
3
English artist Archie Wallis shares his experience of delivering paintings to Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez

In dialogue with Mundo Albiceleste, the English artist Archie Wallis told us about his experience delivering a commissioned painting to Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez.

“It was nice to see his reaction to a piece that meant a lot to me but, of course, a lot more to him because of the achievement he had,” said Archie.

Wallis has delivered three paintings to Martínez so far. The first one was after the 2021 Copa América.

“He (Martínez) mentioned he was going to show the painting to Messi,” said Archie. “When he told me that I was at a loss for words.”

For the second one, Emiliano’s wife Amanda commissioned Archie to do a surprise birthday piece for him for the World Cup.

“It was his World Cup travel bag.”

The third and most recent piece was to celebrate Argentina’s 2022 World Cup win.

“That was also a surprise since Amanda kept the secret.”

“They are just lovely people. We talked about normal things, about life, about football. It was overall just an extremely pleasant process,” mentioned the English painter.

Archie Wallis is on Instagram under @wallisonthewall.

1...387388389...1,660Page 388 of 1,660