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Trailer: Adidas to release Argentina World Cup video

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Adidas has released a trailer for their Argentina World Cup video.

The Argentina national team lifted the World Cup in 2022 and Adidas are releasing a video about it. Adidas posted a trailer called “Alta en el cielo” or “High in the sky”, on Saturday.

The video will be released Sunday, June 18 on Youtube.

Julián Álvarez and Alejandro Garnacho could start for Argentina

Julián Álvarez and Alejandro Garnacho could both start for Argentina.

Álvarez and Garnacho could both be in the starting eleven for Argentina against Indonesia. Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni stated after Argentina’s 2-0 win vs. Australia that the idea is that every one could play.

Argentina play Indonesia on Monday and will be without veterans Lionel Messi, Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi. According to TyC Sports, Garnacho could start in place of the abscent Ángel Di María.

Emiliano Martínez is not guaranteed to start as Gerónimo Rulli could be the goalkeeper for the match. Gio Lo Celso and Leandro Paredes also have chances of being in the starting eleven. Here is the rumored eleven:

Emiliano Martínez or Gerónimo Rulli; Nahuel Molina, Leonardo Balerdi, Germán Pezzella or Facundo Medina, Marcos Acuña; Exequiel Palacios, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso, Lucas Ocampos; Julián Álvarez and Alejandro Garnacho or Nicolás González.

Argentina national team land in Indonesia, no Lionel Messi

The Argentina national team have landed in Indonesia and are without Lionel Messi.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni stated after their 2-0 win vs. Australia that Lionel Messi, Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi will not be travelling with the team for the match. The team has landed in Indonesia where they will be playing their second of two matches against Indonesia on June 19 in Jakarta.

Lionel Scaloni stated after the win that the idea is to give every one some minutes. Here are the players that are available for the match against Indonesia:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Gerónimo Rulli (Ajax)
Walter Benítez (PSV)

Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
Facundo Medina (RC Lens)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)

Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (Juventus)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton)
Thiago Almada (Atlanta United)
Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal)
Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton)

Forwards:
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Giovanni Simeone (Napoli)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Nicolás González (Fiorentina)

Argentina vs. Serbia and Montenegro, 2006 World Cup

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On this day 17 years ago, Argentina won 6-0 vs. Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 World Cup.

The most impressive performance at the 2006 World Cup happened on June 16, 2006 as Argentina put on a football performance of a life time. In the second match of Group C, it was Jose Pekerman’s Argentina against Serbia and Montenegro.

A match which had a goal after 24 passes, a match which also had three goals from three substitutes and Lionel Messi’s first ever World Cup goal. The team for the day was the following:

Roberto Abbondanzieri
Nicolás Burdisso
Roberto Ayala
Gabriel Heinze
Juan Pablo Sorín
Javier Mascherano
Luis González
Juan Román Riquelme
Maxi Rodríguez
Javier Saviola
Hernán Crespo

The goal scorers were Maxi Rodríguez twice, Esteban Cambiasso, Hernán Crespo, Carlos Tevez and Lionel Messi.

Juan Román Riquelme had a passing accuracy of 99% against Serbia and Montenegro with Argentina at the World Cup. It’s the highest passing accuracy for players to record 100+ passes in a match. He completed 104 out of 105 passes.

Conflicting reports on Marcelo Gallardo accepting Olympique Marseille offer

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Conflicting reports have come out about Marcelo Gallardo accepting Olympique Marseille’s offer to become their new coach.

Marcelo Gallardo has received an offer to coach Olympique Marseille, according to César Luis Merlo. An updated tweet also states that he has not yet accepted the offer and that he is back in Argentina.

A separate tweet by Le Phocéen states that Gallardo has agreed to become the new coach. No official statement has come out by either Marseille or Gallardo.

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