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Lionel Messi, Valentín Barco and Thiago Almada score for Argentina in 3-0 win vs. Iceland

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Lionel Messi, Valentín Barco and Thiago Almada score for Argentina in 3-0 win vs. Iceland

Lionel Messi, Valentín Barco and Thiago Almada scored for Argentina in their 3-0 win against Iceland.

The first half saw Argentina seeing much of the ball and it was Valentin Barco would score the first goal of the match. Argentina would cross the ball into the penalty area, Iceland were unable to clear, the ball fell to Valentin Barco and he would score from outside of the penalty area to give Argentina the 1-0 lead.

Argentina would continue to see more of the ball. A cross from Valentin Barco to Nico Paz but his effort from close range was saved by the goalkeeper.

Lionel Scaloni would make five substitutions. It was Enzo Fernández, Alexis Mac Allister, Rodrigo De Paul, Cristian Romero and Lautaro Martínez for Giovani Lo Celso, Exequiel Palacios, Valentín Barco, Lisandro Martínez and José Manuel López.

Argentina would almost score a second goal. Nico Paz received the ball out wide and played it across the Iceland penalty area to Lautaro Martinez but he was unable to get to the ball.

Scaloni would make more substitutions. Nicolás González and Thiago Almada for Nicolás Otamendi and Nico Paz.

Lautaro Martinez would receive the ball out wide, he would cut inside but his effort hit the post. Scaloni would substitute in Lionel Messi and Gonzalo Montiel for Giuliano Simeone and Agustín Giay.

Moments after being substituted in, Lionel Messi would receive the ball and with his first touch of the ball, he would drag it and play a pass to Lautaro Martinez. He would chip the goalkeeper, get tackle but his effort would go wide and the referee would award Argentina a penalty kick on the tackle.

Lionel Messi would take it and he would score to give Argentina the 2-0 lead.

At 2-0, Lionel Messi would play a pass to Rodrigo De Paul who would go out wide and his pass into the penalty area found Thiago Almada who scored Argentina’s third goal of the match.

The Argentina national team will play Algeria in their first match at the World Cup on June 16 in Kansas City.

Argentina national team starting eleven vs. Iceland, José Manuel López and Nico Paz start

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Argentina national team starting eleven vs. Iceland, José Manuel López and Nico Paz start

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has named his starting eleven for the match against Iceland and both Jose Manuel Lopez and Nico Paz start.

Lionel Scaloni made changes to the starting eleven which started for Argentina in their 2-0 win against Honduras. Here is the starting eleven:

Rulli; Giay, Otamendi, Lisandro, Medina; Lo Celso, Palacios, Barco; Simeone, José Manuel López and Nico Paz

Agustín Giay set to start for Argentina vs. Iceland

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Agustín Giay set to start for Argentina vs. Iceland

Agustín Giay is set to start for Argentina against Iceland.

Agustín Giay started in Argentina’s 2-0 win against Honduras and is expected to be in the starting eleven. According to Gastón Edul, Giay will be in the starting eleven.

The Argentine could be called-up to replace Leonardo Balerdi for the Argentina national team at the World Cup.

Guido Rodríguez as main candidate to replace Leonardo Balerdi in Argentina team

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Guido Rodríguez as main candidate to replace Leonardo Balerdi in Argentina team

Guido Rodríguez is the main candidate to replace Leonardo Balerdi in the Argentina national team.

Rodríguez could be called up to the World Cup. According to Gastón Edul, Guido is the main player that could replaced Leonardo Balerdi.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni is expected to announce Balerdi’s replacement after the match against Iceland. Agustín Giay, Nicolás Capaldo, Emiliano Buendía and Máximo Perrone are also being rumored as possible replacements.

Real Madrid submit €150 million offer for Julián Álvarez, Atlético Madrid reject bid

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Real Madrid submit €150 million offer for Julián Álvarez, Atlético Madrid reject bid

Real Madrid have confirmed that they submitted a €150 million offer to Atlético Madrid for Argentina forward Julián Álvarez. Atlético rejected the proposal and referred Real Madrid to the player’s release clause.

In an official statement, Real Madrid announced that its board of directors had approved a formal offer for Álvarez.

“Real Madrid C.F. announces that, following today’s Board of Directors meeting, it has submitted an offer of €150 million to Club Atlético de Madrid for the federative rights of player Julián Álvarez.”

Atlético Madrid responded with a statement of its own.

“After studying and evaluating it, Club Atlético de Madrid has thanked Real Madrid for the offer made, within the framework of the good relations between both clubs, and has rejected it, referring to the player’s release clause.”

Atlético’s position has been consistent for months. The club does not intend to negotiate a transfer below Álvarez’s release clause, which is reported to be more than €500 million.

Although the official statements were formal, Atlético later responded on social media with a post titled “Official clarification regarding our neighbors’ official statement.”

In the post, Atlético said it had not studied or evaluated any offer for Álvarez and disputed Real Madrid’s suggestion that the club had expressed gratitude for the proposal. The post ended with a joke aimed at Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The situation leaves Real Madrid with a decision to make if they wish to continue pursuing the Argentine striker. Any future offer would likely need to be significantly higher to open negotiations.

For now, Álvarez remains focused on Argentina’s World Cup campaign while discussions take place between the clubs and his representatives.

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