Argentine forward Santiago Castro played a decisive role in Bologna’s 2-1 home victory over Genoa on Matchday 4 of Serie A. The victory lifts Bologna into eighth place in the Serie A standings and keeps them in the chase for a European spot.
With the home side trailing, Castro struck in the 73rd minute with a brilliant backheel finish inside the box, showing great quality to bring his team level. The match was ultimately decided in stoppage time, as Riccardo Orsolini converted a penalty in the 99th minute to secure all three points.
Bologna had lined up from the start with Benjamin Domínguez, while Valentín Carboni came off the bench for Genoa in the second half.
The first legs of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals wrapped up this week, with River Plate, Racing, Vélez, and Estudiantes keeping their hopes alive for a place in the semifinals.
River Plate faced Palmeiras in São Paulo and endured a rough first half, going 2-0 down through goals by Gustavo Gómez and Vitor Roque. However, Lucas Martínez Quarta scored late to keep Marcelo Gallardo’s team in the fight. The match also featured Argentine players José Manuel López and Aníbal Moreno in Palmeiras’ lineup. River must win by one goal to take the series to penalties, or by two to qualify directly. Any draw or defeat will see them eliminated.
In the all-Argentine clash, Racing secured a valuable away win against Vélez at the José Amalfitani, thanks to a goal from Maravilla Martínez. The return leg will be played at the Cilindro, where Racing advances as long as they avoid defeat. Vélez, meanwhile, needs a one-goal win to force penalties or a two-goal margin to progress.
Estudiantes took on Flamengo at the Maracaná and looked in serious trouble after falling 2-0 down inside the first nine minutes. Guido Carrillo’s late strike, however, gave Eduardo Domínguez’s side a lifeline. At home in La Plata, Estudiantes must win by one to take the tie to penalties or by two or more to move into the semis.
With narrow margins across all four series, Argentine clubs still have everything to play for in the return legs. The coming week will determine how many of them make it through to the last four of South America’s biggest tournament.
The new contract would keep him at the club until December 2028 with a release clause of €100 million. The AFA support River Plate’s decision and AFA president Claudio Tapia is set to meet with Subiabre’s agents.
His current contract expires in December 2026 and the new offer includes a better salary.
The Argentina U20 national team has been announced for the U20 World Cup and seven players from foreign leagues have been called up.
Argentina U20 national team coach Diego Placente has announced his list of 21 players for the U20 tournament which begins on September 27 and ends on October 19 in Chile. Argentina have been drawn in Group D along with Italy, Australia and Cuba.
Diego Placente has called-up 14 players from the league in Argentina, one from Spain, one from the Premier League, two from Portugal, one from Brazil, one from Germany and from the MLS.
Placente will be without Claudio Echeverri of Bayer Leverkusen, Franco Mastantuono of Real Madrid, Valentín Carboni of Genoa and Aarón Anselmino of Borussia Dortmund. Here are the 21 players which will represent the Argentina U20 national team at the U20 World Cup:
Santino Barbi (Talleres) Álvaro Busso (Velez Sarsfield) Alain Gómez (Valencia) Dylan Gorosito (Boca Juniors) Santiago Fernández (Talleres) Tobías Ramírez (Argentinos Juniors) Valente Pierani (Estudiantes de la Plata) Juan M. Villalba (Gimnasia y Esgrima la Plata) Teo R. Pagano (San Lorenzo) Julio Soler (Bournemouth) Tomás Pérez (FC Porto) Milton Delgado (Boca Juniors) Tobías Andrada (Velez Sarsfield) Álvaro Montoro (Botafogo) Valentino Acuña (Newell’s Old Boys) Santino Andino (Godoy Cruz) Alejo Sarco (Bayer Leverkusen) Ian Subiabre (River Plate) Mateo Silvetti (Inter Miami) Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) Maher Carrizo (Velez Sarsfield)
