Marcos Acuña scored and was red carded for Sevilla in their 2-2 draw vs. Celta.
Acuña scored his third goal of the season in La Liga to give Sevilla the 2-0 lead. The Argentine would intercept a pass in midfield and his left footed effort from distance would beat the goalkeeper.
He would go on to get a straight red card after Celta drew level. Gonzalo Montiel and Erik Lamela also played for Sevilla.
The Argentina U17 team won 3-0 vs. Peru at the Sudamericano.
Diego Placente’s Argentina U17 team have now qualified for the last round of the Sudamericano after their win. Making it three wins out of three, Claudio Echeverri opened the scoring with a fantastic individual goal.
Echeverri would get through is marker and chip the goalkeeper to give Argentina the 1-0 lead. Agustín Roberto would make it 2-0 for Argentina as a cross inside the penalty area found the Argentine and he would score.
Claudio Echeverri would make it 3-0 as he would score his second goal of the match. A low pass into the penalty area and he would score his third goal of the tournament.
Argentina play Paraguay on Saturday.
The Argentina national team are ranked number ne in the FIFA rankings.
World Cup winners Argentina return to the number one spot in the FIFA rankings after five years. Lionel Scaloni’s team now have the number one ranking accolade to go with their World Cup trophy.
Argentina are ranked first ahead of France who are second. Brazil are third while Belgium, England, Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Portugal and Spain make up the rest of the top ten.
World Cup, Copa America and Finalissima champions Argentina are ranked number 1 in the FIFA rankings! pic.twitter.com/DlHW0nI7DQ
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) April 6, 2023
AFA president Chiqui Tapia spoke about potentially hosting the 2030 World Cup and the U20 World Cup.
Chiqui Tapia has been at the helm of the AFA for all of Argentina’s recent success. Winning the Copa America, Finalissima and the World Cup, Tapia has been there for it all. Argentina, along with Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay are looking to host the 2030 World Cup and the AFA president spoke about where they are at in regards to hosting the tournament.
Speaking in an interview with Radio LaRed, here is what he had to say:
“Yesterday we signed the FIFA books of conditions to be able to organize the 2030 World Cup and now I think we are going to organize the U20 World Cup.
“The people started to see during Scaloni’s first Copa America, a national team that reflects a lot of what the people wanted. Everything that we are living is beautifully crazy.
“We have a special relationship with Infantino. He respects the AFA, the national team and idolizes the best player in the world.”
Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal have submitted a bit for Lionel Messi.
The Best player in the world could be leaving PSG and playing at a new club next season. And according to Okaz/Saudi Gazette, Al-Hilal have made a bid for the Argentine.
Per the report, they made an official offer in the past few hours and it includes all advantages and “meets the demands” of Messi. This comes after a report in the French media that PSG would not want to keep him.
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