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Lionel Messi wins his 8th FIFA The Best Player of the Year award

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Lionel Messi won his 8th FIFA The Best Player of the Year award on Monday.

Despite not being the odds on favorite against Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland before the event, the Argentine legend won the Best Player of 2023 award. Messi tied with the Norwegian in 48 votes, but the World Cup winner surpassed him in the captains’ votes (107 to 64). Therefore, he won the award.

Leo was not present at the ceremony in London, same as his competitors, because he was in the middle of Inter Miami’s preseason.

Last year, Messi helped Paris Saint-Germain obtain the Ligue 1 title and was crucial in leading Inter Miami to win the Leagues Cup.

Ángel Di María scores and reaches 10 goals for Benfica in 4-1 win vs. Rio Ave

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Ángel Di María scored and reached 10 goals for the season for Benfica in their 4-1 win vs. Rio Ave.

Di María continues to score. The 35 year old received the ball on the edge of the penalty area and his strike hit the roof and the top corner of the goal to give Benfica the 1-0 lead.

The Argentine has six goals and two assists in the league, one goal and one assist in the Champions League, two goals in the Alliaz Cup and one goal in the Portuguese Super Cup.

Leandro Paredes scores for AS Roma in 3-1 loss vs. AC Milan

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Leandro Paredes scored for AS Roma in their 3-1 loss vs. AC Milan.

Paredes scored the only goal of the match for AS Roma in their loss. With Milan leadign 2-0, Roma were awarded a penalty and it was Paredes who took it.

The Argentine took it and went down the middle with the goalkeeper diving to his right and Paredes scored.

Lucas Beltrán scores for Fiorentina in 2-2 draw vs. Udinese

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Lucas Beltrán scored for Fiorentina in their 2-2 draw vs. Udinese on matchday 20 of the Serie A.

Beltrán scored the goal which drew Fiorentina level at 1-1 with a precise header coming from a cross on the right side of the field. The Argentine striker reached his sixth goal with Fiorentina.

Lucas Martínez Quarta started for Fiorentina and like Beltrán, played the whole 90 minutes, while Gino Infantino remained on the bench. In Udinese, the Argentines Nehuén Pérez and Roberto Pereyra played the entire match, while Lautaro Gianetti and Martín Payero remained on the bench.

Emiliano Martínez reaches 13 clean sheets this season in Aston Villa’s 0-0 draw

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Emiliano Martínez reached 13 clean sheets this season in Aston Villa’s 0-0 draw vs. Everton.

Dibu had an incredible double save for Aston Villa at 0-0 near the end of the first half. First, a save with his right leg when Everton’s attacker was one on one with him. Just a couple of seconds later, in that same play, Martínez had to go down to his left to do another massive save and deflect it for a corner kick.

Per the statistics by Argentina journalist Gastón Trucco, after this match, Martínez became the second goalkeeper with the most clean sheets this season. Only Yan Sommer from Inter, with 15, surpasses him.

The 13 clean sheets of Dibu this season:
5 in Premier League
5 in CONMEBOL qualifiers (with Argentina)
2 in Conference League
1 in FA Cup

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