The Argentina national team will play their first three World Cup qualifying matches at the Monumental.
Lionel Scaloni’s team will play six World Cup qualifying matches this year, with three of them at home. According to Diario Olé, the first three matches against Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay will be played in the same stadium.
Argentina will play against Ecuador in September, Paraguay in October and Uruguay in November.
Thiago Almada scored and had two assists for Atlanta United in their 4-0 win vs. Nashville.
Almada continues to show his great form and why he is being linked with a move to Ajax, this time with a tremendous pass and a chip goal for Atlanta United. With the score at 0-0, the 22 year old played a pin point cross into the penalty area to Xande Silva who would score to give Atlanta the 1-0 lead.
The World Cup winner himself would score his ninth goal of the season. A pass in to Almada who would chip the goalkeeper and with the defender trying to stop the goal, would get a touch on it and score.
With the score at 2-0, Almada would make a run into the penalty area and play a pass in to Saba Lobjanidze and he would back heel the ball for a goal and make it 3-0 for Atlanta United.
THIAGO ALMADA GOAL! ⚽️pic.twitter.com/sUvfoY4P0h
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) August 27, 2023
This assist by Thiago Almada 🔥🎯pic.twitter.com/nuRcTEjNR2
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) August 27, 2023
The run from Thiago Almada 😮💨
The backheel finish from Saba Lobjanidze 🔥Lobjanidze scores in his debut to make it 4-0 for @ATLUTD. pic.twitter.com/fPHn48m2vn
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) August 27, 2023
Lionel Messi scored his first MLS goal for Inter Miami in their 2-0 win vs. NY Red Bulls
Messi did not start the match for Inter Miami but he was brought on as a substitute and made a difference. The Best player in the world played a ridiculous pass in to fellow Argentine Benjamin Cremaschi who returned the pass and Messi would score to give Inter Miami the 2-0 lead.
The Argentine World Cup winner now has 11 goals and three assists in nine matches with Inter Miami.
Facundo Farías and Tomás Avilés also started the match.
LIONEL MESSI, THE PASS, THE GOAL!pic.twitter.com/u9hGXkZzoG
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) August 27, 2023
Ángel Di María scored for Benfica in their 3-2 win vs. Gil Vicente.
Di María has now scored official goals for the club since returning and this one was a penalty kick. Benfica were awarded a penalty early in the match and it was the Argentine who took it and scored to give Benfica the 1-0 lead.
Nicolás Otamendi also started the match.
Ángel Di María's goal for Benfica!pic.twitter.com/fwjJuMfepg
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) August 26, 2023
Lucas “Pocho” Román has been called up to the Italy U20 national team.
The Argentine born forward is called up for their two friendly matches vs. Germany and Czech Republic. The Barcelona B forward won L’Alcudia in 2022 with the Argentina U20 national team.
Italy has recently started calling up Argentine born players that are eligible to play for their country.
