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Nicolás Otamendi scores for Benfica, Gianluca Prestianni assists in 5-0 win vs. Arouca

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Nicolás Otamendi scored for Benfica and Gianluca Prestianni had an assist in their 5-0 win against Arouca.

Otamendi, Enzo Barrenechea and Gianluca Prestianni all started for Benfica. With Benfica leading 1-0, Gianluca Prestianni was fouled inside the penalty area and Benfica were awarded a penalty kick. Vangelis Pavlidis scored his second goal of the match.

At 2-0, Benfica were awarded a corner kick. A cross into the penalty area found Otamendi and the Argentine would score a header to give Benfica the 3-0 lead.

With Benfica leading 3-0, Prestianni clipped the ball to Vangelis Pavlidis who scored his third goal of the match.

Alejandro Garnacho scores first goal for Chelsea in 2-1 loss vs. Sunderland

Alejandro Garnacho scored his first goal for Chelsea, but it wasn’t enough as the team fell 2-1 to Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on Matchday 9 of the Premier League.

The Argentine international, born in Madrid, opened the scoring just four minutes into the match. Playing on the left side, Garnacho dribbled past his defender with a step-over move and fired a low left-footed shot past Dutch goalkeeper Robin Roefs.

It took Garnacho seven matches to find the net since joining Chelsea in late August after leaving Manchester United. Chelsea also featured Enzo Fernández in the starting lineup.

Lionel Messi presented MLS Golden Boot award

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Lionel Messi was presented the MLS Golden Boot award.

Messi was given the Golden Boot award prior to him scoring two goals for Inter Miami in their 3-1 win against Nashville in the MLS Playoffs. The 38 year old was presented the award by MLS Commissioner Don Garber.

The Argentine scored 29 goals in 28 regular season games with Inter Miami.

Lionel Messi scores twice for Inter Miami in 3-1 win vs. Nashville

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Lionel Messi scored twice for Inter Miami in their 3-1 win against Nashville.

Messi had two goals in Inter Miami’s win against Nashville in the MLS Playoffs to give them the 1-0 lead in the best of three series. The first team to reach two wins in the three matches will qualify for the next round of the MLS Playoffs.

With the score at 0-0, it was a cross into the penalty area by Luis Suárez which found Messi and he would score a header to give Inter Miami the 1-0 lead. At 1-0, Messi would play a pass in to Fray who would cross it to Tadeo Allende and he would score a header for Inter Miami’s second goal of the match.

At 2-0 for Inter Miami, Jordi Alba would cross inside the penalty area but it was spilled by the goalkeeper. Messi would be the first to the ball and the Argentine would score his second goal of the match.

Nasvhille would score one but Inter Miami would win and take the lead in their series. Rodrigo De Paul also started the match for Inter Miami while Mateo Silvetti was substituted into the match.

The Argentine was awarded the MLS Golden Boot before the match.



Argentina national team to play Angola in only friendly match of November

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The Argentina national team will play Angola in their only friendly match of November.

Lionel Scaloni’s team is going to play only one match in November. Argentina will train in Spain and will play on November 14 against Angola.

This would mean that the Argentina national team will not be travelling to India for their rumored friendly match.