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Lionel Messi wins Champions League Goal of the Season

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Lionel Messi’s goal for PSG vs. Benfica has been named as the Champions League Goal of the Season.

Messi continues to win awards. He was named as Ligue 1’s Best Foreign Player of the Season and now has another Champions League award.

It was announced on Friday that his strike for PSG vs. Benfica is the best goal of this season’s Champions League. Congratulations to Lionel Messi on the award!

Lionel Messi makes Argentina debut, 19 years ago

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Lionel Messi made his Argentina debut 19 years ago today.

Messi wore the Argentina national team shirt for the first time in a match at only 17 years of age. On June 29, 2004, the AFA set up a match between the Argentina U20 team and the Paraguayan U20 team to give Messi his first match.

It ended 8-0 for Argentina with a 17 year old Lionel Messi scoring. He would go on to play the U20 World Cup the next year and win it, scoring two goals in the final. He would make his debut and the rest, is history.

Argentina win the 1986 World Cup, on this day

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Argentina won the 1986 FIFA World Cup omn this day 37 years ago.

Diego Maradona and the 1986 Argentina national team became legends. On June 29, 1986, Argentina defeated West Germany 3-2 to win their second FIFA World Cup.

Goals by José Luis Brown, Jorge Valdano and Jorge Burruchaga with Maradona himself providing the assist on the last goal. While national teams did not wear stars on their shirts at the time, this would prove to be the second star for the Argentina national team.

You can watch the full match below or the highlights.

Gerardo Martino named new coach of Inter Miami, will join Lionel Messi

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Gerardo Martino has been named as the new coach of Inter Miami where he will join Lionel Messi.

Martino is back coaching in the United States. Inter Miami announced on Wednesday that he is the new coach of the team.

This is Martino’s second time coaching in the MLS, having previously coached Atlanta United where he won the MLS Cup in 2018. He spent two seasons at the club before leaving.

He will also be joining Lionel Messi for the third time. Martino previously coached Messi with FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team.

Luka Romero agrees to join AC Milan

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Luka Romero has agreed to join AC Milan.

Romero is reportedly set to become a new AC Milan player as he would join as a free agent. According to Fabrizio Romano, an agreement has been reached and he would sign until June 2027.

The 18 year old has accepted to join them and the documents are being prepared. He was part of the Argentina U20 national team at last month’s U20 World Cup where he was one of the team’s standout players.

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