Lionel Messi leads the race to win the MLS Golden Boot.
Messi could win the MLS Golden Boot award. With the MLS final match day taking place on Saturday, Messi is presently the league’s top scorer with 26 goals.
The Argentine has 26 goals in 27 league matches with Inter Miami. Denis Bouanga of Los Angeles FC has 24 goals in 30 matches while Sam Surridge of Nashville has 23 goals in 33 matches.
Inter Miami play Nashville on Saturday while LAFC play against Colorado.
Joaquín Panichelli scored twice and Valentín Barco had an assist for Strasbourg in their 3-3 draw against Paris Saint-Germain.
Panichelli made it seven goals in eight league matches with Strasbourg. With Paris Saint-Germain leading 1-0, it was a cross into the penalty area which found Panichelli and he scored a header to draw Strasbourg level.
With the score at 1-1, Valentín Barco chipped the ball to Diego Moreira and he scored to give Strasbourg the 2-1 lead. That was Barco’s second assist in two matches.
At 2-1, Panichelli would receive the ball inside the penalty area and he would score his second goal of the match to give Strasbourg the 3-1 lead.
Paris Saint-Germain would score two more goals for the 3-3 draw.
Argentina are in second place in the latest FIFA rankings.
The Argentina national team moved up one spot in the latest FIFA rankings. Lionel Scaloni’s team won 1-0 against Venezuela and 6-0 agaonst Puerto Rico in the friendly matches.
In first place is Spain with 1880 points and Argentina in second with 1872 points. France is third with 1862 points and England with 1824 points.
Portugal is in fifth place with 1778 and Netherlands in sixth place with 1759 points. Brazil with 1758 points on seventh place.
Belgium is at 1740 points while Italy is at 1717 points and Germany at 1713 points makes up the top ten teams.
Javier Zanetti has spoken about Lionel Messi playing at the World Cup with the Argentina national team.
Zanetti played in the Argentina national team with Lionel Messi and played over 140 matches iwth the Argentina national team. Speaking in an interview with El Grafico, here is what he had to say about Messi:
“At 38 years old, I see Messi as very eager and passionate; he is our captain and a great leader.
“Leo is capable of at least trying to give his best, as he always has done; hopefully we will be able to enjoy him in the next World Cup.
“He is very intelligent and will take care of all the details. He will take the necessary precautions to arrive at the World Cup in the best possible shape.
“In Qatar, I hugged him and thanked him because he made millions of Argentinians happy who wanted to see him lift the World Cup.”
José Manuel López scored for Palmeiras in their 5-1 win against Bragantino.
López played for the Argentina national team in their 6-0 win against Puerto Rico and less than 24 hours later, was back in Brazil, playing and scoring for Palmeiras. The 24 year old started the match on the bench and was substituted in for Palmeiras.
With Palmeiras leading 3-1, Vitor Roque’s effort on goal was saved by the goalkeeper but José Manuel López would score the rebound to give Palmeiras the 4-1 lead. Agustín Giay started the match for Palmeiras while Aníbal Moreno, who also played for Argentina against Puerto Rico, was substituted into the match.
