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Facundo Buonanotte to be called to Argentina team for June matches

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Facundo Buonanotte is set to be called to the Argentina national team for the June matches.

Buonanotte will be with the Argentina national team for their matches against Australia and Indonesia in June. According to Luis Hernan Ricossa, Buonanotte will be joining the team and the AFA will be making it official on Tuesday.

He will travel to Argentina on Tuesday.

The Argentina national team will play Australia on June 15 in Beijing and a second friendly match against Indonesia on June 19 in Jakarta.

Here is the full list of players called up to the Argentina national team for June:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Gerónimo Rulli (Ajax)
Walter Benítez (PSV)

Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Facundo Medina (RC Lens)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)
Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)

Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (Juventus)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton)
Thiago Almada (Atlanta United)
Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal)
Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton)

Forwards:
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)
Ángel Di María (Juventus)
Lionel Messi (PSG)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Giovanni Simeone (Napoli)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Nicolás González (Fiorentina)

Mauricio Pochettino announced as new Chelsea coach

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Mauricio Pochettino has been announced as the new coach of Chelsea.

Pochettino is back coaching in the Premier League. Chelsea announced on Monday that Pochettino has signed a contract with the club and his new role will begin on 1 July.

He has signed a two year contract. Chelsea’s co-sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley had this to say:

“Mauricio’s experience, standards of excellence, leadership qualities and character will serve Chelsea Football Club well as we move forward. He is a winning coach, who has worked at the highest levels, in multiple leagues and languages. His ethos, tactical approach and commitment to development all made him the exceptional candidate.”

The 51 year old started his managerial career at Espanyol in La Liga before coaching Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. He last coached Paris Saint-Germain in 2021-2022 for one season.

Nahuel Molina scores fourth goal of the season for Atletico Madrid

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Nahuel Molina scored his fourth goal of the season for Atletico Madrid in their 2-1 win vs. Real Sociedad.

Molina scored the goal which gave Atletico Madrid the win. With Atletico leading 1-0, Molina initially helped start the attack which got them the goal.

Molina played a pass in to midfield and that would ultimately get to Griezmann and Griezmann would pass it to Molina and his effort would reach the top of the goal for Atletico’s second of the match.

Argentina U20 to play Nigeria at Round of 16 at U20 World Cup

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The Argentina U20 national team will play Nigeria in the Round of 16 at the U20 World Cup.

Argentina U20 will play a familiar foe at the Round of 16 as they now know their opponent. It was between Nigeria and Japan and the African country has finished their in their group and will play the hosts.

Javier Mascherano’s team will play Nigeria on Wednesday and if Argentina get the win, they will play the winner of Ecuador and South Korea. Here are all of the matches for the Round of 16:

United States vs. New Zealand
Gambia vs. Uruguay
Uzbekistan vs. Israel
Brazil vs. Tunisia

Colombia vs. Slovakia
England vs. Italy
Ecuador vs. South Korea
Argentina vs. Nigeria

Lionel Messi included in Ligue 1 Team of the Season

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Lionel Messi has been included in the Ligue 1 Team of the Season.

Messi makes the best eleven in Ligue 1 and is the only Argentine in the team. Messi won Ligue 1 with PSG, scoring the goal which gave them the league.

The Argentine has 16 goals and 16 assists in 31 matches. Here are the eleven in the team:

Brice Samba; Nuno Mendes, Kevin Danso, Chancel Mbemba, Achraf Hakimi; Seko Fofana, Valentin Rongier, Khephren Thuram; Kylian Mbappe, Lois Openda, Lionel Messi

Congratulations to Messi on making the team.

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