Nico Paz scored a great goal for Como in their 2-0 win against Fiorentina.
Paz made it six goals and four assists in 24 matches this season with Como, scoring in their win. With Como leading 1-0 against Fiorentina, the Argentine received the ball, cut inside and curled one into the corner to give Como the 2-0 lead.
Carlos Alcaraz scored and assisted for Everton in their 2-1 win against Crystal Palace.
Alcaraz got his first goal and his first assisted for his new club. The 22 year old joined Everton on loan from Flamengo in January and has a goal and an assist.
With the score at 0-0, Alcaraz played it in to Beto who scored to give Everton the 1-0 lead. Crystal Palace would draw level and it would be Alcaraz who would make the difference.
The ball fell to the Argentine inside the penalty area and he would score from close range to give Everton the 2-1 lead and win.
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Argentina U20 and Brazil U20 played to a tense 1-1 draw in Caracas, Venezuela, on Matchday 4 of the final hexagonal of the South American U20 Championship. With this result, the title race remains undecided and will be determined in the final round of matches.
Both teams entered the match with nine points after three consecutive victories, knowing that a win would secure the championship due to head-to-head tiebreaker rules. Argentina, having handed Brazil a historic 6-0 defeat in the group stage, started strong and dominated the first half.
Claudio Echeverri, the captain of La Albiceleste, broke the deadlock before halftime. After Breno Bidon fouled Julio Soler inside the box, Echeverri stepped up and converted the penalty with a panenka, giving Argentina the lead.
The second half saw a more balanced contest, with Argentina controlling play and limiting Brazil’s offensive threats. However, with only minutes left in the match, Brazil found their equalizer. Rayan latched onto a precise through ball on the right side, and with goalkeeper Jeremías Martinet failing to close the angle, he struck a low shot into the far corner to secure the draw.
With one match remaining, Argentina will face Paraguay, who sit on six points, while Brazil will take on Chile, who have only one point in the standings. Brazil holds a slight advantage in goal difference, meaning if both teams win their final games, the title will be decided by goal differential. The decisive matches are set for Sunday, with the kick-off times yet to be confirmed.
Ángel Di María has revealed that he turned down offers from Saudi Arabia.
Di María stated that he refused offers to join a club in Saudi Arabia, preferring to stay in Europe. In an interview with Pollo Alvarez, the Argentine had called Lionel Messi the greatest player of all time over Cristiano Ronaldo.
Revealing in the same interview, the 37 year old stated that after the 2022 World Cup, while he was still at Juventus, he received offers to play in Saudi Arabia. Here is what he had to say:
“The truth is, I received an offer from Saudi Arabia and I said no. Then another offer came, more than double, from the same club. I said no again. That’s when my friend told me, “We need to say something because I’m not sure if they know that you don’t want to go play there.” So I said, “Well, if they give us this (a much higher amount), maybe we’ll go.” And they actually offered that!
“My wife was telling me, “How are they going to give you that, you idiot?” Well, the idiot was right. I threw a crazy number, expecting them to say no, but instead, they said, “Yes, yes, done?” When my friend told me they accepted, I told my wife, “See? I’m not an idiot. We asked, and they met it.” Then we were like, “Now what?” But in the end, we decided to go to Lisbon, to Benfica. I ended up turning it down.
“All of this happened after the World Cup, when I was at Juve, during that time. I think it was a combination of everything. But now, that’s it. If that offer came again, I think I’d pass. I don’t really feel like going to a place like that at the end of my career.”
Ángel Di María has called Lionel Messi the greatest of all time over Cristiano Ronaldo.
Di María played with Lionel Messi with the Argentina national team and the Olympic team while also playing with Cristiano Ronaldo at club level. The Argentine was asked by Pollo Alvarez about Cristiano’s statements where he called himself the greatest player ever. Here is what Ángel Di María had to say:
“Cristiano calling himself the greatest player of all time? It doesn’t surprise me. I was with him for four years. He was always like that. He always made those kinds of statements, always tried to be the best. But well, he was born in the wrong generation because another one was born who was simply touched by the magic wand.
“The reality is shown in the numbers. One has eight Ballon d’Ors, the other five. That’s a huge difference. Being a World Cup champion is another big difference, as well as having two Copas América. There are many, many differences.
“And then, you see it in the matches also too, in every minute of every game. One plays as if he’s in his backyard. That’s just how it is.
“But well, Cris is like that too. He’s always spoken that way. He’s always been the same. For me, Leo is the best in the world and the best in history, without a doubt.”
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