Home Blog Page 66

Alexis Mac Allister and Lautaro Martínez nominated for 2025 Ballon d’Or

4

Alexis Mac Allister and Lautaro Martínez have been nominated for the 2025 Ballon d’Or award.

Mac Allister and Lautaro are the two Argentine players who are nominated for the award given to the best player. With Liverpool, Alexis won the Premier League while Lautaro made the Champions League final with Inter.

Julián Álvarez, who scored 33 goals with the Argentina national team and Atletico Madrid, has not been nominated.

Here are the nominees for the Ballon d’Or:

Jude Bellingham

Ousmane Dembélé

Gianluigi Donnarumma

Désiré Doué

Denzel Dumfries

Serhou Guirassy

Viktor Gyökeres

Erling Haaland

Achraf Hakimi

Harry Kane

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Robert Lewandowski

Alexis Mac Allister

Lautaro Martínez

Kylian Mbappé

Scott McTominay

Nuno Mendes

João Neves

Michael Olise

Cole Palmer

Pedri

Raphinha

Declan Rice

Fabián Ruiz

Mohamed Salah

Virgil van Dijk

Vinícius Jr.

Vitinha

Florian Wirtz

Lamine Yamal

Emiliano Martínez nominated for 2025 Yachine Trophy

0

Emiliano Martínez has been nominated for the 2025 Yachine Trophy.

Martínez is nominated for the best goalkeeper award. The Argentine has won the last two Yachine trophies.

He has previously won it in 2023 and 2024, the last two years. Here are the nominees:

Alisson Becker

Yassine Bounou

Lucas Chevalier

Thibaut Courtois

Gianluigi Donnarumma

Emiliano Martínez

Jan Oblak

David Raya

Matz Sels

Yann Sommer

Emiliano Buendía scores and assists for Aston Villa in 4-0 win vs. AS Roma

0

Emiliano Buendía scored and had an assist for Aston Villa in their 4-0 win against AS Roma.

Buendía was involved in both goals for Aston Villa in their friendly match win. With the score at 0-0, Aston Villa were awarded a free kick and it was Buendía who took it.

The Argentine would take the free kick and his effort would go into the top corner and he would score to give Aston Villa the 1-0 lead. With Aston Villa leading 2-0, Buendía would cross the ball into the penalty area and find Ollie Watkins who would score to give Aston Villa the 3-0 lead.

Emiliano Martínez would also start the match for Aston Villa while Matías Soulé would come on as a substite for AS Roma in the second half.

Rodrigo De Paul scores his first goal for Inter Miami in 3-1 win vs. Pumas

1

Rodrigo De Paul scored his first goal for Inter Miami in their 3-1 win against Pumas. De Paul got his first goal for his new club as Inter Miami qualified for the next round of the Leagues Cup.

With Pumas leading 1-0, it was a cross into the penalty area which was controlled by De Paul and the Argentine would pass the ball into the corner to score and draw Inter Miami level.

Lionel Messi, who is out injured, was in attendance.

Inter Miami with take a 2-1 lead off a penalty kick and Tadeo Allende would score as Inter Miami would get the win.


Giovanni Simeone set to join Torino from Napoli

1

Giovanni Simeone has taken part in his final training session with Napoli and is now set to travel north to complete his move to Torino.

According to journalist Cesar Luis Merlo, Napoli and Torino have reached a full agreement for the 30-year-old’s transfer. The deal will reportedly be structured as an initial season-long loan worth €1.5 million, with an option to buy set at €5.5 million. Additional bonuses—described as easily achievable—will bring the total value to around €8 million.

Simeone, the son of Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone, will be joining his sixth Serie A club, having previously played for Genoa, Fiorentina, Cagliari, Hellas Verona, and Napoli. During his time with Napoli, he won the Serie A title twice, but never fully secured a place as a regular starter, often coming off the bench to make an impact in certain matches.