Argentina will play the United Arab Emirates on November 16 in Abu Dhabi but the venue could be moved.
Only days prior to the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Argentina national team will play the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi. According to TyC Sports, the venue could be moved to Doha.
The game could be taking place in Doha, Qatar. Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni would prefer that the team moves less with the AFA trying to get the game moved to Qatar.
Enzo Fernández commented on making his debut with the Argentina national team and Benfica’s Champions League game vs. PSG.
Fernández has had a great year. Since joining Benfica, he has become an automatic starter and also made his debut with the Argentina national team.
The Argentine spoke at a press conference about making his Argentina debut. Here is what he had to say:
“I am living a very happy time in my life. Debuting with the Argentina national team was one of my childhood dreams and I was able to accomplish it. I am very happy to have been able to share some minutes with great players, with very humble people and hard working. I feel very happy living this moment.”
In regards to Benfica’s game vs. PSG in the Champions League:
“A draw vs. PSG is not a good result. We want to win and we are going to do everything possible. Concentration and attitude is going to be important.”
Javier Mascherano’s Argentina U20 team lost 1-0 vs. Chile in the 2022 South American Games.
Mascherano’s team lost their opening game of the tournament on Tuesday. The tournament is being held in Paraguay between October 1 and October 15 with Argentina playing three games.
For the tournament, 18 players have been selected by Mascherano. Of those 18 players, 12 of them were part of the Argentina U20 team which won the September friendly tournament in Uruguay.
They play their next game on Thursday vs. Colombia and on October 8 vs. Ecuador. The semi finals are on October 10 with the final being on October 12, which is next Wednesday.
The opening game vs. Chile had the following eleven:
Federico Gomes Gerth
Ulises Ciccioli
Thiago Schiavulli
Francisco Marco
Tomas Silva
Maximiliano Gonzalez
Agustin Rodriguez
Axel Encinas
Juan Gauto
Jeremias Perez Tica
Lucas Besozzi
The Champions League continues on Wednesday with 12 Argentine players taking part in the games.
Tuesday’s Champions League games saw two Argentine players score with Leonardo Balerdi scoring for Marseille and Gio Simeone for Napoli.
Wednesday has a big game involving players in the Argentina national team. Lionel Messi and PSG are away against Enzo Fernández and Nicolás Otamendi’s Benfica.
Both teams are tied on six points with the same goal difference. Lionel Messi has one goal and one assist in two Champions League games.
Ángel Di María and Leandro Paredes of Juventus host Maccabi Haifa. Juventus need the points as they don’t have any in the group.
Julián Álvarez and Manchester City lead their group as they play Copenhagen. Álvarez is yet to score in the Champions League.
Sevilla only have one point in their group as they host Borussia Dortmund. They have four Argentine representatives in Papu Gómez, Gonzalo Montiel, Erik Lamela and Marcos Acuña.
Nicolás Capaldo has played in both games for RB Salzburg. They have two points in their group and play Dinamo Zagreb.
Alexandro Bernabei has yet to play in the Champions League for Celtic. They play RB Leipzig.
Here are the games involving Argentine players:
Benfica (Enzo Fernández and Nicolás Otamendi) vs. PSG (Lionel Messi)
Juventus (Ángel Di María and Leandro Paredes) vs. Maccabi Haifa
Manchester City (Julián Álvarez) vs. Copenhagen
Sevilla (Papu Gómez, Gonzalo Montiel, Erik Lamela and Marcos Acuña) vs. Borussia Dortmund
RB Salzburg (Nicolás Capaldo) vs. Dinamo Zagreb
RB Leipzig vs. Celtic (Alexandro Bernabei)
Gio Simeone scored for Napoli in their 6-1 win vs. Ajax.
Simeone was brought on as a susbtitute for Napoli and scored his second goal in the Champions League. A pass into Simeone in the penalty area and he would score to make it 6-1 for Napoli.
The 27 year old now has two goals in the Champions League, his first against Liverpool.
Gio Simeone with a goal for Napoli vs. Ajax! 🔥🇦🇷pic.twitter.com/ePOwMOyf6e
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) October 4, 2022
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