Ángel Di María has been left out of the Juventus team for their Champions League vs. PSG on Tuesday.
Di María has played three of the five Serie A games for Juventus this season but will miss their first Champions League game. The 34 year old started and scored their first league game vs. Sassuolo but was substituted out due to injury.
He would miss the next two league games vs. Sampdoria and AS Roma but would play against Spezia and Fiorentina. Juventus announced their team for the game on Tuesday and Ángel Di María’s name is not included.
Leandro Paredes and Matías Soulé are both in the team.
Argentina U20 coach Javier Mascherano has named his team for the friendly matches this week.
Javier Mascherano has named 23 players to play the three friendly matches against Brazil, Uzbekistan and Uruguay. Mascherano’s team won the COTIF tournament in August and have the U20 South American Cup at the start of the year. Here are the players which will play the three games in Uruguay:
Federico Gomes Gerth (Tigre) Francisco Gómez (Racing) Ulises Ciccioli (Rosario Central) Tomás Kummer (Talleres) Lautaro Di Lollo (Boca Juniors) Santiago Moya (Huracan) Francisco Marco (Defensa y Justicia) Tomás Palacios (Talleres CBA) Román Vega (Argentinos Juniors) César Soler (Lanus) Maximiliano González (Lanus) Lautaro López (Velez) Julián Aquino (Newell’s Old Boys) Axel Encinas (River Plate) Agustín Rodríguez (Lanus) Franco Mastantuono (River Plate) Nicolás Meaurio (Racing) Lautaro Ovando (Argentinos Juniors0 Ignacio Maestro Puch (Atletico Tucuman) Lucas Besozzi (Central Cordoba) Juan Gauto (Huracan) Agustín Ojeda (Racing) Mateo Sanabria (Lanus)
Mascherano’s team will play three matches with the first one on Tuesday:
Argentina vs. Brazil – September 6 Argentina vs. Uzbekistan – September 8 Argentina vs. Uruguay – September 10
Six players who are part of this team were also part of the team which won the COTIF tournament:
Lautaro Di Lollo, Francisco Marco, Juan Gauto, Lautaro Lopez, Federico Gomes Gerth and Ignacio Maestro Puch.
Gio Lo Celso scored his first goal of the season for Villarreal in their 4-0 win vs. Elche.
Lo Celso joined Villarreal on loan in August has his first goal of the season. The Argentine received the ball inside the penalty area and at a difficult angle struck the ball and scored to give Villarreal the 2-0 lead.
The 26 year old has been named in Lionel Scaloni’s preliminary Argentina list for September. Argentina play Honduras on September 23 in Miami and on September 27 against Jamaica in New Jersey.
Lisandro Martinez was substituted out with discomfort for Manchester United in their 3-1 win vs. Arsenal.
Martinez, who was voted as the Manchester United Player of the Month for August, once more started for United. The Argentine has started every league match for Erik ten Hag’s team.
During the United game against Arsenal, Lisandro appeared to have felt some discomfort and was replaced in the second half. While the severity is yet to be known, it could appear to be only as a precaution.
The 24 year old has been included in Lionel Scaloni’s preliminary Argentina list for the September matches in the United States.
The preliminary Argentina national team list for the September friendly matches has been announced and there are two additions to the team.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has named his preliminary team for the matches against Honduras and Jamaica in the United States. Enzo Fernández and Thiago Almada are included in the preliminary list with the final list expected in a few days.
