Emiliano Buendía was named as the January Player of the Month for Aston Villa.
Buendía has been in great form for Aston Villa and made his Argentina national team debut in their 1-0 win vs. Colombia. In the month of January, he had one goal and one assist in the Premier League for the club.
Your @CazooUK January Player of the Month winner is… @EM10Buendia! 👏🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/mIfCQ5IzRB
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) February 4, 2022
Gio Lo Celso has been presented as a new Villarreal player while also being named in the Champions League team.
Lo Celso joined Villarreal from Tottenham Hotspur on loan until the end of the season. After taking part in Argentina’s two World Cup qualifying wins against Chile and Colombia, Lo Celso flew to Spain where he underwent his medical.
The Argentine passed his medical and was presented as a Villarreal player. Given the number 17, Lo Celso was also named in their Champions League team.
Argentina U20 coach Javier Macherano has announced his first list of players for training.
Javier Mascherano has named 23 players for training next Tuesday as he gets his first managerial job. Mascherano replaces Fernando Batista as coach of the Argentina U20 team after Batista joined Jose Pekerman’s coaching staff with Venezuela. Here are the names:
Valentino Quintero (Rosario Central)
Gonzalo Siri (Argentinos Juniors)
Julian Kadijevic (Comunicaciones)
Ramiro Di Luciano (Banfield)
Ulises Ciccioli (Rosario Central)
Santiago Moya (Huracan)
Brian Aguilar (Lanus)
Valentin Gomez (Velez Sarsfield)
Lucas Monzon (River Plate)
Valentin Barco (Boca Juniors)
Felipe Salomoni (River Plate)
Nicolas Palavecino (Estudiantes de la Plata)
Facundo Buonanotte (Rosario Central)
Maximiliano Gonzalez (Lanus)
Ignacio Miramon (Gimnasia)
Lucas Roman (Ferro)
Agustin Rodriguez (Lanus)
Gonzalo Alvez (Talleres)
Jose Herrera (Argentinos Juniors)
Alejo Veliz (Rosario Central)
Julian Romero (Independiente)
Lucas Besozzi (Lanus)
Benjamin Dominguez (Gimnasia)
Argentina has several matches confirmed and some rumored prior to the start of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Copa America champions Argentina have three matches confirmed with six rumored. The first match is a World Cup qualifier against Venezuela in Argentina on March 24 with the second being on March 29 against Ecuador in a World Cup qualifier.
After that is Argentina against Italy as it is the Copa America champions against the Euro winners with the match on June 1 in London, England. Those are three matches which are confirmed.
The other that is expected to be confirmed next week is Argentina against Brazil. This would be the World Cup qualifying match between both teams which was stopped after five minutes. This match will not be played in Brazil or South America.
Three matches have been stated as being confirmed by the media. According to TNT Sports, Argentina will play Belgium, Portugal and Denmark before the World Cup. However, that has not yet been stated by any of the teams.
Another one is that the Argentina FA have been approached by CONMEBOL to play a match against one of their top three teams. According to TyC Sports, they have been approached to play a match against Canada, the United States or Mexico.
And the last rumored match is against an Arab country before the start of the World Cup at the end of the year.
Venezuela: March 24, World Cup qualifier
Ecuador: March 29, World Cup qualifier
Italy: June 1, Copa vs. Euro winners
Brazil, middle of June, World Cup qualifier
Belgium, friendly
Portugal, friendly
Denmark, friendly
Canada, USA or Mexico, friendly
Argentina against Brazil is set to be played in June, outside of South America.
The World Cup qualifying match between Argentina and Brazil from September 2021 was stopped after five minutes. The reason for the stoppage was reportedly because Argentina fielded players which did not follow Brazilian COVID protocols.
It was stopped after only five minutes and with no decision. According to TyC Sports, an official announcement is expected on February 9 with the match to be played. The match is expected to be played outside of Brazil and possible even outside of South America in the middle of June.
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