Lucas Alario from Eintracht Frankfurt will reportedly start from the bench vs. Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup.
The 29-year-old striker joined Frankfurt in June of this year, and he has already scored in his debut in the 4-0 win vs. Magdeburg a week ago. The Argentine is looking forward to a great season with his new German team to be taken into consideration by coach Lionel Scaloni for Qatar’s World Cup.
Enzo Fernández scored for Benfica in their 3-1 win vs. Midtjylland.
Fernández made it three goals in three games for Benfica. The Argentine scored in the first leg of the Champions League qualifiers against Midtjylland last week and scored again.
With the score at 0-0, it was a cross into the penalty area which found Fernández as he scored to give Benfica the 1-0 lead. With the win, Benfica will play Dynamo Kyiv in a Champions League playoff.
⚽️ Enzo Fernández scores for Benfica! Now 3 goals in 3 games for him! 🇦🇷pic.twitter.com/SLffHQZj6v
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) August 9, 2022
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni spoke about Lionel Messi and the World Cup.
Lionel Scaloni has played in one World Cup as a player. At the 2006 World Cup, he was part of the starting XI which played against Mexico when Maxi Rodriguez scored his memorable goal.
Scaloni will now be coaching at the World Cup. He was part of the 2018 World Cup coaching staff and was named coach shortly after the tournament. Speaking in an interview with ESPN, Scaloni mentioned how Lionel Messi found out that he was going to be the coach. Here is what he had to say:
“After Russia, we called him with Pablo (Aimar) from Valencia to tell him that wer were temporarily going to take over. He was the captain of the national team with Masche (Javier Mascherano). It was time for him to hear it from us.
“He showed love for the national team. That reflects on his team mates. That desire he shows to win. It was all very natural.”
In regards to the 2022 Qatar World Cup:
“The first is Saudi Arabia. The three are difficult but the first one has something different to it. It’s the debut.
“After that, Mexico, historically, we know that they grow at World Cups. They have a great coach (Gerardo Martino) and great players. Poland is the European opponent. Beyond that they qualified through playoffs, they have their players, Lewandowski, Zielinski, players of good level.
“I go match by match. It’s useless to say we are going to win (World Cup). It’s a lie, there are great national teams. Yes, we are going to compete. This team can compete with anyone.
“There are 10 teams that are going to fight for the World Cup.”
Regarding the list for the World Cup:
“We don’t rule out anything because it’s not good and we shouldn’t. We are quite clear that the list would include those who have been with us. We still have a reasonable amount of time.”
He also spoke about a goal that he celebrated as coach:
“Lautaro’s (Martínez) goal vs. Bolivia, I celebrated with them (players) because I believed that goal could mark something. I felt that goal was important, at altitude, we were suffering.”
Leandro Paredes could be joining Juventus as they are waiting for Adrien Rabiot to sign with Manchester United.
Paredes will reportedly be going back to Italy. According to Gianluca Di Marzio, Juventus are waiting for Rabiot to sign with Manchester United in order for them to focus on Leandro Paredes to replace him.
The 28 year old Argentine previously played for Chievo, AS Roma and Empoli prior to signing with Zenit Saint Petersburg. He joined PSG in 2019 and has been deemed surplus by the PSG board.
Sergio Romero has signed with Boca Juniors as a free agent.
Romero has returned to Argentina. The 35 year old goalkeeper has signed with Boca Juniors and has returned to Argentina after 15 years in Europe.
The Argentine goalkeeper was a free agent as he spent last season with Venezia in Serie A in Italy. He is the most capped Argentina goalkeeper of all time with 96 matches.
In Europe, Romero won four trophies with his clubs. His first trophy was the Eredivisie with AZ Alkmaar as he had joined them from Racing Club.
He joined Sampdoria where he spent a season on loan at Monaco. Following a tremendous FIFA World Cup with the Argentina national team, Romero signed with Manchester United where he stayed there for 6 years.
With Manchester United, Romero won the UEFA Europa League, an FA Cup and an EFL Cup. With the Argentina national team, he won Olympic gold in 2008 and the 2007 FIFA U20 World Cup.
🧤The video Boca Juniors played to welcome Sergio Romero to the club. 🇦🇷pic.twitter.com/HuoXvDfBsH
— Mundo Albiceleste 🇦🇷 (@MundoAlbicelest) August 8, 2022
