Joaquín Blázquez of Talleres is set to join Ligue 1 club Stade Brestois.
An agreement is in place for the 21 year old Argentine goalkeeper to join the Ligue 1 team. According to César Luis Merlo, he would be joining on a one year loan with an option to buy.
Blázquez has represented Argentina at youth level and was part of the team at the 2019 COTIF tournament while also being part of the U20 team at the 2019 FIFA World Cup. He previously spent one year on loan at Valencia B in Spain.
The Argentina national team series on Amazon Prime Video is set to be released on Friday, July 22.
Argentina’s Amazon Prime Video series, which was originally set to be released on July 10 has been pushed back. The video will instead be released tomorrow with the first two episodes.
As we reported last month, the series will cover Argentina at the 2021 Copa America, the road to the 2022 Qatar World Cup and the Finalissima. It will cover behind the scenes footage with many anticipating to watch Lionel Messi’s famous Copa America final speech.
Amazon Prime Video have launched the official trailer for the Argentina national team series! It will cover behind the scenes at the Copa America, the Finalissima and World Cup qualifiers! 🇦🇷pic.twitter.com/lfW0X7f3xx
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) July 7, 2022
Nicolás Tagliafico has accepted Lyon’s offer and will be joining the club.
Tagliafico will reportedly be playing with Lyon next season. Per Mike Verweij and Gastón Edul, the Argentine has accepted to join them.
Per the report by Mike Verweij, the 29 year old will join on a three year contract. He is presently in Austria with his agent to finalize the €4 million deal.
Part of the Argentina national team which won the Copa America and the Finalissima, Tagliafico joined Ajax back in 2018 from Independiente.
Pep Guardiola commented on Julián’s Manchester City debut, saying it was incredible.
Julián Álvarez started for Manchester City as he made his debut for the club in their 2-1 pre-season friendly win vs. Club America. The Argentine played 71 minutes before being substituted off.
Álvarez had great link-up play and pressed the opposition. Pep Guardiola spoke about the 22 year old’s debut match. Speaking to the Manchester City website, here is what he had to say:
“Julian (Alvarez) was incredible, defensively he is quite similar like Gabriel (Jesus).
“Gabriel is probably the best, but he is close to him in aggression and how intuitive he is, he makes the runs and with the ball he’s absolutely brilliant.
“He can keep the ball and you can link with him without a problem. We have the feeling we signed a top-class young player for the next years to come, and we are delighted.
“The job that Marcelo Gallardo did at River Plate, we have the benefit, and hopefully he can grow up in an important league like Premier League.”
The Argentina U20 team will play in the COTIF L’Alcúdia tournament with groups and matches announced.
Javier Mascherano’s Argentina U20 team will once more take part in a tournament this year. The team finished fifth at the Toulon tournament last month.
Mascherano will try to emulate current Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni’s accomplishments back in the 2018 edition. Scaloni, who managed the Argentina U20 team back in 2018, won the tournament.
Alejandro Garnacho was named as the revelation of the tournament in Toulon as it remains to be seen if Mascherano will call the Manchester United player to the team. At the last tournament in 2019, the team finished in third place.
All the matches in the tournament are two halves of 40 minutes each. Here are the groups and matches:
Group A:
Argentina
Valencia CF
FC Rukh Ukraine
AD Alzira
Group B:
Uruguay
Villarreal CF
UB Brasil
Levante UD
Here are Argentina’s matches in the group:
Saturday, July 30: FC Rukh Ukraine vs. Argentina
Monday, August 1: Argentina vs. Valencia CF
Thursday, August 4: Argentina vs. UD Alzira
Friday, August 5:
The semi finals
Sunday, August 7:
The final
