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Sergio Agüero inducted into Premier League Hall of Fame

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Sergio Agüero has been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame.

Agüero is part of the latest inductees into the Premier League greats. The Premier League announced on Thursday a list of former greats which are inducted and the Argentine is one of them.

Scoring one of the most memorable goals in Premier League history with Manchester City, the now retired 33 year old spent 10 seasons at the club becoming an absolute legend.

He broke several club records and even Premier League records, one of which was scoring 184 league goals in 275 games as he became the player with the most Premier League goals for a single club.

Here are the eight players that have been inducted:

Patrick Vieira
Wayne Rooney
Ian Wright
Peter Schmeichel
Paul Scholes
Didier Drogba
Vincent Kompany
Sergio Agüero

Congratulations to Kun for the accolade!

Argentina vs. Brazil on June 11 at MCG in Australia confirmed

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Argentina will play Brazil on June 11 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia.

After several months of speculation, the match has been confirmed. It was announced by the Victorian government on Wednesday that the match will be played at the MCG on 11 June.

This would be a repeat of their World Cup qualifying match from last September which was stopped after five minutes due to COVID protocols. More than 95,000 fans are expected for the match. The state tourism, sport and major events minister Martin Pakula had this to say about the match:

“To have two of the most successful football teams in the world return to the MCG to continue their longstanding rivalry reinforces our position as one of the world’s great sporting cities and Australia’s event capital.

“Football is known as the world game and a match of this calibre will put millions of eyes on Melbourne and attract thousands of visitors to Victoria.

“Certainly our expectation based on the discussions we’ve had, is the players like Messi and Neymar will be here.

“We can’t be 100 per cent certain about that. But we’ve been told this is an important preparation match for them in the lead-up to the World Cup and we’d expect both teams to send very strong squads.”

For Argentina, they play Italy on June 1 at Wembley in London, England prior to flying out to Australia for this match. The last time these two teams played in Australia was back in 2017 where Argentina won 1-0 with Gabriel Mercado scoring.

Lautaro Martínez scores twice for Inter in 3-0 win vs. AC Milan

Lautaro Martínez scored twice for Inter in their 3-0 win vs. AC Milan.

Martínez scored the first two goals of the match as they have reached the final of the Coppa Italia. Both goals were first time finishes.

The first goal was a cross into the penalty area as his volley beat the goalkeeper to give Inter the 1-0 lead. The Argentine would make it 2-0 with a Joaquin Correa pass as he would dink it over the goalkeeper.

Now on 19 goals this season, Lautaro has scored as many goals this season as he did all of last season.

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@mundoalbiceleste Lautaro Martinez scores for Inter! #LautaroMartinez #Lautaro #Football #Futbol #Soccer #Argentina ♬ original sound – Mundo Albiceleste

Lionel Messi injured with Achilles tendon, will miss PSG’s next match

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Lionel Messi has an Achilles tendon injury and will miss PSG’s next league match.

Messi suffered an Achilles tendon injury will miss the next league match vs. Angers. The club reported it on Tuesday and more tests will be done on him in 48 hours.

He has now missed 10 (will be 11 in the next match) league matches with PSG this season. Either be it due to COVID, Argentina national team or injuries.

PSG reportedly want Ángel Di María, Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi out of club

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PSG reportedly want Ángel Di María, Leandro Paredes and Mauro Icardi out of the club.

With PSG presently having four Argentine players, they reportedly want to only keep Lionel Messi. Per a report by L’EQUIPE, the club want to sell the three players, with rumors and rumors of them wanting Di Maria out of the club for several weeks.

Ángel Di María has been at the club the longest. The Argentine joined in 2015 from Manchester United and has consistently been one of PSG’s better players since joining.

Leandro Paredes joined in 2019 from Zenit Saint Petersburg while Mauro Icardi initially joined the club on loan from Inter before permamnently signing with them two years ago.

Lionel Messi would be the only Argentine player left with rumors that the club could part ways with coach Mauricio Pochettino.