Erik Lamela scored for Sevilla in their 3-2 loss vs. Real Madrid.
Lamela scored for Sevilla for the first time since October 27 as he has reached five goals for the season. A ball into the penalty area found Lamela as he scored to give Sevilla the 2-0 lead.
There were three Argentine players in the starting eleven. Marcos Acuña and Alejandro Papu Gómez also started with Lamela as Lucas Ocampos was brought on as a substitute. Gonzalo Montiel remained on the bench.
Alejandro Garnacho is set to be included in the Manchester United squad.
Garnacho will be included in the senior Manchester United squad for the first time as they host Norwich City in the Premier League. The Argentine was called up to the Argentina national team for the March World Cup qualifiers where he trained with the senior team and played a match with the U20 team.
The 17 year old was born in Madrid to an Argentine mother and had previously represented Spain’s youth teams. However, his allegiance appears to be towards Argentina.
He trained with the senior Manchester United team and per a report by Samuel Luckhurst, he will be included in Saturday’s team for Manchester United.
Lautaro Martínez scored and assisted for Inter in their 3-1 win vs. Spezia.
Martínez was brought on as a substutute for Inter where he scored and assister their last two goals. With Inter leading 1-0, a cross sent into the penalty area found the Argentine who flicked the ball in off a voley and scored to give Inter the 2-0 lead.
With Inter leading 2-1, he would get an assist on the third goal.
Six Argentine players remain in European competition.
The Champions League haa three Argentine players remaining, with the Europea League having one and the Conference League having two remaining.
In the Champions League, it’s Gio Lo Celso, Gerónimo Rulli and Juan Foyth of Villarreal. They play Liverpool in the semi finals.
Manuel Lanzini is the only Argentine left in the Europa League. He, along with West Ham United will play Eintracht Frankfurt.
Leonardo Balerdi of Marseille and Marcos Senesi of Feyenoord are the two in the Europa Conference League. They will both be playing each other as at least one Argentine will make the final.
Alexis Mac Allister of Brighton commented on making his official Argentina national team debut and the World Cup.
Mac Allister had been previously called up to the Argentina national team and did play two friendly matches. The first in 2019 was a 0-0 draw vs. Chile and the second a 4-0 win vs. Mexico. However, he did start both of Argentina’s last World Cup qualifiers.
He played 70 minutes in the 3-0 win vs. Venezuela and 59 minutes in the 1-1 draw vs. Ecuador in March. Speaking in an interview with TyC Sports, here is what he had to say:
“Being able to debut was something nice, something that I dreamed about for a long time and didn’t happen for different reasons.
“I felt very good, they were two very positive matches for me. I believe and feel that I could have done a lot better but I joined a team that has been playing together for a long time. Taking that into account, I accomplished very well what Scaloni asked of me.”
In regards to the Argentina national team at the 2022 Qatar World Cup:
“Argentina are going to be a team which no team will want to play, a very tough team. We have the best in the world, I believe we will be there fighting. I think teams are going to fear them (Argentina) and we have earned it.”
