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Watch: José Mourinho pays Diego Maradona tribute before AS Roma and Napoli match

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José Mourinho paid tribute to Diego Maradona on Sunday.

Mourinho, currently managing AS Roma, paid tribute to Diego Maradona as he visited a mural of his prior to Roma’s match against Napoli on Monday. The AS Roma coach is seen walking and placing flowers in front of the mural as both men were good friends.

When Maradona passed away in 2020, Mourinho had nothing but kind words to say:

“Maradona the world knows, the world never forgets. I made sure that my son knows a lot about him, even being born after he was a player. I know my son will make sure when he is a father he will not let his kids forget.

“It was a bit similar with [Alfredo] Di Stefano; I never saw him play football, but my dad made sure I knew a lot about him. With these generations, we have players of our generations, and in my generation was what everybody knows.

“Then there’s Diego the guy. That one, I miss. I feel sorry that I didn’t spend more time with him, I would have loved to. I think his family, his friends and colleagues are very privileged to know him well and spend time with him.

“I know him well enough and in my big defeats, he would always call me. In my big victories, never. But I will miss Diego, and I am very sad but I have a smile because with him, every minute I spent with him was to laugh.”

Erik Lamela scores for Sevilla in 3-2 loss vs. Real Madrid

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.

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Alejandro Garnacho to be included in Manchester United squad vs. Norwich

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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 scores, assists for Inter in 3-1 win vs. Spezia

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 competitions

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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.