Brazil want their World Cup qualifying match against Argentina to be played in Oceania.
The World Cup qualifying match between Argentina and Brazil has been postponed. The match initially took place last year but was stopped after only five minutes due to COVID protocols.
It has since been announced that the match would take place in June and outside of South America. According to Ignacio Marcano of La SER, Brazil have asked for the match to take place either in Australia or New Zealand.
Marcos Acuña of Sevilla will miss Argentina’s two World Cup qualifying matches.
Acuña will not be taking part in Argentina’s World Cup qualifying matches this month due to injury. He was substituted on for Sevilla in their match against Rayo Vallecano but after only 13 minutes asked to be substituted off. He was seen holding the back of his thigh.
He would miss the first World Cup qualifier against Venezuela on March 25 with the second on March 29 against Ecuador. Here is the preliminary list of players:
Goalkeepers:
Franco Armani (River Plate)
Juan Musso (Atalanta)
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Esteban Andrada (Monterrey)
Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal)
Defenders:
Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla)
Nahuel Molina (Udinese)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina)
Germán Pezella (Real Betis)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Lisandro Martínez (Ajax)
Nehuén Pérez (Udinese)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax)
Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)
Midfielders:
Franco Carboni (Inter)
Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain)
Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United)
Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal)
Roberto Pereyra (Udinese)
Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa)
Alejandro Papu Gómez (Sevilla)
Nicolás Gonzalez (Fiorentina)
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton)
Nicolás Paz (Real Betis)
Tiago Geralnik (Villarreal)
Valentin Carboni (Inter)
Forwards:
Ángel Di María (Paris Saint-Germain)
Luka Romero (Lazio)
Matias Soulé (Juventus)
Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain)
Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Julián Álvarez (River Plate)
Giovanni Simeone (Verona)
Lucas Boyé (Elche)
Cristian Romero scored for Tottenham Hotspur in their 2-0 win vs. Brghton.
Romero scored his first goal for Tottenham and Tottenham’s first of the match. A shot from the edge of the penalty area hit Romero as it deflected off him and into the goal.
@mundoalbiceleste Cristian Romero scores for Tottenham Hotspur. #CristianRomero #CutiRomero #Romero #TottenhamHotspur #Hotspur #Football #Futbol #Soccer #Argentina ♬ Vamos, Vamos Argentina – La Barra Buyanguera
Ariel Ortega spoke about Lionel Messi and his situation at PSG.
Ortega was one of the best midfielders of his generation and had many highs and lows throughout his career. Speaking in an interview with TyC Sports, Ortega was asked about the PSG fans whistling Lionel Messi. Here is what he had to say:
“I hurt for Messi because he is the best there is in football. He represents all of us who like good football. I was a player, not at his level but one knows what he must be feeling when you see him with that face on the pitch.
“The truth is that it’s sad. What can the rest of us expect if he is whistled at?
“I don’t see him as happy as when he was at Barcelona, I don’t see him as fluid either. Everyone underestimates PSG but they lost to guys who have won 700 Champions League matches, not to a normal team. I think it was the form, Leo is great and surely now he has the World Cup as his dream.
“At Barcelona he had team mates with whom he played 15 years with but he has only been in France for seven months. He hasn’t adapted either. These players don’t need much adaptation but I don’t see him with the same ease as Barcelona or the Argentina national team. Surely, he will recover, they will have to find a way for the team to play for him.”
The Argentina U17 team scored two incredible goals in a 3-2 win vs. Uruguay.
Pablo Aimar’s team made it two wins in two matches this week. The first a 2-1 win vs. the United States and the second a 3-2 win.
Claudio “Diablito” Echeverri with an incredible assist for the first goal as he played a pass in to Alejo Sarco who was one on one with the goalkeeper with two Uruguayan players running behind him as he scored. That goal gave Argentina the 1-0 lead.
Gianluca Prestiani made it 2-1 for Argentina following a nice team goal. Echeverri once more was involved in it all. Alejo Sarco would make it 3-1 for Argentina.
Echeverri of River Plate had a great performance. His highlights below.
Argentina U20 coach Javier Mascherano and AFA president Claudio Tapia were both in attendance for the match.
This assist by Claudio “Diablito” Echeverri for the Argentina U17 team. Incredible by Pablo Aimar’s boys. https://t.co/7YibudJPVR
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) March 16, 2022
A caño/nutmeg, a great pass and an even better finish. Argentina U17 with Pablo Aimar as coach. https://t.co/nyDVowN4aC
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) March 16, 2022
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