Argentina national team legend Mario Kempes spoke about the national team, Lionel Messi and Paulo Dybala.

Mario Kempes was part of the Argentina team which won the 1978 FIFA World Cup. A legendary striker not only for Argentina but for Valencia, he spoke with Fuera de Control about the national team. Here is what he had to say:

“Scaloni has formed a very good Argentina national team with practically all new faces with a lot of skill and with people coming from abroad and from big teams. I see a very good Argentina national team with a lot of enthusiasm and with very clear ideas. This makes me very confident. I believe in the national team, we will see what happens.”

Kempes also commented on Lionel Messi:

“This national team and Scaloni showed that without Messi, the players have their own personalities. But with Messi, it’s always a more than important help.

“Messi will always be Messi, he will never be down or lack morale. He is very competitive and even more so with Argentina.”

Regarding Paulo Dybala with the national team:

“Hopefully Dybala will be at the World Cup because he deserves it, he has to be more confident. At Juventus, I see him more loose and with the national team he appears a little tied up. He has to believe that he is a great player and show it on the pitch.”

Angel Correa started the match for Atletico Madrid while Rodrigo De Paul was on the bench in their 1-1 draw vs. Manchester United.

Correa started for Atletico Madrid while Rodrigo De Paul remained on the bench. While Correa wasn’t able to score, the Argentine did speak to the media after the match. Here is what he had to say about his personal season:

“I’m happy on a personal level for continuing to grow and to help the team, I hope to continue improving in this way.”

Rodrigo De Paul was an unused substitute in the draw. He was not part of the team in their last league match against Osasuna and only played 65 minutes in the match prior to that against Levante.

The other match in the Champions League on Wednesday saw two Argentine players starting and one as a substitute. There was a clash of heads between Nicolás Otamendi and Lisandro Martínez, a match in which both players played the full 90 minutes. Nicolas Tagliafico was brought on as a substitute.

Nicolás Otamendi and Lisandro Martínez had a clash of heads as Benfica hosted Ajax in the Champions League.

With the final score ending 2-2 between both teams, the match on Wednesday could have ended much earlier than the 90 minutes for both Argentine players. A clash of heads between Otamendi and Martínez forced the match to stop.

Otamendi would end up wearing a swimming cap as both he and Martinez would continue the match. Both Otamendi and Martínez would finish the match with the most clearances out of all the players. Otamendi finished with five clearances and Martínez would finish with four clearances.