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Antonio Conte states Tottenham Hotspur bought Cristian Romero, praises player

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Antonio Conte has stated that Tottenham Hotspur have bought Cristian Romero as he praised the player.

Conte was full of praise for Cristian Romero as the club get ready to play Southampton on Wednesday. Romero joined Tottenham on loan from Atalanta during the summer after being named as the best defender of Serie A last season.

Cristian Romero was part of the Argentina national team which won the Copa America last summer and started the final. Tottenham boss Antonio Conte spoke to the media on Tuesday about Romero. Here is what he had to say:

“We have an obligation to buy… we bought him. Romero is perfect for the Premier League.”

The coach went on to say:

“He’s strong physically, he has the timing to anticipate and good personality to play with the ball. Despite being a young player, he has good experience, he’s strong. I like him. For sure, he has a lot of space for improvement.”

Manchester City monitoring Argentines Exequiel Zeballos, Valentín Barco of Boca Juniors

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Manchester City are monitoring both Exequiel Zeballos and Valentín Barco, two Argentines from Boca Juniors.

After signing Julian Alvarez from River Plate, Manchester City are keeping an eye out on the two youngsters. According to Ekrem Konur, 19 year old winger Zeballos and 17 year old left back Barco are on their radar.

Lionel Messi to be called up to Argentina team for March World Cup qualifiers

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Lionel Messi is expected to be called up to the Argentina national team for the March World Cup qualifiers.

Messi was not selected for the January and February World Cup qualifying matches for Argentina but is expected to be back for the last two. Messi was rested and remained with Paris Saint-Germain as he was recovering from COVID but he has since played for PSG and scored a goal in their last league match.

Argentina play Venezuela and Ecuador in the last two World Cup qualifying matches in March and Lionel Scaloni will be able to count on the best player in the World. According to Gastón Edul, Messi will be selected for those two games.

Lionel Messi scores for PSG in 5-1 win vs. Lille

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Lionel Messi scored for PSG in their 5-1 win vs. Lille.

Messi was on the scoresheet for PSG for the first time in the new year. With the score at 2-1, it was a run by Kylian Mbappe as he cut inside but the ball was tackled away by the defender into the path of Messi. The Argentine would dribble into the penalty area and chip the goalkeeper.

That goal was his second in the league for PSG and he has now scored in every calendar year since 2005, making it 18 years.

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Nahuel Molina scores free kick, Ignacio Pussetto scores for Udinese in 2-0 win vs. Torino

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Nahuel Molina scored a free kick in the 92nd minute for Udinese as Ignacio Pussetto scored the second goal in a 2-0 win vs. Torino.

Molina is not known for his free kicks but the right back took one and scored for Udinese. With the score at 0-0 and Torino with a red card, Udinese were awarded a free kick.

The Argentine was the one who took it and scored to give Udinese the 1-0 lead. The 23 year old is now on four goals in the league this season.

Ignacio Pussetto also scored late in injury time. Udinese were awarded a penalty kick and the Argentine placed the ball into the top corner of the goal.

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