Lucas Ocampos had a goal and an assist for Sevilla in their 2-0 win vs. Villarreal.
Ocampos registered his third goal and his third assist of the season for Sevilla in 14 matches. A shot into the penalty area hit Juan Foyth’s arm as the referee called for the penalty. Ocampos opened the scoring as he stepped up and converted the penalty to give Sevilla the 1-0 lead.
Rodrigo de Paul is reportedly being targeted by Juventus and could be signing for them next month.
De Paul has been linked with several clubs the past few months with the latest being the reigning Serie A champions. Per a report by Corriere dello Sport, Juventus have turned their attention to the Argentine after initially looking at a few other players.
Per the report, Udinese would ask for a fee of around €40 million for de Paul. With the price potentially being slightly too much for Juventus, they may offer players in exchange. Should he join Juventus, he would be playing alongside fellow Argentine Paulo Dybala, which could benefit the Argentina national team.
One of the other teams interested in signing the 26 year old is Inter but the price once more could be an issue. He’s scored three goals this season with three assists in 15 matches.
Emiliano Martinez leads the Premier League with the most clean sheets as he got another one for Aston Villa in their 3-0 win vs. Crystal Paace.
Martinez has established himself as one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League this season. After having left Arsenal and joined Aston Villa, the Argentine not only has more clean sheets than his former club who have three but he has more than any goalkeeper.
It’s seven wins and one draw which make up Emiliano’s clean sheets this season. He won his first four matches with Aston Villa, three of which were without letting in a goal while the fourth was vs. Liverpool in a 7-2 win. In the 14 matches he has played, he has let in 13 goals. Here are his matches this season:
Aston Villa 1-0 win vs. Sheffield United
Aston Villa 3-0 win vs. Fulham
Aston Villa 7-2 win vs. Liverpool
Aston Villa 1-0 win vs. Leicester
Aston Villa 3-0 loss vs. Leeds
Aston Villa 4-3 loss vs. Southampton
Aston Villa 3-0 win vs. Arsenal
Aston Villa 2-1 loss vs. Brighton
Aston Villa 2-1 loss vs. West Ham
Aston Villa 1-0 win vs. Wolves
Aston Villa 0-0 draw vs. Burnley
Aston Villa 3-0 win vs. West Brom
Aston Villa 3-0 win vs. Crystal Palace
He has made a case for being Argentina’s number one goalkeeper.
Mauricio Pochettino is set to become the new PSG coach.
Pochettino may have found his new coaching job as PSG have announced that they have fired Thomas Tuchel. The club announced on Thursday that he will no longer be coaching them.
The former Tottenham manager is set to take over, per several reports. The Guardian has reported that Pochettino is expected to be named as the new coach in the next few hours. They’re reporting that there are a few details left but that he is expected to be named the new coach.
PSG have won the league seven times in the past eight seasons but are presently in third spot in the table. Pochettino has not coached since being let go by Tottenham in November of 2019 but has been linked with several teams since that time.
He previously played for PSG from 2001-2003 but has never coached in France.
Lautaro Martinez scored for Inter in their 2-1 win vs. Verona.
Martinez managed his sixth goal of the season to keep Inter in second spot in the league. The Argentine scored from close range, a great shot to beat the goalkeeper to give Inter the 1-0 lead. Lautaro spoke to Inter TV after the match. Here’s what he had to say:
“I’m here to win something with this Club. We work every day to show that we can stay at the front, but there are tough matches and we always need to give more. Today, we did well and got the win. My relationship with Lukaku? He’s a good guy, since his first day here we’ve always spoke and got on.
“For a striker, scoring goals is key and we live to score. To break the deadlock meant that this goal was even more important, but I’m happy when Inter win and I want to help the team. I dedicate the goal to my family, who have joined me for the holidays. I wish all the fans and all of the staff all the best during the holiday season.”
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