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Angel Di Maria makes Argentina national team, squad announced for World Cup qualifiers

Angel Di Maria is back in the Argentina national team as the squad has been announced for the November World Cup qualifiers.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has selected Di Maria for the World Cup qualifiers later this month. This marks the return of Di Maria to the team for the first time since last year.

As we reported earlier, Sergio Aguero would not make the team due to injury. Two other players missed out on the squad as Juan Foyth of Villarreal and German Pezzella of Fiorentina both did not make the team. Lionel Scaloni selected 25 players from abroad for the two World Cup qualifying games against Paraguay and Peru later this month.

Here’s the squad with the local league players expected to be announced in a few days:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Agustin Marchesin (FC Porto)

Defenders:
Nehuen Perez (Granada)
Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica)
Facundo Medina (Lens)
Lucas Martinez Quarta (Fiorentina)
Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax)
Walter Kannemann (Gremio)

Midfielders:
Rodrigo de Paul (Udinese)
Marcos Acuna (Sevilla)
Nicolas Dominguez (Bologna)
Roberto Pereyra (Udinese)
Alejandro Papu Gomez (Atalanta)
Angel Di Maria (PSG)
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)
Leandro Paredes (PSG)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur)
Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis)

Forwards:
Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen)
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Joaquin Correa (Lazio)
Nicolas Gonzalez (Stuttgart)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter)

Sergio Aguero not expected to make Argentina national team, more injuries

Sergio Aguero is not expected to make the Argentina national team while coach Lionel Scaloni waits on four players.

Aguero, who missed the October World Cup qualifiers for Argentina due to an injury, was expected to make the November squad. However, another injury in October means that the Manchester City man won’t make the team.

In addition to Aguero, as we reported a few days ago, Juan Foyth of Villarreal is also out injured. The 22 year old suffered a muscle injury during last week’s Europa League match. Foyth could miss out on the two games against Paraguay and Peru.

Germán Pezzella is the third player who is also a doubt. The Fiorentina man missed the October World Cup qualifiers with a knock on his right foot, which is still keeping him out. The fourth player is Esteban Andrada of Boca Juniors who is not fully fit.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will announce his list for the November games between Thursday and Friday with more than 30 players expected to be called to the squad.

Paulo Dybala scores tap in goal for Juventus in 4-1 Champions League win vs. Ferencvaros

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Paulo Dybala scored for Juventus in their 4-1 win in the Champions League vs. Ferencvaros.

Dybala scored his first goal of the season, an easy tap in for Juventus. The Argentine has not had the best of starts to the season with his club, nor his country. After having been called-up to the Argentina national team for the October World Cup qualifiers, Dybala did not play a single minute.

With his club Juventus, the goals had dried up. Against Ferencvaros, with Juventus leading 2-0, the goalkeeper was not able to control the ball as it fell to Dybala for the easiest of tap ins.

He is now the only player to have scored in the last 6 seasons of the Champions League for Juventus.

Angel Di Maria scores for PSG in 2-1 Champions League loss vs. RB Leipzig

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Angel Di Maria scored for PSG in their 2-1 loss in the Champions League vs. RB Leipzig.

Di Maria scored his second goal of the season, his first in Europe as he has now scored for PSG in the Champions League for the past six seasons. A ball played into the Argentine as his left footed finish beat the goalkeeper to give PSG the 1-0 lead.

Lionel Messi scores for FC Barcelona in 2-1 Champions League win vs. Dynamo Kiyv

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Lionel Messi scored for FC Barcelona in their 2-1 win in the Champions League vs. Dynamo Kiyv.

Messi once more scored from the spot, this time giving Barcelona the 1-0 lead. He has now played 150 games in Europe for Barcelona, with 146 of them coming in the Champions League and four of them in the Super Cup.

The Argentine is also closing in on Pele’s record for most goals scored for a single club in football history. The record by Pele is at 643 goals while Messi has 638 goals.

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