Giovanni Simeone scored four goals for Verona in their 4-1 win vs. Lazio.
Simeone managed four goals against his father’s old team Lazio as he made it six goals in eight matches this season, six goals in his last four matches. He would give Verona the 1-0 lead with a through ball in to Simeone who made a run inside the penalty area and scored.
The Argentine would make it 2-0 with a goal from outside of the penalty area with his shot going into the corner of the net. With Lazio scoring, it was 2-1 for Verona but a ball into the penalty area and a finish by Simeone as he would complete his hat trick.
But at 3-1, Simeone was not done yet. A cross sent into the area found the 26 year old who would head it in to give Verona the 4-1 lead.
Nicolas Gonzalez scored for Fiorentina in their 3-0 win vs. Cagliari.
Gonzalez scored his second goal of the Serie A season for Fiorentina. It was 1-0 for Fiorentina when a ball was played into Gonzalez and he scored an open net from close range. The 23 year old has scored three goals and three assists in nine matches this season. Lucas Martinez Quarta also started the match for Fiorentina.
The Argentine is expected to be part of the Argentina national team squad for the World Cup qualifiers in November.
Sergio Aguero scored for FC Barcelona in their 2-1 loss vs. Real Madrid.
Aguero got his first goal for FC Barcelona as he came on as a substitute. With Madrid winning 2-0, a pass into the penalty area found the Argentine as he scored from close range.
He has played three matches for Barcelona, all three as a substitute. Argentina play two World Cup qualifying matches in November against Brazil and Uruguay as Aguero would want to continue his scoring form and be included in the team.
Angel Di Maria along with Lionel Messi will both play for PSG against Marseille, a team coached by former Argentina national team manager Jorge Sampaoli.
Di Maria and Messi were both part of the Argentina national team at the 2018 World Cup which was managed by Sampaoli. A lot of controversy surrounded Sampaoli and his team selection in addition to the reported in disagreements he had with the players and the coaching staff.
On Sunday, it will be PSG playing against Marseille with two Argentine coaches at the helm. Mauricio Pochettino for PSG and Jorge Sampaoli for Marseille. Speaking in an interview back in September with TyC Sports, Di Maria spoke about things were with Sampaoli coaching Argentina. Here’s what he had to say:
“The truth is that it started very well and ended badly. Every time he would come to Paris, he would tell me he had Leo, myself and the others. He treated me as if I was one of the best players but after one match, he would leave me on the bench during the World Cup, without an explanation.
“The next match against Croatia, I didn’t even warm up. The third match against Nigeria, I played because it was obvious he was going to put the big players because the catastrophe was coming.
“He is a very odd person. He started off very well with everyone and ended very badly with everyone. A lot of things happened between himself and Beccacece, there was no one to guide you. It was a shame because it was Masche’s last World Cup and it ended up in the worst way possible.
“We had a team and players for much more (than what they achieved) because when we played against France, Kylian (Mbappe) later told me in Paris that they were really screwed when they had to play against us. You could tell because when we went 2-1 up, they were screwed in the back. But well after that we had bad luck, a goal from another world and after that Kylian’s speed killed us. We could have passed.
“I think it would have been fair if we would have been eliminated in the first round because we were not good.”
Several big European club matches take place on Sunday as we look at three of them involving the Argentine players.
Argentina national team players will take center stage on Sunday when they play for their clubs. In Italy, it’s Lautaro Martinez and Joaquin Correa with Inter against Paulo Dybala of Juventus.
Paulo Dybala is expected to be in the Juventus squad after having been injured since the end of September. A good performance by him could be what he needs to be included in Argentina’s World Cup qualifying squad for November.
The second match is Sergio Agüero making his clasico debut for FC Barcelona against Real Madrid. He has yet to score a goal for his new club but he has shown several times that he has a player for the big games.
Lionel Messi will look for his first league goal in a PSG shirt as he, along with Angel Di Maria and Mauro Icardi travel to Marseille. Leandro Paredes is injured for PSG while Marseille could have Leonardo Balerdi.
