Paulo Dybala scored for Juventus in their 3-0 win vs. Malmo.
Dybala scored his first goal of the Champions League this season in his first match, a goal which gave them the 2-0 lead. With the score at 1-0, Juventus were awarded a penalty kick and it was Dybala to take it.
The Argentine converted his chance and scored as Juventus go top of the table, ahead of Chelsea on goal difference. Dybala was also named man of the match.
Tuesday and Wednesday see the start of the 2021-2022 Champions League and there are 24 Argentine players participating in the tournament this season.
Sevilla have the most Argentine players in their team with five of them, three of which won the Copa America with Argentina. And it’s Sevilla that play the first match of the Champions League when they host RB Salzburg with Nicolas Capaldo.
Lionel Messi will make his Champions League debut with his new club PSG when he, along with Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes and Mauro Icardi travel to Belgium for their match. Here are the Argentine players taking part in the Champions League.
Atletico Madrid: Rodrigo De Paul, Angel Correa
Villarreal: Juan Foyth, Geronimo Rulli
Inter: Lautaro Martinez, Joaquin Correa
PSG: Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi
FC Barcelona: Sergio Aguero
Juventus: Paulo Dybala
Sevilla: Lucas Ocampos, Erik Lamela, Marcos Acuña, Papu Gomez, Gonzalo Montiel
FC Porto: Agustín Marchesín
Ajax: Lisandro Martinez, Nicolas Tagliafico
Atalanta: Juan Musso, Jose Luis Palomino
Benfica: Nicolas Otamendi
RB Salzburg: Nicolas Capaldo
In addition to the players, Diego Simeone manages Atletico Madrid while Mauricio Pochettino has the star studded PSG team. Here are the matches for this week involving Argentine players:
Sevilla (Lucas Ocampos, Erik Lamela, Marcos Acuña, Papu Gomez, Gonzalo Montiel) vs. RB Salzburg (Nicolas Capaldo)
Villarreal (Juan Foyth, Geronimo Rulli) vs. Atalanta (Juan Musso, Jose Luis Palomino)
Malmo vs. Juventus (Paulo Dybala)
FC Barcelona (Sergio Aguero) vs. Bayern Munich
Dynamo Kyiv vs. Benfica (Nicolas Otamendi)
Wednesday:
Inter (Lautaro Martinez, Joaquin Correa) vs. Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid (Rodrigo De Paul, Angel Correa) vs. FC Porto (Agustín Marchesín)
Club Brugge vs. PSG (Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi)
Sporting vs. Ajax (Lisandro Martinez, Nicolas Tagliafico)
Franco Cervi scored for Celta Vigo in their 5-2 loss vs. Real Madrid.
Cervi managed his first goal for his new club as he gave Celta the lead. With the score at 1-1, it was Cervi who scored off his own rebound. A low pass was sent into the penalty area and Cervi hit it with a back heel as his initial effort hit the post but he got to his rebound and scored.
Already 27 years old, Cervi joined Celta this season from Benfica, where he spent five years at the club.
Lautaro Martinez scored for Inter in their 2-2 draw vs. Sampdoria.
Martinez made it two goals in two matches for Inter in their draw. With the score at 1-1, a cross was sent in to Lautaro and his touch which was hit first time gave Inter the 2-1 lead.
Joaquin Correa was substituted on for Lautaro in the second half.
Reminder that Juventus went for rabiot (the next zidane) instead of barella
— envy nat (@therealnat_x23) September 12, 2021
What a beautiful goal by lautaro pic.twitter.com/Eq4V84ZGRr
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni commented on the team and Lionel Messi.
Lionel Scaloni and Argentina managed the 3-0 win vs. Bolivia in the World Cup qualifiers with Lionel Messi scoring a hat trick. The match was the first one at home for Argentina and with fans in attendance. Scaloni spoke about the win and having the team. Here is what he had to say:
“The sacrifice, the companionship, the humility, the work, it’s adding much more opportunities on the wings in attacks. We have players that can unbalance the opposition during one on one’s. That, we were able to achieve but we know that there are things to improve. We will try to do that.”
Scaloni also spoke about Lionel Messi.
“Winning magnifies everything. For the people, he was already an idol. Imagine now that he has won… Seeing everyone excited fills us with joy but it lasts until the end of the press conference. Then, we have to think of what is to come. He has always been a player who makes the difference. I have no doubt about it.”
