Rodrigo Palacio continues to score, this time for Bologna in their 3-2 win vs. Lecce.
Palacio keeps turning back the clock as he is still scoring for Bologna. This time it took just under two minutes for him to score the opening goal of the game from close range. That goal meant that Palacio would finish the season on 7 goals and 3 assists.
Three Argentine players were relegated from the Premier League as Emiliano Buendia, Roberto Pereyra and Ignacio Pussetto will not be part of the first division with their current teams.
Norwich City finished bottom of the Premier League table with Watford right above them and both teams along with Bournemouth will be playing in the Championship next season. Those three teams saw a combined three Argentine players.
Emiliano Buendia will likely have a few teams looking to sign him as he has impressed throughout the season. Despite only scoring one league goal all season, his energy and overall play would make him a great addition to any team. Still only 23 years old, Buendia has spoken about wanting to play for the Argentina national team and should he want to succeed in his dream, he would have to move clubs. His contract with the club expires in 2024 but Norwich might be looking to cash in.
Roberto Pereyra joined Watford back in 2016 and has been with the club for four years. A solid workhorse of a player and now 29, Pereyra could be looking for potentially one more move as his deal with the club expires next July.
Ignacio Pussetto is the third Argentine as he joined Watford last summer. Joining on a four and a half year deal, the 24 year old forward has yet to be capped by the Argentina national team.
Congratulations to Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain on winning Serie A with Juventus.
The two Argentine players have once more won the league in Italy following their 2-0 win vs. Sampdoria. For Paulo Dybala, it’s his sixth Serie A title in a row and seventh league title in a row overall after having won Serie B in 2013-2014 with Palermo. The 26 year old scored 11 goals in 32 matches in the league, more than doubling his tally of 5 goals from last season.
Gonzalo Higuain has now won three Serie A titles. His first two were 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 and he scored seven goals in 29 matches this season.
For Juventus, they have now won 9 league titles in a row, bringing their tally to 36 titles.
Rodrigo de Paul has been an important player for coach Lionel Scaloni with the Argentina national team and the Udinese player spoke about his adaptation in the team, Lionel Messi and more.
De Paul has already played a Copa America with the team and proved to be an important player for the squad. Speaking in an interview with TyC Sports, he commented on the importance of making Lionel Messi feel comfortable on the pitch. Here’s what he had to say:
“We want Messi to feel comfortable. That is our main goal, that on the pitch, he feels confident. At times, it’s difficult to be Messi because you have to attack, you have to talk to the referees and other things. Listen, first thing is to make him feel comfortable. We try to find him as close to the penalty area and the goal as possible. There, the opponent has to move a little.
“Hopefully we could reach the same thing as the previous generation in making Messi feel happy for reaching finals. We were extremely excited about the Copa America but it didn’t happen.”
Regarding the Argentina national team and his adaptation:
“The most important thing is to wear the Argentina shirt in as many matches as possible. If that means I have to play 10 years somewhere to keep going, I’ll do it. For me, the Argentina national team is one of the most important things. Obviously I think I could get the same kind of continuity that I have with Udinese at a bigger club.
“The Argentina shirt is not easy. I think I was able to adapt quickly. Also, when the captains, the coaching staff or the experienced players make it easy for you, it makes the adaptation process easier.”
Argentina and Tottenham midfielder Giovani Lo Celso gave an interview where he spoke about the Argentina national team and how he did not play at the last World Cup.
Despite being a starter for Argentina and playing under coach Jorge Sampaoli in the matches leading up to the tournament in Russia, Lo Celso did not play a single minute when the tournament started. Speaking in an interview with TyC Sports, here’s what Lo Celso had to say about it all:
“It’s something that happened and stays in the past. Obviously everything serves as an experience and just having been there was something unique. Representing the colors of the national team and being with the players that were there was great.
“Being there, one wants to play and to show it on the pitch but being there and with what a World Cup represents, I take it as a positive thing and way to learn.
On what happened and what changed leading up to the World Cup which had him not play:
“I don’t have any information. I only trained and gave my best to be part of the team. I was selected to play from the start in the friendly matches but after that they were decisions taken and that was it.”
About the Copa America which was to be played this year but got delayed until next year:
“I don’t know if it was to be ours but we were going to go with the same idea as we did in Brazi. Being a competitive team, a protagonist and to try to win. A nice team was formed, on a football level, there’s a great idea there that was seen at the last Copa America and there’s still a long way to go.
“The change was the coaching staff. That Scaloni comes in with his staff that know the Argentina national team like Aimar, Samuel and Ayala. They are people who have always been linked to the Argentina national team and have experience. Based on the ideas that they have along with the players trying to get those ideas and reflect them on the pitch, I think they’ll make some great games.”
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