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Emiliano Martinez confirms he will play for Argentina despite Premier League restrictions

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Emiliano Martinez has stated that he will be playing for Argentina, despite the restriction put in place by the Premier League.

As has been reported, the Premier League, along with La Liga, Serie A and the Portuguese league are restricting players from travelling with their national teams for September’s World Cup qualifiers. There have been rumors that the Argentine players in the Premier League, that ia to say Emiliano Martinez, Emiliano Buendia, Cristian Romero and Gio Lo Celso, will travel and take part in the matches.

Martinez took to his social media pages following Aston Villa’s 1-1 draw and mentioned that he will be with the Argentina team. Martinez tweeted and wrote on his Instagram the following:

A hard fought point this afternoon.

Now on to 🇦🇷

Emiliano Buendia scores debut goal for Aston Villa in 1-1 draw vs. Brentford

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Emiliano Buendia scored for Aston Villa in their 1-1 draw vs. Brentford.

Buendia got his first goal for his new club as Emiliano Martinez also started for Villa. Joining them from Norwich City, last season’s Championship Player of the Season scored a great goal to draw Villa level.

It was 1-0 for Brentford as Buendia received the ball on the edge of the penalty area and unleashed an unstoppable shot for Villa’s only goal of the match.

Both Emiliano Martinez and Emiliano Buendia have been called-up to the Argentina national team.

Argentina players available for World Cup qualifiers, possible replacements, players arriving

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With the restrictions from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and the Portuguese league, coach Lionel Scaloni will only have 8 of the 30 players called-up available as players have started to arrive.

Four players from the Premier League, nine players from La Liga, eight from Serie A and one from the Portuguese league. Ligue 1 will be allowing their players to travel which means that Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes will be available.

The following players would miss out:

Emiliano Martinez
Juan Musso
Geronimo Rulli
Gonzalo Montiel
Nahuel Molina
German Pezzella
Juan Foyth
Cristian Romero
Nicolas Otamendi
Lucas Martienz QUarta
Marcos Acuna
Rodrigo De Paul
GUido Rodriguez
Nicolas Dominguez
Gio Lo Celso
Alejandro Papu Gomez
Angel Correa
Joaquin Correa
Nicolas Gonzalez
Emiliano Buendia
Lautaro Martinez
Paulo Dybala

The following players are available:

Franco Armani
Lisandro Martinez
Nicolas Tagliafico
Exequiel Palacios
Leandro Paredes
Angel Di Maria
Julian Alvarez
Lionel Messi

Copa America champions Argentina play Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia in three World Cup qualifying matches in September. Leandro Paredes is suspended for the first match vs. Venezuela.

Roberto Ayala, part of the Argentina coaching staff, has stated that they will try and see if they can add players from the local league. For the moment, only two players from the initial 30 play in Argentina. Those two being Franco Armani and Julian Alvarez.

One of Argentina’s opponents in September, Brazil, have already called-up several players as replacements for those based in England, Spain, Italy and Portugal. Per TyC Sports, some of the possible names being mentioned for Argentina, based both in Argentina and Brazil are the following:

Fabricio Bustos (Independiente)
Gabriel Mercado (Internacional)
Carlos Izquierdoz (Boca)
Leonardo Sigali (Racing)
Matías Suárez (River)
Facundo Farías (Colón)
Cristian Pavón (Boca)
Agustín Rossi
Marcos Rojo (Boca)
Walter Kannemann (Gremio)
Milton Casco (River Plate)
Enzo Pérez (River Plate)
Ignacio Fernández (Atlético Mineiro)
Matías Zaracho (Atlético Mineiro)
Thiago Almada (Vélez)
José Sand (Lanús)

The Argentina coaching staff, along with Franco Armani and Julian Alvarez have landed in Venezuela, ahead of their match against them on Thursday.

Nahuel Molina, Ignacio Pussetto score for Udinese in 3-0 win vs. Venezia

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Nahuel Molina and Ignacio Pussetto both scored for Udinese in their 3-0 win vs. Venezia.

For the second match in a row, an Argentine has scored for Udinese. Last week it was Roberto Pereyra and this week it was the other two Argentine’s on the squad.

Ignacio Pussetto gave Udinese the 1-0 lead. Molina ran forward with the ball and crossed it into the penalty area to Pussetto as he chested it and struck the ball into the bottom corner for Udinese’s first goal of the match.

Molina would get the third goal as he ran into the penalty area and his left footed shot hit the underpart of the crossbar and in for his first goal of the season.

Joaquin Correa scores twice on debut, Lautaro the other for Inter in 3-1 win vs. Verona

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Joaquin Correa scored twice on his debut with Lautaro scoring the other for Inter in their 3-1 win vs. Verona.

It was a dream debut for Joaquin Correa at his new club, scoring twice after coming on as a substitute. Verona took the 1-0 lead but it was Lautaro Martinez who got his first goal of the season to draw Inter level.

A throw in for Inter as the ball was flicked over to Lautaro who headed in from close range to draw Inter level.

Correa would start the match on the bench and be substituted in for Lautaro with 16 minutes remaining. He would get his first goal for Inter just minutes after coming on. A cross sent into the penalty area found a leaping Correa who headed a floating ball into the corner of the net to give Inter the 2-1 lead.

But Correa was not done scoring. He would receive the ball on the edge of the penalty area, turn and a left footed shot would beat the goalkeeper for his second of the match.

The Argentine signed with Inter on Thursday.

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