The draw for the Champions League is now over and we now know the matches for the Argentine players.
A total of 25 Argentine’s will take part in this season’s Champions League tournament. Atletico Madrid boast the most with five players. PSG have four Argentine’s with Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes and Mauro Icardi. Atletico Madrid have three with Rodrigo De Paul, Angel Correa and Nehuen Perez with Diego Simeone as the coach.
Of the 25 players, 16 of them won the Copa America with Argentina. And of those 25, only two have previously won the Champions League. Lionel Messi has won it four times with Angel Di Maria winning it once. This will be the first time that Lionel Messi wears a shirt, other than FC Barcelona, in the Champions League.
Juan Foyth and Geronimo Rulli qualified for the Champions League after winning the Europa League last season. Sergio Aguero, a finalist last season with Manchester City, will wear a Barcelona shirt.
Here are the Argentine players taking part in the Champions League this season:
Atletico Madrid: Rodrigo De Paul, Angel Correa, Nehuen Perez
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
Here are the groups, with the Argentine’s, for this season’s Champions League:
Group A:
Manchester City
Paris Saint-Germain: Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi
Leipzig
Club Brugge
Group B:
Atletico Madrid: Rodrigo De Paul, Angel Correa, Nehuen Perez
Liverpool
FC Porto: Agustín Marchesín
AC Milan
Group C:
Sporting CP
Borussia Dortmund
Ajax: Lisandro Martinez, Nicolas Tagliafico
Besiktas
Group D:
Inter: Lautaro Martinez, Joaquin Correa
Real Madrid
Shakhtar Donetsk
Sheriff
Group E:
Bayern Munich
FC Barcelona: Sergio Aguero
Benfica: Nicolas Otamendi
Dynamo Kyiv
Group F:
Villarreal: Juan Foyth, Geronimo Rulli
Manchester United
Atalanta: Juan Musso, Jose Luis Palomino
Young Boys
Group G:
Lille
Sevilla: Lucas Ocampos, Erik Lamela, Marcos Acuña, Papu Gomez, Gonzalo Montiel
RB Salzburg: Nicolas Capaldo
Wolfsburg
Group H:
Chelsea
Juventus: Paulo Dybala
Zenit
Malmo