Erik Lamela has won the Puskas award for the Best Goal of the Year.
Lamela is the first Argentine to win the award as his goal for Tottenham Hotspur last year against Arsenal won him the votes. The Argentine had previously score a rabona for Tottenham back in 2014 in a Europa League match.
@mundoalbiceleste Erik Lamela’s rabona for the FIFA Puskas award! #Football #Futbol #Soccer #COYS #Argentina #LionelMessi #Messi ♬ Tottenham Tottenham – Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad & Chas & Dave
Alexis Mac Allister of Brighton is in the preliminary list of players for the Argentina national team.
Mac Allister could be back in the Argentina national team. According to TyC Sports, the Argentine has a real chance of being included for the January and February World Cup qualifying matches.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni is expected to announce his team for the January and February World Cup qualifying matches by Tuesday. Scaloni will reportedly rest several players and call up players who are not regularly in the team.
Lionel Messi is not expected to be called to the Argentina national team.
Messi is expected to remain with PSG and miss Argentina’s two World Cup qualifying matches in January and February. According to TyC Sports and TN Deportes, coach Lionel Scaloni will not select Messi as the Argentine looks to regain his full fitness.
Argentina play Chile on January 27 away from home and Colombia on February 1 at home in the World Cup qualifiers. The Copa America champions are already qualified for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Juan Foyth of Villarreal is injured and he could miss Argentina’s matches this month.
Foyth is expected to be called up to the Argentina national team for the World Cup qualifiers. The defender suffered an injury during Villarreal’s 1-0 loss against Elche and is a doubt for the national team.
The 24 year old was substituted off with muscular problems which was originally diagnosed as discomfort in his left hamstring. More tests will be done this week.
There were three Argentine players who scored last week and it was Angel Correa’s goal against Villarreal which you voted as the Argentine goal of the week!
Three players scored for their clubs and once more Paulo Dybala was one of them. The other two were Alejandro Papu Gomez and Lucas Boye.
Paulo Dybala scored from inside the penalty area for Juventus in their 2-0 win vs. Udinese. He is now on seven goals in the league this season.
Alejandro Papu Gomez scored from outside of the penalty area for Sevilla in their Copa Del Rey match against Real Betis. The match was suspended due to an incident where a fan threw a metal object onto the pitch.
Lucas Boye was the third Argentine who scored as he scored from the edge of the penalty area for Elche against Villarreal. He is now on six goals in the league this season.
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@mundoalbiceleste Paulo Dybala scores for Juventus. ##paulodybala #dybala #juventus #Juve #Football #Futbol #Soccer #Argentina ♬ Juventus – Wordplay
@mundoalbiceleste Alejandro Papu Gimez scores for Sevilla! #papugomez #sevillafc #sevilla #Football #Futbol #Soccer #Argentina ♬ Himno oficial del centenario del Sevilla F.C. – El Arrebato
@mundoalbiceleste Lucas Boye scores for Elche. #lucasboye #boye #elche #Football #Futbol #Soccer #Argentina ♬ Elche (Aplausos) – Elche FanChants
Argentina Goal of the Week 1 – Manuel Lanzini wins
Argentina Goal of the Week 2 – Angel Correa wins
