For Argentina, they would be without Gerónimo Rulli, Gonzalo Montiel, Germán Pezzella, Juan Foyth, Marcos Acuña, Rodrigo De Paul, Guido Rodríguez, Papu Gómez and Ángel Correa. This, along with Emiliano Martinez, Cristian Romero, Gio Lo Celso and Emiliano Buendia of the Premier League.
La Liga will support the clubs who refuse to release their players for September’s South American World Cup qualifiers. https://t.co/p9vxR1WxiO
The Premier League have released a statement in regards to next momth’s international fixtures as clubs will not be releasing the players.
Argentina, along with Brazil, Venezuela and Bolivia will be without their Premier League based players for September’s World Cup qualifiers. The league released a statement on Tuesday mentioning that a unanimous decision has been taken “not to release players for international matches in red-list countries next month.”
For Argentina, that means no Emiliano Martinez, Cristian Romero, Gio Lo Celso and Emiliano Buendia as all four play in England. For the likes of Brazil, it means no Alisson, Ederson, Thiago Silva, Fabinho, Fred, Gabriel Jesus, Richarlison, Firmino and Raphina.
Premier League clubs have today reluctantly but unanimously decided not to release players for international matches played in red-list countries next month
Angel Di Maria scored a goal very similar to the one he managed for Argentina vs. Brazil in the Copa America final which gave Argentina the trophy.
Di Maria loves chip goals. After scoring one in 2008 at the Olympics final which gave Argentina the gold medal vs. Nigeria, the Argentine did it again last month in the Copa America final when Argentina lifted the trophy.
He scored another lob goal, this time for PSG, his first of the season. Starting the match on the bench, he was brought on as a substitute with a little under 10 minutes remaining. But that was all he needed as he scored PSG’s fourth goal of the match.
Mauro Icardi started for PSG but was substitute off due to a shoulder injury. He has since been ruled out for 3-4 weeks. Lionel Messi and Leandro Paredes were no part of the squad.
Three of the four PSG players have been called-up to the Argentina national team as Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes will be part of the squad for the September matches.
Facundo Medina started and played the entire 90 minutes for Lens in their 2-0 win vs. Monaco. Medina, who missed the first match of the season, a 1-1 draw vs. Rennes, was in the squad and played last week in the 2-2 draw vs. St-Etienne. This was their first win of the season.
With Dario Benedetto joining La Liga club Elche from Marseille, coach Jorge Sampaoli is left with only one Argentine in the team. Ironically enough, that Argentine was not part of the squad for Marseille vs. OGC Nice as Leonardo Balerdi received a red card in their last match.
However, goalkeeper Walter Benitez was part of the starting eleven for OGC Nice in their match vs. Marseille. A match which was ultimately called-off with about 15 minutes remaining, OGC Nice fans began throwing objects at the Marseille players. An act which led to fans storming the pitch with Sampaoli getting involved.
The league have since awarded Nice the win but Marseille will reportedly contest the result.
Emiliano Martinez kept his first clean sheet of the season as Aston Villa got the 2-0 win vs. Newcastle United.
Martinez was in goal as Aston Villa got their first clean sheet of the season with Emiliano Buendia also in the starting eleven. Both players have been selected for the Argentina national team for September’s World Cup qualifying matches.
However, there was one more Argentine taking part in that match and it was Federico Fernandez. The 32 year old started for Newcastle but did not finish the match as he was substituted out.
After making his Tottenham debut in their 1-0 win vs. Manchester City, Romero was rested, reportedly as a precaution for their second match of the season vs. Wolves. Tottenham got their second win of the season, once more a 1-0 win with Gio Lo Celso coming on as a substitute. Both players have been selected for the Argentina national team for September’s World Cup qualifying matches.
Alexis Mac Allister’s heroics in Brighton’s opening match of the season earned him a place in the starting eleven vs. Watford. The Argentine had come on as a substitute and scored the match winner for Brighton in the first match of the season but was unable to score in the second match. However, good news for Alexis was that Brighton managed a 2-0 win vs. Watford as they’re now on six points to start the season.
Manuel Lanzini was an unused substitute for West Ham in their 4-1 win vs. Leicester City.
Aston Villa: Emiliano Martinez, Emiliano Buendia Brighton & Hove Albion: Alexis Mac Allister Newcastle United: Federico Fernandez Tottenham Hotspur: Cristian Romero, Giovani Lo Celso West Ham United: Manuel Lanzini
Erik Lamela was brought on as a substitute and scored in injury time for Sevilla to give them the 1-0 win vs. Getafe.
Lamela is joint top scorer in La Liga as he leads the Pichichi race. Now on three goals in two matches since joining Sevilla, Lamela has been the ultimate super sub since joining the club.
With the score at 0-0, it was a counter attack in injury time as Rafa Mir’s effort hit the post but the Argentine was there for the rebound as he scored to give Sevilla the three points.
Marcos Acuna and Alejandro Papu Gomez, who have both been selected for the Argentina national team, started the match. Gonzalo Montiel was an unused substitute.
🇦🇷 Erik Lamela for Sevilla:
• 2 appearances as a sub • 3 goals • 4 key passes • 2 big chances created • 4 tackles • 2x Man of the Match 🌟
