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Chelsea coach Enzo Marseca speaks on Alejandro Garnacho’s performance vs. Benfica

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Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca spoke about Alejandro Garnacho’s performance against Benfica.

Alejandro Garnacho started for Chelsea in their 1-0 win against Benfica in the Champions League. The Argentine played the cross in for the own goal in Chelsea’s win and Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca spoke to TNT Sports after the match. Here is what he had to say about Garnacho:

“Garnacho was very good today. Not only on the ball but defensively… he was very good in the way he pressed.

“In the last third he has freedom to go one-v-one when he decides. To arrive in the box is important because it’s from there we score.”

Argentine players in the Champions League preview, Claudio Echeverri and Equi Fernández

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The Champions League continues on Wednesday and five of the matches involve Argentine players.

In Wednesday’s early matches, Kevin Mac Allister and Union Saint-Gilloise play Newcastle United. Mac Allister had scored for Union Saint-Gilloise in their first match.

Qarabag FK play against FC Copenhagen in Wednesday’s second early match. Aarón Anselmino will miss Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League match against Athletic Club due to injury.

Juan Foyth and Villarreal host Juventus while Francisco Ortega, Lorenzo Scipioni and Santiago Hezze will play against Arsenal. Bayer Leverkusen will be without Exequiel Palacios who is out due to injury but will have Equi Fernández and Claudio Echeverri when they host PSV. Here are the matches for Wednesday in the Champions League:

Union Saint-Gilloise (Kevin Mac Allister) vs. Newcastle United

AS Monaco vs. Manchester City

Borussia Dortmund (Aarón Anselmino) vs. Athletic Club

Napoli vs. Sporting

Villarreal (Juan Foyth) vs. Juventus

Arsenal vs. Olympiacos (Francisco Ortega, Lorenzo Scipioni and Santiago Hezze)

FC Barcelona vs. Paris Saint-Germain

Bayer Leverkusen (Exequiel Palacios, Equi Fernández and Claudio Echeverri) vs. PSV

Julián Álvarez and Giuliano Simeone score for Atletico Madrid in 5-1 win vs. Eintracht Frankfurt

Julián Álvarez and Giuliano Simeone both scored for Atletico Madrid in their 5-1 win against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Álvarez had one goal and two assists for Atletico Madrid in their win against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League. The Argentine made it six goals and two assists in his last three matches with Atletico Madrid.

With Diego Simeone’s team leading 2-0, Álvarez made a run down the wing and into the penalty area, passing it to Antoine Griezmann who scored from close range to give Atletico Madrid the 3-0 lead. His second assist came off a corner kick, a cross into the penalty area found Giuliano Simeone who would head the ball and score.

Atletico Madrid were awarded a penalty kick and it was Álvarez who would take it. He would do the Panenka penalty kick and chip it, with the goalkeeper getting a hand to it but Álvarez would score to give Atletico Madrid the 5-1 lead.

Nahuel Molina and Nicolás González would be substituted into the match for Atletico Madrid.

Lautaro Martínez scores twice for Inter in 3-0 win vs. Slavia Praha

Lautaro Martínez scored twice for Inter in their 3-0 win against Slavia Praha.

Martínez had two goals for Inter in their Champions League win. With the score at 0-0, Lautaro intercepted the pass from the Slavia Praha goalkeeper and scored to give Inter the 1-0 lead.

With Inter leading 2-0, Bastoni played a pass in to Lautaro and the Argentine would score his second goal of the game.

The Argentine also made club history with Inter, becoming the first player in the club’s history to score in seven different seasons in the Champions League.

Argentina team for October matches to be announced this week

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The Argentina national team for the month of October is set to be announced this week.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni is set to announce the team for October later this week. Argentina will play Venezuela on October 10 in Miami and on October 14 in Puerto Rico.

Lionel Scaloni will be without Julio Soler, who was part of the team for the September World Cup qualifiers as he is with the Argentina U20 national team for the U20 World Cup.