Sergio Aguero is injured and could miss the World Cup qualifiers for Argentina.
Aguero has been ruled out of Barcelona’s Gamper match on Sunday with a right calf injury. Per a report by Javi Miguel Club from AS in Spain, he could miss 3-4 weeks.
Argentina play three World Cup qualifying matches in September, with the first one on September 2 vs. Venezuela. Three days later in they Brazil before playing Bolivia on September 9.
El Kun empieza con mal pie. Sin su amigo, decepcionado y lesionado. A falta de pruebas definitivas para ver alcance rotura, se habla de tres a cuatro semanas KO
Lionel Messi will reportedly undergo his medical examination with PSG either on Sunday night or Monday morning.
Messi’s time, at least for the moment, at FC Barcelona is over. A new chapter begins in his footballing career and it appears that it will be in Paris. Messi has been linked with a move to PSG ever since the news broke out that he would not be continuing at Barcelona.
According to a report by L’Equipe, Lionel Messi will undergo his medical with Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday night or Monday morning. A rumored two year contract with a net salary of €35 million is what is being thrown around.
A very emotional Lionel Messi gave a press conference on Sunday where he spoke about him leaving Barcelona.
Lionel Messi did not get the ending he deserved at Barcelona. No Camp Nou chanting his name, no final match in front of a crowd. Instead, it was a press conference with a few journalists, family and team mates.
The club’s greatest ever player has left and speaking with tears in his eyes, here are some snippets of what Messi had to say:
“Today, I have to say goodbye to all of this. We did everything we could because I wanted to stay. Last year I didn’t want to stay and I said it. This year I wanted to stay and I couldn’t.”
Messi was asked about the possibility of him joining PSG:
“It’s a possibility (PSG) to reach those heights but at the minute I have nothing confirmed with anyone. When the press release was published, I got a lot of calls, a lot of clubs were interested. At the minute, I have nothing closed, we are talking about a lot of things.”
On if this is the most difficult moment of his career:
“Yeah, without doubt (it’s the most difficult time of his sporting career). I’ve had a lot of difficult moments, tough moments, a lot of defeats but in the end, the other day, not going back to train, not going back to the pitch, this is the end.
“I’m very sad, I did not want to leave this club because it’s the club that I love.”
He was also asked about the picture of himself alongside Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes, Neymar and Marco Veratti in Ibiza from a few days ago:
“Yeah, completely (coincidence). I met them in Ibiza, we got together one day, we are friends. He (Neymar) called me and said I’m in Ibiza, we’ll get together… And there was a joke at the time, come to Paris. But it was a joke.”
And finally, Messi commented on the trophies won while revealing that he agreed to lower his salary:
“I would have liked to have won another Champions League. We got eliminated in the semi finals vs. Liverpool. We got to a semi final with Pep. […] I’m of the opinion that we could have gotten one more. I have achieved my objectives.
“I offered to reduce my contract by 50% and they asked for nothing else. The news of me asking 30% more is a lie. A lot of what people are saying are not true.”
Nicolas Tagliafico got himself red carded for Ajax in their 2-0 loss vs. PSV in the Johan Cruijff Schaal match.
It was the Dutch Supercup, the first match of the season and not a good start for Tagliafico. Ajax coach Erik ten Hag started both Argentina Copa America winners Nicolas Tagliafico and Lisandro Martinez in the loss but it was Tagliafico who made the headlines for the wrong reason.
With PSV leading 2-0, Tagliafico slid in with a rough challenge as the referee gave him a straight red card in the 40th minute. Ajax were down to ten men as PSV would go on to win.
Lisandro Martinez would be replaced late in the match by Lisandro Magallan.
Mauro Icardi scored his first goal of the season for PSG in their 2-1 win vs. Troyes.
Icardi opened his account for the season and it proved to be the match winner. Mauricio Pochettino started Mauro Icardi as Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes were not part of the squad for the first match of the season.
With the score at 1-1, a cross by Herrera found Mbappe who controlled it down and played a pass into to the Argentine. Icardi would control it and an outside of the foot finish would give PSG their second goal of the match.
The former Inter man, already 28 years old, was not part of the Argentina squad which won the Copa America last month. With the World Cup coming up next year, he will have to produce some good performances should he want to be in with a chance to take part in the tournament.
He finished last season with seven goal in 20 league matches.
