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Rodrigo De Paul comments on winning the Copa America, Atletico Madrid

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Rodrigo De Paul, who provided the assist in the final as Argentina won the Copa America, also recently joined Atletico Madrid.

It’s been a great few weeks for De Paul. Having won the Copa America, he was linked with a move to Atletico Madrid and the former Udinese captain has left Italy and joined the reigning La Liga champions. Speaking with TyC Sports, De Paul commented about his vacation, winning the Copa America and joining Atletico Madrid. Regarding his holidays, here is what De Paul had to say:

“It was a short time but I enjoyed it with the family. I’m leaving with my batteries recharged, now with a new challenge which will be difficult but I am prepared to take on everything that’s coming.”

De Paul also spoke about winning the Copa America and how the Argentina team are as a group:

“People are happy, that’s the most important thing. The people are happy, that’s the most important thing. Little by little, we are realizing what we have achieved, we still have not realized the depths of everything that happened in this process and what we achieved. But you have to enjoy it because it wasn’t easy.

“We all love each other very much in the group, we enjoyed the 45 days where we were together. We are always in touch, not only what is seen but we’re all practically talking in some of the chats that we have. We had a good time and hopefully we get to see each other again soon.

“This belongs to everyone, those that were called and those who weren’t because they also made us stronger. I enjoyed it a lot and I’m super happy to have been able to bring joy to people.”

And finally, De Paul spoke about joining Atletico Madrid:

“We spoke with Cholo (Diego Simeone), I’ve arrived to a big team, the latest champions. The objectives and the idea is to compete to the maximum, to always try to be protagonists.

“I believe I am prepared for that, I like the challenges and it’s one of the most important of my career. With work, everything is possible. I’ll never dodge it because it’s what I love and what I like. It’s a great moment, hopefully it’s not the peak of it and there’s much more.”

Sebastian Driussi leaves Zenit, rumored to be joining MLS club Austin FC

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Sebastian Driussi has left Zenit with rumors linking him with a move to the MLS in North America.

Zenit have confirmed that the Argentine has left the club. Still only 25 years old, the former River Plate man joined Zenit back in 2017 where he spent four years at the club.

The forward represented the Russian team over 100 times, winning three Russian Premier League titles, a Russian Cup and two Russian Super Cups.

Per Cesar Luis Merlo, unnamed MLS club has made an offer for Driussi. Since Merlo’s tweet, unofficial reports have began circulating that Austin FC are the club interested in signing him.

Sevilla announce signing of Erik Lamela from Tottenham Hotspur

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Sevilla have announced Erik Lamela as their latest signing.

As we reported last week, Lamela was being heavily linked with a move away from England and over to Spain. The transfer has been announced as the club announce Lamela through their social media channels.

Already 29 years of age, Lamela joins on a three year contract in exchange for Bryan Gil and 25 million. The club also announced that he will wear number 17.

Lamela will be playing alongside Marcos Acuña, Alejandro Papu Gomez and Lucas Ocampos.

Former Tottenham goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga joins Fulham on a free

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Former Tottenham goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga has joined Fulham on a free transfer.

Paulo Gazzaniga will be playing in the EFL Championship for the 2021-2022 season as his time with Tottenham comes to an end. Gazzaniga, who spent the 2021 season on loan with Elche in Spain, joins on a two year contract.

The 29 year old goalkeeper has represented the Argentina national team one, back in 2018 in a 2-0 win vs. Mexico. He has spent most of his playing career in England, having played for Gillingham, Southampton and Tottenham.

Facundo Medina scores for Argentina in 1-0 win vs. Egypt at Tokyo Olympics

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Facundo Medina gave Argentina a life line at the Olympics as he scored in their 1-0 win vs. Egypt.

Having lost their opening match at the Olympics 2-0 vs. Australia, Fernando Batista’s team knew they had to bounce back with a win. A loss would have meant a possible elimination from the tournament before even playing their third group stage match.

Fernando Batista went with the following eleven:

Ledesma
De La Fuente
Perez
Medina
Bravo
Payero
Vera
De La Vega
Mac ALlister
Barco
Gaich

A slight change from the eleven which started vs. Australia as Ortega was shown a red card in that match, while Colombatto and Valenzuela were also dropped for this one.

Argentina were applying the pressure from the first minute and Adolfo Gaich came close to opening the scoring. A shot from outside of the penalty area but his effort hit the woordwork. Despite the early pressure, a stubborn defensive Egypt were able to keep Argentina out.

Egypt nearly took the lead themselves had it not been for Ledesma who pulled off a great save from close range. The first half would end score less.

The second half would finally bring Argentina’s first goal of the Olympics. What looked to be a shot or a cross by Mac Allister into the penalty area hit the post as the ball fell to Medina who scored to give Argentina the 1-0 lead and the three points.

Here are the current standings:

Spain: 4 points
Australia: 3 points
Argentina: 3 points
Egypt: 1 point

Argentina play Spain on Wednesday.

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