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Valentín Castellanos scores for Lazio in 3-1 loss vs. Parma

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Valentín Castellanos scored for Lazio in their 3-1 away loss to Parma on Matchday 14 of Serie A.

In the 80th minute, with Parma leading 2-0, the Argentine striker capitalized on a mix-up between Parma’s goalkeeper and a defender. Castellanos reacted quickly, slotting the ball into an empty net to reduce the deficit to 2-1.

This was Castellanos’ fifth goal in Serie A this season.

Enzo Fernández scores for Chelsea in 3-0 win vs. Aston Villa

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Enzo Fernández scored for Chelsea in their 3-0 home win vs. Aston Villa on matchday 13 of the Premier League.

In the 36th minute, with The Blues leading 1-0, the Argentine midfielder controlled the ball with his left foot as he entered the box and struck with the outside of his right foot, beating Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez and placing the ball perfectly by the post to make it 2-0 for his team.

Enzo has now scored five goals and provided two assists in his last four games.

Julián Álvarez and Rodrigo De Paul score for Atletico Madrid in 5-0 win vs. Real Valladolid

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Julián Álvarez and Rodrigo De Paul both scored for Atletico Madrid in their 5-0 win vs. Real Valladolid.

Álvarez had a goal and an assist for Atletico Madrid in their win. With Atletico leading 1-0, Antoine Griezmann had an effort on goal which was saved by the goalkeeper but Álvarez would score on the rebound to give Atletico the 2-0 lead.

Rodrigo De Paul would score his first goal of the season moments later. The Argentine would receive the ball inside the penalty area and his effort was placed into the bottle corner and he would score.

After scoring his goal, Álvarez would get his assist to make it 10 goals and two assists in 21 matches with Atletico Madrid. A pass to Griezmann who would score early in the second half.

Thiago Almada wins Copa Libertadores with Botafogo against Atletico Mineiro

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Thiago Almada and Alexander Barboza won the Copa Libertadores with Botafogo against Atletico Mineiro in the final. Despite Gregore of Botafogo getting red carded two minutes into the match, it was Botafogo who scored first.

At 1-0, Botafogo were awarded a penalty kick and Alex Telles scored to give them the 2-0 lead. Eduardo Vargas would score Atletico Mineiro’s only goal and Junior Santos would score the last goal for Botafogo and they would win the Copa Libertadores.

Almada has won the Copa Libertadores with Botafogo and the World Cup with the Argentina national team.

On this day two years ago, Argentina won 2-0 vs. Poland at World Cup

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On this day two years ago, Argentina won 2-0 against Poland at the World Cup.

Alexis Mac Allister and Julián Álvarez were the two goal scorers for Argentina in their third match in Qatar. After a shocking 1-0 loss against Saudi Arabia and a World Cup changing 2-0 win against Mexico, Lionel Scaloni’s team went into the third match with destiny in their hands.

Lionel Scaloni started the following eleven against Poland:

Emiliano Martínez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Acuña; De Paul, Enzo Fernández, Alexis Mac Allister; Lionel Messi, Julián Álvarez and Di María

Argentina were awarded a penalty kick and Messi had his saved by Wojciech Szczęsny. Mac Allister would score very early in the second half and Julián Álvarez would score his first World Cup goal to give Argentina the 2-0 lead and win.