Giovanni Simeone scored for Verona in their 1-1 draw vs. Napoli.
Simeone continues to score as he now has three goals in his last two matches, nine goals in 10 matches for Verona. He gave Verona the 1-0 lead after a pass into the penalty area found the Argentine and he beat his marker to the ball and scored.
The 26 year old now leads Serie A with nine goals.
Alejandro Papu Gomez has been called up to the Argentina national team.
Papu Gomez was not initially selected for the November World Cup qualifying matches due to injury. Gomez had missed a few matches for Sevilla and Lionel Scaloni did not include him in the team for the matches against Uruguay and Brazil this week.
However, the official Argentina account has tweeted that he has been called up to the team. Here are the players selected for the two matches:
Franco Armani (River Plate)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Juan Musso (Atalanta)
Nahuel Molina (Udinese)
Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
German Pezzella (Real Betis)
Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica)
Lucas Martinez Quarta (Fiorentina)
Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax)
Marcos Acuna (Sevilla)
Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis)
Leandro Paredes (PSG)
Lisandro Martinez (Ajax)
Enzo Fernandez (River Plate)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nicolas Dominguez (Bologna)
Alejandro Papu Gomez (Sevilla)
Angel Di Maria (PSG)
Lionel Messi (PSG)
Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Julian Alvarez (River Plate)
Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina)
Joaquin Correa (Inter)
Thiago Almada (Velez)
Santiago Simon (River Plate)
Exequiel Zeballos (Boca Juniors)
Cristian Medina (Boca Juniors)
Matias Soule (Juventus)
Gaston Avila (Rosario)
Federico Gomes Gerth (Tigre)
Paulo Dybala has been named the Player of the Month for Juventus.
Dybala wins the award following a good month of October where he missed the first two matches due to injury. Dybala had one goal and one assist in three league matches.
He has been selected by Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni for the November World Cup qualifiers.
Well played, @PauDybala_JR! 👏
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) November 6, 2021
October’s Very Own MVP of the Month, powered by @play_eFootball 🥇💎#JuveFiorentina #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/MqLJe71eKg
Mauricio Pochettino has stated that Leandro Paredes might not travel with the Argentina national team.
Pochettino spoke at a press conference where he stated that Paredes, who is injured and has been called-up to the Argentina national team, might not be joining the group. Here is what he had to say regarding Paredes:
“I don’t think Paredes will be able to travel with the Argentina national team.”
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni included Paredes while initial reports stated that Paredes would be back after the international matches.
Lionel Messi has not been included in the PSG team for their match against Bordeaux but will play for Argentina in the World Cup qualifiers.
Messi will not take part in PSG’s match against Bordeaux as coach Mauricio Pochettino stated on Friday. Messi, who also missed PSG’s last match due to knee and ligament injuries, was in Madrid receiving treatment.
However, according to a report by TyC Sports, Lionel Messi will be available for Argentina in their World Cup qualifiers which begin next week. He could play a few minutes against Uruguay on November 12 and would play play the entire match on November 16 against Brazil in San Juan.
