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LA Galaxy rumored to purchase Cristian Pavon, end loan deal

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LA Galaxy are reported to want to keep Cristian Pavon and put an end to the loan deal.

Per a report by TyC Sports, Pavon, who is on loan with LA Galaxy until December, is rumored to be staying with the club. His current purchase fee being $20 million.

Pavon, still only 24 years old, has already played several matches for the Argentina national team including the last World Cup. He joined LA Galaxy on loan last August.

Cristian Pavon scored this goal last week vs. Toronto.

Argentine players in Champions League Round of 16 preview, Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, more

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With the Round of 16 of the Champions League beginning on Tuesday, there’s a total of 16 Argentine players left and six could take part in this week’s matches.

One coach in Diego Simeone that is left as his Atletico Madrid are playing champions Liverpool. Here are the Argentine players left in the Champions League:

Atletico Madrid
Coach: Diego Simeone
Angel Correa

PSG:
Angel Di Maria
Mauro Icardi
Leandro Paredes

Atalanta:
Alejandro Gomez
Jose Luis Palomino

Valencia:
Ezequiel Garay

Tottenham Hotspur:
Erik Lamela
Giovani Lo Celso
Juan Foyth
Paulo Gazzaniga

FC Barcelona:
Lionel Messi

Juventus:
Paulo Dybala
Gonzalo Higuain

Manchester City:
Sergio Aguero
Nicolas Otamendi

The Champions League matches for the Round of 16 are the following:

Tuesday:
Atletico Madrid (Angel Correa) vs. Liverpool

Borussia Dortmind vs. PSG (Angel Di Maria, Mauro Icardi, Leandro Paredes)

Wednesday:
Atalanta (Alejandro Gomez, Jose Luis Palomino) vs. Valencia (Ezequiel Garay)

Tottenham Hotspurt (Erik Lamela, Giovani Lo Celso, Juan Foyth, Paulo Gazzaniga)


Next week:
Chelsea vs. Bayern

Napoli vs. FC Barcelona (Lionel Messi)

Lyon vs. Juventus (Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain)

Real Madrid vs. Manchester City (Sergio Aguero, Nicolas Otamendi)

Lionel Messi wins Laureus Sportsman of the Year award, first footballer to win

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Lionel Messi has won the Laureus Sportsman of the Year award along with Lewis Hamilton.

It was announced on Monday that Messi along with F1 racer Lewis Hamilton have won the award. Messi is the first footballer ever to win it. The two were tied for first place in the voting which was done by former sports greats who make up the Laureus Academy.

They beat out Tiger Woods, Rafael Nadal, Marc Marquez and Eliud Kipchoge.

Lucas Ocampos scores for Sevilla in 2-2 draw vs. Espanyol

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Lucas Ocampos scored for Sevilla in their 2-2 draw vs. Espanyol.

Ocampos would give Sevilla the 1-0 lead with a header from close range. A cross was sent into the area and it found Ocampos who would place it passed the goalkeeper. He would also assist Sevilla’s second goal of the match.

Dario Benedetto scores for Olympique Marseille in win vs. Lille

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Dario Benedetto scored for Olympique Marseille in their 2-1 win vs. Lille.

Benedetto was back in the Marseille starting line-up and would score the winning goal. With the match at 1-1, the former Boca Juniors man latched onto a low pass inside the penalty area and scored.

The goal was Benedetto’s 8th of the season.

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