Argentina captain Lionel Messi and forwards Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero have not been called up for next month’s national team friendly fixtures. Italian-based strikers Lautaro Martinez and Giovanni Simeone are among the 20 new faces in Argentina’s squad to face Guatemala and Colombia. Earlier this week, Lionel Messi had told interim coach Lionel Scolani […]
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Messi’s brother sentenced over illegal possession of firearm
Barcelona captain Lionel Messi‘s brother was sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison for illegally possessing firearm. Messi’s brother Matias will, however, not be going to jail as he was directed to perform community service instead. Also read: Barcelona’s new signing Malcom has ‘no words’ to describe Messi La Capital newspaper in the Argentine […]
Diego Simeone won’t coach Argentina, says father
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone’s father, Carlos Simeone, said that his son would not coach the Argentine national team. After Argentina’s World Cup 2018 early-exit, coach Jorge Sampaoli was made to step down and there were speculations that Simeone might be the next person in charge. Also read: Messi won’t take part in Argentina friendlies, future […]
Messi won’t take part in Argentina friendlies, future in doubt
Argentina captain Lionel Messi will not be taking part in national team fixtures against Guatemala and Colombia next month, Clarin reported on Wednesday. According to the Argentine newspaper, the Barcelona ace told national team coach Lionel Scolani that he won’t be able to take part in friendlies against the two teams, while he also did […]
Corruption scandal in Argentina fells titans of business
Records kept in notebooks of the kinds used by schoolchildren are bringing down titans of Argentina’s industry in a multimillion-dollar corruption scandal. Dirty dealings are nothing new in Argentina. What sets this case apart is the large number of people going down — around 20 so far, with additional names surfacing regularly — and their […]
Argentina coach talks about Messi’s future with national team
Lot of rumours surfaced regarding the future of Messi with Argentina and there were many versions attached to it. So finally, Lionel Scaloni, the new Argenina coach, has broken his silence and talked about the matter. Also read: Comments which Vidal made on Messi before joining Barcelona Scaloni admitted that he is yet to talk to […]
Higuain signs for AC Milan as Bonucci returns to Juventus
Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain on Thursday moved to AC Milan in a three-player swap deal between the seven-time European champions and Juventus that will see Leonardo Bonucci return to Turin after just a season away. Milan signed 30-year-old Higuain on a one-year loan deal worth a reported 18 million euros ($21 million) that gives them […]
Four positives France will take from this World Cup
France has trashed every team which came in their way and remained undefeated even in the presence of teams like Belgium, Argentina and Croatia. In a world cup full of upsets, they played like champions from the very beginning of the competition. France defeated Brazil in 1998 to be crowned as the world champions for […]
Tevez wants Messi to ‘stay’ for Argentina
Lionel Messi is without any doubt the best player the world has ever seen. The ‘little magician’ has won five Ballon d’Ors and has been amazing with Barcelona so far. However, his journey with Argentina has been a roller coaster ride, he has guided them to three finals but yet to win one. Rumors […]
French hero Kylian Mbappe kicks Argentina out of World Cup
French hero Kylian Mbappe, who plays as a forward for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in French Ligue-1, scored two stunning goals against Messi’s Argentina which led his team to a brilliant win in round-of-16 on Saturday. https://twitter.com/JOYPAULIAN/status/1013086996372131841 He was named as the man of the match in a thrilling 4-3 win in Kazan against top side […]