DOHA, Qatar — Argentina strikers Nicolás González and Joaquín Correa have been ruled out the World Cup because of injuries. González, who plays for Fiorentina, injured a muscle during a training session on Thursday and was replaced by Atlético Madrid forward Angel Correa, the Argentine soccer federation said. Joaquín Correa scored one of the goals in the 5-0 victory over …
Post match comments: “We are confident, for many it is the first World Cup and the first game will be very important. Argentina completes a five-star performance before the FIFA World Cup 2022 Two goals from Angel de Maria and one each from Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez and Joaquin Correa saw Argentina complete a 5-0 win over United Arab Emirates …
Gabriel Barbosa’s penalty five minutes from time maintained Brazil’s perfect start to South American World Cup qualifying with a come from behind 3-1 win over Venezuela on Thursday. Eric Ramirez’s early goal gave Venezuela a shock lead in Caracas but Marquinhos equalized with a header before Barbosa’s late penalty. Marquinhos rose to head home debutant substitute Raphinha’s corner 19 minutes …
Argentina travel to Brazil on Sunday in a repeat of July’s Copa America final, which they won 1-0 to end a 28-year wait for a major trophy. Lautaro Martinez opened the scoring in first half injury time after Venezuela had been reduced to 10 men by Luis Adrian Martinez’s red card for a reckless challenge on Messi. “We have to …
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