Month: August 2018

Argentina squad for friendlies vs Colombia & Guatemala- Argentine roster 2018- No Messi

Here is the Argentina squad for their upcoming friendlies against Colombia and Guatemala. Interim coach Lionel Scaloni, who is charge after Jorge Sampaoli stepped down following their Round of 16 exit, has included many new faces. Lionel Messi is not there, after announcing earlier this month that he was taking an infinite break from national duty, and neither are the likes of Sergio Aguero, Angel di Maria, Nicolas Otamendi and Gonzalo Higuain.

Mauro Icardi, omitted by Sampaoli from the Argentina WC squad, finds a spot, and does Fiorentina’s Giovanni Simeone, the son of Atleti coach Diego.

Argentina roster vs Guatemala (September 7, Los Angeles) and Colombia

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Polish clubs performances in Europe 2018-19 | Poland teams in Champions League/ Europa League 18-19

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The 2018/19 season has been a very disappointing one for Polish clubs in Europe. No club has managed to make it to the group stage of their respective competition, with all clubs knocked out of Europe altogether by mid August 2018. Four clubs qualified for European competition from the 17/18 Ekstraklasa- Legia Warsaw (CL) and Jagiellonia Bialystok, Lech Poznan and Gornik Zabrze (Europa League). Legia’s performance in particular was very disappointing, especially given the teams they were beaten by.

Summary of Polish teams in CL/EL Qualifying

Legia Warsaw– Eliminated in Second Qualifying Round of CL (by Spartak Trnava) & Third Qualifying Round of EL (by FC Dudelange)

Legia’s official club ranking is 59, Spartak Trnava 282, FC Dudelange 279

Jagiellonia Bialystok– Eliminated in Third Qualifying Round of EL (by Gent)

Jagiellonia’s official club ranking is 229, Gent 56

Lech Poznan– Eliminated in third qualifying round of EL (by Genk)

Lech’s official club ranking is 159, Genk 57

Gornik Zabrze– Eliminated in Second Qualifying Round of EL (by Trencin)

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