Erik Lamela could win his first Argentina cap in more than two years after winning a recall for November s twin friendlies against Mexico.
Tottenham winger Lamela, plagued by injuries over recent seasons, has enjoyed a strong start to the current campaign, scoring five goals in as many competitive appearances.
That form could see the 26-year-old make his first international appearance since the World Cup qualifying draw with Venezuela in September 2016.
Club America goalkeeper Agustin Marchesin and Zenit defender Emanuel Mammana also return to Lionel Scaloni s 30-man squad, while 20-year-old Matias Zaracho is the only new face.
The Racing Club midfielder has featured regularly for Argentina s league leaders in his third season as a professional.
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Juventus 2-1 AS Monaco (4-1 agg): Five things we learned as Bianconeri clinch Champions League final
Juventus are the first Champions League finalists
Serie A heavyweights Juventus confirmed their place in the Champions League final thanks to a 4-1 aggregate win over AS Monaco. Bianconeri have thus earned their chance to fight for a coveted trophy that got snatched in front of their noses two years ago.
Here are the five things we learned from the clash at Juventus Arena:
Juventus continue incredible home form effortlessly
Comebacks and turnarounds are possible in football and we’ve seen a fair share of those by now, even this season in the Champions League. But it is fair to say that they only happen when you are not facing Serie A champions Juventus.
Bianconeri have done a wonderful job to mute one of Europe’s highest scoring sides in the first l…
Kylian Mbappe suggested he wants to see Paris Saint-Germain s board take action in the transfer market after Lille pipped them to the Ligue 1 title.
Mbappe scored his 27th top-flight goal of the campaign in a 2-0 win at Brest on Sunday, but Lille saw off Angers 2-1 to claim glory by a point.
PSG lifted the Coupe de France last week but had their Champions League ambitions ended by Manchester City in the semi-finals at the start of this month.
Mbappe is out of contract at the end of next season and told Canal Plus he would like to see some changes to Mauricio Pochettino s squad.
I cannot say what needs to be done, I am just a player, but I think that people have seen, everyone has seen, he said.
When everyone sees, it is easier to draw conclusion…
Roberto Mancini s rampant Italy broke more records as they maintained their 100 per cent points return in Euro 2020 qualifying with a 9-1 thrashing of Armenia in Palermo.
The Azzurri had long since booked their place in next year s finals and last week defeated Bosnia-Herzegovina for a 10th consecutive win for the first time in their history.
There was no slowing Italy in their final Group J game, though, as they turned on the style to end the campaign with 10 victories from 10.
An 11th straight win in all saw seven different Italy goalscorers in a match for the first time, as Ciro Immobile and Nicolo Zaniolo each netted twice.
Zaniolo, debutant Riccardo Orsolini and Federico Chiesa all notched their first goals for their country, with Nicolo Barella, …
Walter Smith refused to blame player burnout after Rangers saw their lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League reduced to one point as Inverness Caledonian Thistle struck late to snatch a 1-1 draw at Ibrox.
A superb strike from Maurice Edu early in the first-half looked to be enough to continue the Gers winning run on Saturday.
But despite chances to increase their lead it was substitute Eric Odhiambo who prodded home the equaliser eight minutes from time as Inverness remain undefeated away from home since November 2009.
Rangers were aiming for their best start to a season for 112 years but the Ibrox side have had a tough run of games with matches against Champions League rivals Valencia, Celtic, a League Cup quarter-final against Kilmarnock and Inverness i…
Deposed Russian champions Rubin Kazan kept alive their hopes of reaching the last 16 of the Champions League with a 1-0 win here on Wednesday over Danish side FC Copenhagen.
A penalty in first-half injury-time by skipper Christian Naboa who had scored Rubin s only other goal in this season s campaign also from the penalty spot was enough to secure victory and dent Copenhagen s hopes of becoming the first Danish side to reach the knockout stages.
Copenhagen are still second and a point ahead of Rubin with one match remaining and will fancy their chances of going through as they play bottom side Panathinaikos while the Russians travel to Barcelona though they did stun the 2009 champions at the Nou Camp in last season s competition.
On-loan striker Sergei Kornilenk…
Manchester United have completed the signing of Athletic Bilbao s Ander Herrera on a four-year deal, with the option for a further year.
Midfielder Herrera becomes the first player to arrive at Old Trafford since Louis van Gaal, currently managing the Netherlands at the FIFA World Cup, was announced as the club s new manager last month.
The 24-year-old joins United after the Premier League side triggered the buy-out clause in his contract at Bilbao.
He will boost a midfield that appeared to lack quality last season as United finished a lowly seventh in the English top flight following a disastrous campaign under David Moyes.
Former Spain Under-21 international Herrera was reportedly set to join United before the start of last season, but the transfer fell…
Argentina defender Martin Demichelis claims Netherlands star Arjen Robben s not a fighter ahead of the FIFA World Cup semi-final.
Demichelis impressed on his first competitive appearance for his country since November 2011 when Alejandro Sabella selected him to start Saturday s 1-0 quarter-final triumph over Belgium.
The 33-year-old, who played alongside Robben and under Dutch coach Louis van Gaal at Bayern Munich identified the forward as a key threat to the South Americans bid to reach a first World Cup final for 24 years.
But the Manchester City centre-back believes Robben, who courted controversy earlier in the competition after admitting to diving during the Netherlands last-16 win over Mexico, does not enjoy physical confrontations on the field and pledged …
ESPN understands that Besiktas are interested in signing West Ham United striker Javier Hernandez in January.
The Turkish outfit are looking to strengthen their forward line once the transfer window reopens, and could move for the Mexico international, who has failed to produce his best form since signing for the Hammers in the summer of 2017.
During his last spell in the Premier League, Hernandez scored fifty-nine goals in one hundred and fifty-seven outings for Manchester United before moving to Bayer Leverkusen via a loan stint at Real Madrid.
However, he has managed just ten goals thus far for West Ham, with his one and only league effort this term coming in a 4-2 win over Burnley earlier this month.
Next up for Manuel Pellegrini’s men is the v…
Santiago Solari has defended honest Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos following allegations of anti-doping violations.
German publication Der Spiegel made a series of claims, as part of the Football Leaks investigation, which suggested Ramos had broken anti-doping protocol on two occasions.
The first related to an alleged post-match mix-up following the Champions League final against Juventus in 2017, in which Der Spiegel claim traces of a forbidden substance were found in Ramos sample.
The second claim alleged the Spain defender knowingly broke anti-doping rules by showering prior to providing a sample after Madrid s LaLiga game against Malaga in April 2018.
Madrid issued a statement disputing the allegations, while Ramos claimed the reports were an atte…