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Most goals scored for the Argentina national team.

🇦🇷 1. L. Messi - 125
🇦🇷 2. Batistuta - 55
🇦🇷 3. Aguero - 41
🇦🇷 4. Lautaro - 40
🇦🇷 5. Crespo - 35

🚨 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Reports that Michael Olise wants to join Real Madrid are 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄, according to Florian Plettenberg ❌

Instead, he has told Bayern that he wants to 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗬 🤝

Olise's current contract runs until 2029, but Bayern are already looking to extend his deal 👀

By signing a new contract, Olise would reportedly become one of Bayern's top three earners 😲

Bayern still consider Olise untouchable and not for sale.

🎙️Thomas Tuchel on the World Cup 3rd place game vs France

"None of our players and none of the French players want to play this match.”

🎙️Jürgen Klopp defends Thomas Tuchel’s tactics

"People always speak after the game like coaching is easy. Like you just choose attack or defend’and that’s it. It doesn’t work like this. Football is much more complex.

"I see the criticism of Tuchel for trying to defend the 1-0 against, but let me tell you something: if he didn’t do that, if he kept pushing forward and they conceded the same people would be saying, ‘Why didn’t he control the game? Why didn’t he defend the lead?’

"In knockout football, whatever decision you make, someone will criticise you. I’m not saying every decision is perfect, but you have to understand the logic behind it.

"Managing a game at that stage is never simple."

🚨It’s always been my dream to play for Chiefs - Leaner

“I believe I have the footballing ability and mentality to cope with the added pressure of playing for the biggest Club in the country," Kaizer Chiefs' new signing Relando Leaner said.

"I have always wanted to play for Chiefs, so when I became a free agent after my contract expired with my previous club, I chose to join Kaizer Chiefs.

"Actually, my first time at the Village in Naturena was when I went to sign for Chiefs. I was amazed and impressed by what I saw when they took me on a tour of the facilities. It made me even more eager to start because everything is here to make a world-class training base."

𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈 & 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍

In 2018, after Argentina's disappointing World Cup campaign in Russia, Lionel Scaloni was appointed as the new Argentina head coach.

Few could have imagined what he would go on to achieve with Argentina...

He rebuilt the entire system around Lionel Messi. Not to make Argentina dependent on Messi, but to allow him to finally play with freedom instead of carrying the entire team.

The achievements speak for themselves:

🥉 2019 Copa América
🏆 2021 Copa América
🏆 2022 Finalissima
🏆 2022 World Cup
🏆 2024 Copa América
🏆/🥈 2026 World Cup

🏟️ 103 games
✔️ 80 wins
🤝 14 draws
❌ Only 9 losses 🤯

What he has done with an Argentina side that was struggling is incredible and deserves nothing but respect 👏

🚨2026 Ballon d’Or Odds:

🇦🇷 1. L. Messi - 2.50
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2. H. Kane - 3.50
🇪🇸 3. Lamine Yamal - 5.00
🇫🇷 4. Mbappe - 5.00
🇪🇸 5. Rodri - 11.00
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 6. Bellingham - 11.00

World Cup Winner Probability:

🇪🇸 Spain - 55%
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England - 25%
🇦🇷 Argentina - 20%

Source: Opta

🚨The World Cup final half-time break will last up to 30 minutes to accommodate the half-time show.

Source: The Times