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Argentina’s Under-23 side beat rivals Brazil on Sunday to clinch their place in the soccer com Pet ition at this year’s Olympic Game s in Paris . La Albiceleste are world champions but the Olympics competition features age restrictions, with only three players older than 23 allowed in the squad. Atlanta United star Thiago Almada is the current captain of Argentina’s strong U-23 team but he is hoping for reinforcements ahead of the summer tournament. He told Dsports: “I hope Messi has the desire and can be at the Olympic games, it would be a dream. If Messi comes, I’ll give him the captain’s armband, obviously. Now they are the ones who have to decide if they come.” OLYMPICS BOUND 🥇 Thiago Almada and Argentina have qualified for @Paris2024 🤩🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/C2j0dWvdkc — Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) February 11, 2024 Almada was a member of the Argentina squad that triumphed in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. He is the key player for Javier Mascherano’s U-23 team and has been ...

Luis Diaz's father has revealed that his son's " dream " is to play for La Liga giants Barcelona in the future. Diaz's father was recently handed over to UN officials after being kidnapped, alongside his wife Cilenis Marulanda, by the ELN - a left-wing rebel group that's been active in Colombia since 1964 - after a lengthy spell in captivity. For the first time since his release, Diaz's father was in attendance to watch his son play in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier between Colombia and Brazil this week, and bore witness to the wide forward bagging a brace in a famous win for his country. Diaz's father's reaction to his son's brace went viral after the game. A famous win / Gabriel Aponte/GettyImages LISTEN TO THE LATEST EPISODE OF 90MIN'S TALKING TRANSFERS PODCAST: JAMES' CHELSEA FUTURE, OSIMHEN LATEST, MAN UTD TAKEOVER UPDATE & MORE Speaking to Colombian television channel Win Sports , Luis Manuel has discussed his son's Foo...

The Champions League hasn't been kind to Barcelona in recent seasons. The Spanish side have exited the competition at the group stages during the last two terms, struggling on both occasions to compete with Bayern Munich, as well as Inter last season and Benfica the campaign before. Of course, the Bundesliga champions also humiliated Barcelona during the 2019/20 campaign, dismantling La Blaugrana 8-2 in that infamous clash. The year before that it was the nightmare trip to Anfield where Barcelona lost 4-0 despite holding a 3-0 aggregate lead from the first leg of the semi-final and the season prior to that was the disastrous 3-0 quarter-final second leg defeat at Roma. All in all, it would be understandable if Barca thought their Champions League curse would never come to an end, but this year offers renewed hope as they enter the com Pet ition as La Liga champions. Xavi's side sit in Pot 1 prior to the draw on Thursday 31 August, but that doesn't guarantee them an easy ...