Today begins a new edition of the UEFA Champions League that, as always, will feature Argentine players in the best teams that will seek to lift the maximum continental European football tournament in Istanbul on June 10, 2023.
All participants must submit a list of the players who are eligible to play in the group stage. In this edition, 25 Argentine soccer players will be present at this stage of the Champions League.
The particularity in this edition is that only 2 of the 25 Argentines have already lifted the trophy. These are Lionel Messi and Ángel Di María. The first, with Barcelona, won the title 4 times: 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015. While “El Fideo” was champion of this tournament only once. It was in 2014 with Real Madrid when he was one of the figures in the white team’s 4-1 victory in extra time against Atlético de Madrid in Lisbon.
In addition to the two recently mentioned, the other 23 Argentines who will participate in the group stage will be:
1. Julian Alvarez (Manchester City)
2. Cristian Romero (Tottenham)
3. Nahuel Molina Lucero (Athletic Madrid)
4. Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
5. Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
6. Alejandro Gomez (Seville)
7. Marcos Acuna (Seville)
8. Gonzalo Montiel (Seville)
9. Erik Lamela (Seville)
10. Joaquin Correa (Inter)
11. Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
12. Matias Soule (Juventus)
13. Giovanni Simeone (Napoli)
14. Lucas Alario (Eintracht Frankfurt)
15. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
16. Leandro Paredes (Juventus)
17. Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
18. Lucas Ocampos (Ajax)
19. Lisandro Magellan (Ajax)
20. Nicolas Capaldo (RB Salzburg)
21. Alexandro Bernabei (Celtic)
22. Enzo Fernandez (Benfica)
23. Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica)
It should be noted that Julián Álvarez, Enzo Fernández, Alexandro Bernabei, Matías Soulé, Nahuel Molina, Giovanni Simeone and Exequiel Palacios will be making their presentation in the UEFA Champions League.
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