The world champion midfielder Angel Di Maria ended this Tuesday with a muscle discomfort in the defeat of Benfica in view of Inter by 1 to 0, as a visitor, for group D of the Champions Leaguewhich led to his replacement and puts his presence in doubt for the next double day of the South American Qualifiers.
Di María felt pain 32 minutes into the second half in his right leg in an attacking play and requested a substitution. Once replaced by the Czech David Jurasek, “Fideo” sat on the substitutes’ bench at Milan’s Giuseppe Meazza and had ice applied to the back of his right leg.
Di María’s departure set off the alarm in the Argentine National Team ahead of the next double date of the South American Qualifiers against Paraguay (October 12, in the Más Monumental) and Peru (October 17, in Lima).
The former Real Madrid will undergo studies to determine whether there is an injury or not.
The Italian team won with the goal of French forward Marcus Thuram (ST 17m) and had the forward Lautaro Martínez, world champion in Qatar 2022, as a starter. The “Toro”, captain of Inter, had some situations that he could not specify.
In Benfica, Di María and Nicolas Otamendione of the pillars of the Argentine defense in the last World Cup.
With this result, Inter was the leader with 4 points along with Real Sociedad, from Spain, which in the first round defeated Salzburg, from Austria, with Nicolas Capaldoby 2 to 0, as a visitor.
The Spaniards Mikel Oyarzabal (7m. PT) and Brais Méndez (27m. PT) scored the two goals for the Basque team. Capaldo, with a past at Boca Juniors, entered the home team 20 minutes into the second half.
Real Madrid, from Spain, the top winner of the Champions League with 14 titles, defeated Napoli, from Italy, 3 to 2, as a visitor, at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, in the match valid for group C. The Argentine forward Giovanni Simeone He entered the Naples team with 3 minutes left.
For group A, Galatasaray, from Türkiye, with a goal from Mauro Icardigave the note with the 3-2 victory, as a visitor, against Manchester United, of England, which included the entry of the youth Alejandro Garnacho and suffered his second defeat in a row.
Icardi, former Inter and Paris Saint Germain, from France, missed a penalty (ST 32m) when the game was 2-2, but had revenge with 10 minutes remaining when he chipped the ball before the departure of Cameroonian goalkeeper André Onana. The Rosario attacker scored his twelfth goal in the Champions League and his first with the Turkish team in this competition.
Champions League – Date 2
Group A: Copenhagen 1-Bayern Munich 2.
Group B: PSV Eindovhen (Walter Benítez) 2-Sevilla (Lucas Ocampos and Marcos Acuña); Lens (Facundo Medina) 2-Arsenal 1.
Group C: Union Berlin 2 – Braga 3
Tomorrow:
Group E: Atlético de Madrid-Feyenoord (1:45 p.m., Fox Sports and Star+); Celtic-Lazio (4:00 p.m., Fox Sports 2 and Star+).
Group F: Borussia Dortmund-Milan (4:00 p.m., ESPN 3 and Star+); Newcastle-PSG (16:00, ESPN 2 and Star+)
Group G: Leipzig-Manchester City (4:00 p.m., ESPN and Star+); Estrella Roja-Young Boys (16:00, Star+).
Group H: Antwerp-Shaktar (1:45 p.m., Fox Sports 2 and Star+); Porto-Barcelona (4:00 p.m., Fox Sports and Star+).
Source: Ambito
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