Argentina moves to clarify Sergio Aguero's fitness status amid World Cup doubts Sergio Aguero is recovering after surgery on his left knee and will start treatment soon, Argentina's football association confirmed on Wednesday amid uncertainty about the player's fitness for this summer's World Cup.To get more soccer news, you can visit shine news official website.
The Manchester City striker suffered from pain in his knee since March 11 and was forced out of action for Argentina in two friendlies at the end of March. On Tuesday, Aguero underwent surgery in Barcelona and will be sidelined for at least four weeks. Argentina's first game the World Cup in Russia is on June 16 against Iceland. The AFA said on its Twitter account that Aguero "is recovering correctly after the surgery and tomorrow (Thursday) will begin his treatment."How about we all take a step back and keep the hell away from that Pandora's Box? That means you, Marca, who saw fit to devote Tuesday's front page to the following concept: the accusations of pro-Real Madrid refereeing bias might hurt Zinedine Zidane's team against Bayern Munich.
And you, Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, who accused UEFA head of refereeing Pierluigi Collina (who happens to be Italian) of being so obsessed with appearing transparent and unbiased that he ends up penalizing Serie A clubs. You too, Medhi Benatia, who compared events at the Bernabeu last week to a "rape" and, when an Italian comedian called him out on it, replied "if you'd like to try it out, I'm at the [training ground] every day... you can put it wherever you like." And, as much as it pains everyone who has admired your career, you too, Gigi Buffon, who -- while saying on Sunday that the way you expressed yourself was over the top -- stood by your basic concept: that calling a match-deciding penalty when the game is about to go to extra time is wrong because you should "let the pitch do the talking."As for the pond scum who littered social media as well as the offline world with threats and abuse toward referee Michael Oliver and his wife, Lucy, they don't need to take a step back.
Instead, they need to be identified, exposed, named and shamed to their wives, children and employers as well as face criminal charges where applicable. But back to the folks who really should know better. Amid the chaos, Max Allegri said it best on Tuesday. "Let's not waste energy on this stuff," said the Juventus manager. "This is life, we're part of the show. It's over. I don't want to hear one more of my players go back to this. It's been a week. We're done." He's right. Not just because lost amid the chaos of the penalty and the red card was one basic fact: Juventus had roundly defeated Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, putting three goals past them. That matched Madrid's heaviest home defeat in a European knockout tie. (Spartak Moscow beat them 3-1 in the 1990-91 European Cup quarterfinal, except unlike Juve, they weren't 3-0 down on aggregate when the match kicked off.)
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