Although Messi is isolated due to the "crown", in 2022, the Argentine striker is still unlimited. In the early hours of yesterday morning, Atletico Madrid's Correa staged a good second game, helping the team beat Vallecano 2-0 at home, which was the first two times in the New Year for Argentine stars in Europe's five major leagues. In the early morning of this morning Beijing time, Sevilla won 1-0 away to Cadiz, and Argentine striker Ocampos scored the only goal, which is also the first winning goal of argentine stars in the five major leagues in Europe in the New Year.
This morning's La Liga game, Sevilla's three Argentine stars, Ocampos, Gomez and Akulia, started at the same time. In the 57th minute, taking advantage of a corner kick opportunity, Sevilla formed a melee inside the Cadiz penalty area, and finally, with a gentle pass by Rakitic, Ocampos scored from a tight angle! And that goal was also the only goal of the game.
In fact, Ocampos also had a great chance to break in the 63rd minute, when Sevilla launched an attack on the left side, and the ball fell to the feet of Ocampos on the right side of the penalty area, although no one was watching, but the Argentine forward dominated the goal this time, and the ball was slightly off the far post. It's a shame that the goal wasn't scored.
However, the most unfortunate thing about Ocampos came last year. He was once a popular striker for the Argentine national team, but at last year's Copa America and the copa America preliminaries before and after that, Ocampos missed the national team for a long time (which of course has to do with his injury and his condition). Last year, not winning the Copa America with Argentina was the most regrettable thing for Ocampos.
However, this year is the year of the World Cup, and Ocampos' form has gotten better and better, counting this morning's goal, Ocampos has scored 5 goals in La Liga this season. At present, the La Liga schedule is just over halfway through, and Sevilla is only five points behind the leaders Real Madrid in the case of one game less, and there is still hope of winning the title.
Sevilla are the top five European league teams with the most Argentine stars, and if Ocampos can help Sevilla win the La Liga title in a key game, he will most likely be selected for the Argentine national team. In particular, Argentina has 4 South American world preliminaries this year, and Scaloni will definitely use these 4 games to grind out the strongest main force and substitute lineup. Depending on the strength, Ocampos has the opportunity to become Lautaro's replacement.