Lautaro Martínez, Angel Di María and and Paulo Dybala scored the goals as South American champions Argentina produced a masterful performance in the inaugural Finalissima at Wembley.
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Lionel Messi won a trophy at Wembley for the second time in his career; his Barcelona side won 3-1 against Manchester United at the same venue in the 2011 UEFA Champions League final.
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Argentina have won each of their last five meetings with Italy. They won the three most recent, all friendlies, and won 4-3 on penalties in the 1990 FIFA World Cup semi-finals. Italy’s last victory against Argentina was a 3-1 win in a 1987 friendly.
Argentina are unbeaten in 32 international matches (W21 D11); their last defeat was in July 2019 against Brazil in the semi-finals of the Copa América.
Argentina forward Lionel Messi has been named Player of the Match following his side’s 3-0 win against Italy in the 2022 Finalissima at Wembley.
Argentina captain Lionel Messi said ,”Today was a nice test because Italy are a great team. We knew it was going to be a nice game and a nice setting in which to be champions. It was a beautiful final, full of Argentinians. What we experienced here was beautiful.”
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