Italy vs Argentina Finalissima 2022 Updates: Argentina win Finalissima, trashing Italy

Argentina lifted the Finalissima trophy after beating Italy by 3-0 at the Wembley Stadium, London. The Copa America Champions showed their strength with a wonderful outing against the Italians.

Lautaro Martinez opened the scoring in the 28th minute after Lionel Messi served a delicious assist. Angel Di Maria doubled the lead just before half time with Martinez providing this time around. Dybala completed the scoring at the death to seal the beautiful win.

Lautaro Martínez, Ángel Di María and Paulo Dybala scored to lead Argentina to a 3-0 victory over Italy on Wednesday in the first Finalissima meeting of the South American and European champions. The opener was created by Lionel Messi’s solo brilliance taking him past Giovanni Di Lorenzo and the Argentina captain squared for Martínez to slot past goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma in the 28th minute.

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Martínez turned creator in first-half stoppage time by threading a pass through for Di María to chip Donnarumma, having got past Giorgio Chiellini. The 37-year-old Italy captain came off at halftime of his 117th and final international appearance. The win was wrapped up in the fourth minute of stoppage time with Messi again providing the assist — this time for the substitute Dybala to strike low into the net.