Wembley will dress up this Wednesday to receive two teams that were champions in their continents to play the new Finalissima 2022. Italy, monarch of the European Championship, faces Argentina, which is the current winner of the Copa América.
The representatives of UEFA and Conmebol will measure forces in London with different realities. Argentina arrives after being champion of America, qualifying for the Qatar World Cup 2022 and maintaining a streak of 31 games in a row without losing.
While Italy will miss its second World Cup in a row by falling against Macedonia from the North in the European playoffs. A situation that again disappointed an entire country that had hoped for the Euro, precisely by defeating England in the Wembley final.
“It’s a nice test to keep growing, to keep improving and to get to the first World Cup match in the best way. we want to win it”, declared Lionel Messi to T and C Sports. He stated that the group is excited to add a new official title to the list of winners.
Trophy 🏆 and official ball ⚽️ of the Finalissima
🎫550 thousand tickets sold at Wembley
🇦🇷 60 a thousand are Argentines
🇮🇹 5 thousand are Italian
👥The rest of different nationalities
⭐️ It’s an official title🇮🇹 Italy 🆚 Argentina 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/A6DvjReaXP
— Raúl Zambrano Cabello (@RaulZambrano7) May 31, 2022
Argentina already knows what it means to win this trophy, which has now been remodeled. They won the Champions Cup, which used to be called Artemio Franchi, in 1993 with Diego Armando Maradona. While the first edition had been won by France in 1985 against Uruguay.
La Albiceleste will embark on their way to Qatar 1985, a World Cup in which they are paired in Group C along with Mexico, Poland and Saudi Arabia .
These two teams played 15 times in its history. Six times Italy won, four times Argentina triumphed and they drew five times. The last time was 15 March 2018 in a friendly match played at Etihad Stadium that the South Americans won 2-0 with goals from Ever Banega and Manuel Lanzini.
Probable lineups:
Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Emerson Palmieri; Nicolo Barella, Jorginho, Matteo Pessina; Federico Bernardeschi, Andrea Belotti, Lorenzo Insigne. DT: Roberto Mancini.
Argentina: Emiliano Martínez; Juan Foyth, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Marcos Acuña; Rodrigo DePaul, Guido Rodríguez, Giovani Lo Celso; Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez, Angel Di Maria. DT: Lionel Scaloni.
Technical sheet
Date: June 1, 2022
Schedule: 11: 45 Pacific PM / 2: 45 Eastern PM
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
USA Broadcast: Fox Sports 1 USA (TV) / Fubo TV, Sling TV, Foxsports.com , ViX, FOX Sports App, Vidgo and Fox Sports GO (Streaming).
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