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Argentina U20 national team lose 2-0 vs. Morocco in U20 World Cup final

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The Argentina U20 national team lost 2-0 against Morocco in the U20 World Cup final.

Diego Placente’s team did not trail the entire U20 World Cup but let in two early goals. Santino Barbi fouled just outside of the penalty area and it was a free kick for Morocco.

Going to Barbi’s side, Yassir Zabiri would score the free kick for the 1-0 lead. Argentina were awarded a free kick minutes later but Carrizo’s effort went wide.

With Morocco leading 1-0, they had a run down their right side and a cross which found Yassir Zabiri and he scored Morocco’s second goal of the match. Mateo Silvetti was substituted in for Valentino Acuña.

Milton Delgado played a pass in to Silvetti who made a run into the penalty area but his effort went wide. Moments after that, Morocco had an effort on goal which was cleared by Villalba.

Argentina would see a lot of the ball but the final ball in attack was not there as they were unable to score.

Argentina U20 starting eleven for U20 World Cup final

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The Argentina U20 starting eleven has been announced for the U20 World Cup final.

Argentina U20 national team coach Diego Placente has announced the starting eleven against Morocco in the final of the U20 World Cup. Maher Carrizo is back in the starting eleven after being suspended in the 1-0 win against Colombia in the semi finals. Here is the starting eleven:

Santino Barbi; Dylan Gorosito, Tobías Ramírez, Tomás Pérez, Juan M. Villalba, Julio Soler; Milton Delgado, Valentino Acuña, Gianluca Prestianni; Maher Carrizo and Alejo Sarco

Emiliano Buendía scores for Aston Villa in 2-1 win vs. Tottenham Hotspur

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Emiliano Buendía scored for Aston Villa in their 2-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur.

Buendía started the match on the bench for Aston Villa but scored after coming in on as a substitute. Rodrigo Bentancur scored to give Tottenham Hotspur the 1-0 lead but Morgan Rogers scored to draw Aston Villa level.

At 1-1, Emiliano Martínez made a save to keep the score at one each. At 1-1, the ball was crossed down to the wing and it found Buendía.

The Argentine would cut inside and score to give Aston Villa the 2-1 lead. The 28 year old now has two goals and one assist for Aston Villa.

Nico Paz scores, assists for Como in 2-0 win vs. Juventus

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Nico Paz scored and assisted for Como in their 2-0 win against Juventus.

The Argentine made it four goals and four assists in seven matches for Como. With the score at 0-0, Paz had the assist on Marc-Oliver Kempf’s goal to give them the 1-0 lead.

At 1-0, Máximo Perrone played a pass to Paz who was out wide. He dribbled inside, beat his marker and his effort beat the goalkeeper for Como’s second goal of the match.

Como have scored nine goals in Serie A and Paz has contributed to eight of them.

Lionel Messi wins MLS Golden Boot with 29 goals in 28 matches

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Lionel Messi won the MLS Golden Boot award, scoring 29 goals in 28 matches.

Messi scored a hat trick and had one assist for Inter Miami in their 5-2 win against Nashville, bringing him to 29 league goals. He finished the MLS regular season with 29 goals, the most in the league to win the MLS Golden Boot award.

The 38 year old finishes with 29 goals and 19 assists.