Young Argentines Santiago Castro and Benjamín Domínguez won the 2025 Coppa Italia with Bologna after defeating AC Milan 1-0 in the final on Wednesday at the Stadio Olimpico.
Santiago Castro started the match for Bologna and finished the tournament as the top assist provider, with three assists.
This marks Bologna’s first title in 51 years—the last one being the 1974 Coppa Italia. With this victory, the club has now won the Coppa Italia three times in its history.
It is also the first professional title in the careers of both Castro and Domínguez.
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) and the tech company Win Investments have launched a new project that will let fans and investors from all over the world invest in football players through blockchain technology.
The launch took place at the Lionel Andrés Messi training center in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires. It follows a partnership announced in February 2025 between AFA and Win. Thanks to this project, all football clubs in Argentina — from the top league to regional divisions — can now access Win’s financial system through the AFA.
The goal of the project is to help clubs get money in advance by turning their player development rights and future transfer earnings into digital tokens. These tokens can be bought by fans and investors. This system is supported by FIFA, making AFA the first football association in the world to officially use this kind of tool.
“This is a very important project for all of Argentine football and for every club,” said AFA President Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia. “Thanks to FIFA, we now have a way to allow fans to be part of a player’s journey, no matter the club or country. It’s a big step forward.”
Tapia also added, “Now anyone, anywhere in the world, can discover a young player and invest in their future. This is something new in world football, and today is a very special day.”
Valentín Jaremtchuk, CEO and co-founder of Win Investments, said, “This is a historic agreement. AFA is the first football federation to make our solution official. Now all Argentine clubs can use our system, and fans can be part of the transfer market.”
He also mentioned that fans can invest in big names like Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala, Lautaro Martínez, and Enzo Fernández. “More than 650 fans have already won through our platform, and some of them joined us at the event,” he said.
Fans can use the Win app (on Android and iOS) to invest in player tokens starting from just 1,000 Argentine pesos — less than one U.S. dollar.
Facundo Buonanotte scored for Leicester City in their 2-2 away draw against Nottingham Forest on Matchday 36 of the Premier League.
The Argentine came on in the 61st minute and, 20 minutes later, with his team trailing 2-1, received a pass from Jamie Vardy. He drove into the box, faked a shot with his left foot, then finished with his right into the back of the net to equalize for his team.
After a strong second half of 2025 in which Buonanotte earned several starts, the 20-year-old Argentine has seen limited playing time in 2026—a season that will end with Leicester’s relegation to the second division.
Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano spoke at a press conference following their 4-1 away loss to Minnesota, which marked the team’s fourth defeat in their last five matches.
“We didn’t play the game we wanted. In the first half, we had control and possession, but two plays—especially due to lapses in concentration—caused us a lot of damage in a match we had under control,” said Mascherano.
Regarding Marcelo Weigandt’s own goal, Mascherano stated: “Both the second and third goals really hurt us. The second one, because going into halftime down by just one goal keeps you within reach of an equalizer—and the way we conceded it, through a mistake, made it worse. The third goal came when we were in a good phase of the match and it killed us.”
“We initially controlled the game, but it’s never easy to attack a team that defends deep like Minnesota did. There wasn’t much space to attack in the final third, and without space, it’s very hard to create clear chances.”
“Every time we were attacking, unfortunately, we were very vulnerable on transitions after losing the ball. That’s what worries me the most. If the players’ performance drops, the responsibility is entirely mine. In the end, there’s a coach—and if the players aren’t convinced by what the coach is proposing, it’s the coach’s fault.”
Inter Miami’s next match is on Wednesday, May 14, away against the San Jose Earthquakes.
Lionel Messi scored for Inter Miami in their 4-1 away loss to Minnesota on Matchday 12 of Major League Soccer.
With his team losing 2-0 in the 48th minute, the Argentine legend received a pass from Jordi Alba inside the box, controlled it, and fired a low, left-footed shot across goal to pull one back for the Florida side.
Javier Mascherano’s team has now lost four of their last five matches. They were eliminated from the Concacaf Champions League last week and currently sit fourth in the Eastern Conference standings, with one more game to play than the other teams.
