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Boca Juniors are crowned Copa de la Liga champions after defeating Tigre 3-0 in the final

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Boca Juniors defeated 3-0 Tigre in the Copa de la Liga 2022 final and were crowned champions this Sunday.

Marcos Rojo, Frank Fabra and Luis Vázquez scored for the “Xeneizes” with the match played in Córdoba, at the Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium.

Former Argentina defender Marcos Rojo opened the score right before half-time with a powerful header which Tigre’s goalkeeper was not able to manage. Already in the second half, when the team from Victoria was close to finding the equalizer, the Colombian left-back Frank Fabra made it 2-0 with a stunning kick from outside the box that hit the post before going in.

With Tigre’s players demoralized and five minutes remaining, the young promising forward, Luis Vázquez, who had entered a few minutes before to replace Darío Benedetto, closed the score with a decisive header.

With this win, Boca Juniors reached their 72nd title in their history.

Joaquín Correa scores twice for Inter in 3-0 win vs. Sampdoria

Joaquín Correa scored twice for Inter in their 3-0 win vs. Sampdoria.

Correa ended the season with two goals but it wasn’t enough for Inter to win the league. City rivals AC Milan were crowned league champions.

For Inter, they were leading 1-0 when Joaquín would get the ball inside the penalty area and a first time effort by Correa as he would curl one into the corner of the goal.

The Argentine would make it 3-0 with a great individual effort. He would dribble in the penalty area and with Lautaro with him, he wouldn’t need to make the pass as he would score.

He would finish the season with six goals.

Ángel Di María scores, assists twice in PSG farewell match, Lionel Messi assists

Ángel Di María scored, assisted twice and had an emotional farewell match for PSG with Lionel Messi also assisting.

Di María played his final match for the club. After seven years at the club, he will not be continuing with the league champions.

In PSG’s last league match of the season, both Lionel Messi and Ángel Di María started. It was Di María who got the assist on the first goal for Kylian Mbappe as his pass went between two Metz players and Mbappe would dribble around the goalkeeper and score.

Lionel Messi would get his assist on the second goal. A great play by PSG with Lionel Messi playing a through ball to Mbappe and he would score the second goal of the match.

Messi would play a pass in to Di María and he would pass it to Neymar for the goal. It was Di María’s second assist.

It was Messi who hit the volley and his effort hit the post with Di María getting the rebound. Di María dribbled around the defender and scored his last goal for the club.

He was in tears following his goal as PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino would substitute Di María out of the match. The PSG players would give him a guard of honor while he left the pitch.

The Argentine leaves PSG with 92 goals and a record 112 assists in 295 matches.

Nicolás González scores for Fiorentina in 2-0 win vs. Juventus

Nicolás González scored for Fiorentina in their 2-0 win vs. Juventus.

González scored the second goal of the match, a penalty for Fiorentina. With Fiorentina leading 1-0, it was the Argentine who took the penalty as the goalkeeper went the wrong way and he placed the ball into the bottom corner of the goal.

With the win, Fiorentina have qualified for next season’s Conference League. González ends the season with seven goals in the league and has been selected for the Argentina national team for next month’s Finalissima match against Italy.

Gio Simeone scores for Verona in 3-3 draw vs. Lazio

Gio Simeone scored for Verona in their 3-3 draw vs. Lazio.

Simeone finished the season with a goal. A cross into the penalty area found the Argentine as his header gave Verona in the 1-0 lead.

The 26 year old ends his season with 17 league goals in 35 matches for the club. As we reported a few weeks ago, Verona could end up keeping Simeone who is on loan from Cagliari.