2022 Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional explained

2022 Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional
Event:	Trofeo de Campeones (LPF)
Team1:	Boca Juniors
Team1score:	1
Team2:	Racing
Team2score:	2
Details:	The match was ended before the end of extra time
Date:	^[1] ^[2]
Stadium:	Estadio Único
City:	Villa Mercedes
Referee:	Facundo Tello
Previous:	2021
Next:	2023

The 2022 Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional (officially the Trofeo de Campeones Binance 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of the Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional, an annual football match contested by the winners of Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional competitions, similar to the defunct Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina.^[3]

As Boca Juniors won both championships, 2022 Primera División and 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional, Racing and Tigre (runners-up of the aforementioned competitions) played a semi-final to define the rival of Boca Juniors.^[1] Racing defeated Tigre by a 3–2 score.^[4]

The final was played on 6 November 2022 at Estadio Único in Villa Mercedes, between Boca Juniors and Racing.^[5] Racing won their first title after the referee finished the match before the end of extra time after five Boca Juniors players had been sent off with Racing leading the score 2–1.^{[6] [7]} The decision was taken according to the laws of the game, which rule that each team must have a minimum of seven players on field, otherwise the match can't be started or continued.^[8]

Qualified teams

	width=100px	Team	Qualification	Previous app.
1		2022 Primera División and 2022 Copa LPF champions	(None)
2		2022 Copa LPF runners-up	(None)
		2022 Primera División runners-up	(None)

Notes

Matches

Semi-final

GK	23	Gonzalo Marinelli (c)
DF	17
DF	36
DF	6
DF	20	Sebastián Prieto
MF	16	Alexis Castro
MF	42	Ezequiel Fernández
MF	10
FW	18
FW	32
FW	11
Substitutes:
GK	1	Manuel Roffo
DF	4
DF	8	Martín Galmarini
DF	14	Diego Sosa
DF	30
MF	5
MF	25
MF	26	Ezequiel Forclaz
MF	27
FW	7	Pablo Magnín
FW	9	Ijiel Protti
FW	29
Manager:
Diego Martínez

GK	21	Gabriel Arias
DF	4	Iván Pillud (c)
DF	30	Leonardo Sigali
DF	33
DF	5
MF	11
MF	29	Aníbal Moreno
MF	22	Carlos Alcaraz
FW	10
FW	9
FW	17
Substitutes:
GK	13	Matías Tagliamonte
DF	6	Lucas Orbán
DF	8
DF	12	Fernando Prado
DF	34
DF	48
MF	14	Maico Quiroz
MF	19	Leonel Miranda
MF	23
MF	31	Catriel Cabellos
FW	7
FW	15
Manager:
Fernando Gago

Assistant referees Facundo Rodríguez José Savorani Fourth official Hernán Mastrángelo Video assistant referee Fernando Espinoza Assistant video assistant referee Héctor Paletta

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

Final

Marcos Rojo, Exequiel Zeballos (Boca Juniors), Emiliano Vecchio and Enzo Copetti (Racing) were ruled out of the final due to injuries. Edwin Cardona was excluded from Racing.

GK	1	Agustín Rossi
DF	17
DF	5
DF	4
DF	18
MF	8	Guillermo Fernández (c)
MF	33
MF	20
FW	29
FW	38
FW	22
Substitutes:
GK	13	Javier García
DF	3
DF	39	Gabriel Aranda
DF	57	Marcelo Weigandt
MF	10
MF	14	Esteban Rolón
MF	16	Aaron Molinas
MF	23
MF	36
FW	9
FW	27	Nicolás Orsini
FW	41
Manager:

GK	21	Gabriel Arias
DF	34
DF	30	Leonardo Sigali (c)
DF	33	Gonzalo Piovi
DF	5
MF	11
MF	29	Aníbal Moreno
MF	10
FW	7
FW	15	Maximiliano Romero
FW	17
Substitutes:
GK	13	Matías Tagliamonte
DF	2	Juan José Cáceres
DF	4
DF	6	Lucas Orbán
DF	8
DF	12	Fernando Prado
DF	48
MF	14	Maico Quiroz
MF	19
MF	22
MF	23
MF	31	Catriel Cabellos
Manager:
Fernando Gago

Assistant referees Cristian Navarro Sebastián Raineri Fourth official Leandro Rey Hilfer Fifth official Gerardo Carretero Video assistant referee Diego Abal Assistant video assistant referees Lucas Novelli Diego Verlotta

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

Finished because of laws of the game rule 3 infringement.^[8]

Statistics

Overall^[9]

	Boca Juniors	Racing
scope=row	Goals scored	1	2
scope=row	Total shots	16	18
scope=row	Shots on target	5	10
scope=row	Ball possession	47%	53%
scope=row	Corner kicks	3	4
scope=row		17	21
scope=row	Offsides	2	2
scope=row	Yellow cards	7	5
scope=row	Red cards	7	3

Notes and References

1. https://www.minutouno.com/deportes/trofeo-campeones/tigre-racing-jugaran-desempate-enfrentar-boca-n5565951 Trofeo de Campeones: Tigre-Racing jugarán desempate para enfrentar a Boca
2. https://www.tycsports.com/racing-club/las-finales-que-jugara-racing-por-mas-titulos-id472920.html La revancha que tendrá Racing para cerrar 2022 con un título
3. Web site: Se juega el Trofeo de Campeones . 14 September 2019 . SAF . Spanish . 12 December 2021 . 6 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191206095845/https://www.superliga.futbol/institucional/noticia/se-juega-el-trofeo-de-campeones . dead .
4. Web site: Trofeo de campeones: Racing derrotó 3-2 a Tigre y jugará la final ante Boca . 2 November 2022 . AFA . Spanish.
5. Web site: Boca espera el desempate entre Racing y Tigre para definir el Trofeo de Campeones en La Pedrera . 30 October 2022 . Agencia de Noticias San Luis . Spanish.
6. Web site: 6 November 2022 . Boca vs. Racing, final ESCANDALOSO por el Trofeo de Campeones: resultado, resumen, goles, polémicas y más - TyC Sports . 15 January 2023 . TYC Sports . es-AR.
7. https://www.infobae.com/deportes/2022/11/06/boca-juniors-vs-racing-club-en-vivo-hora-tv-formaciones-y-todo-lo-que-hay-que-saber-del-trofeo-de-campeones/ En un final con polémica, Racing derrotó 2-1 a Boca Juniors, que quedó con 6 jugadores, y ganó el Trofeo de Campeones
8. https://downloads.theifab.com/downloads/laws-of-the-game-2022-23?l=en Law 1: the players – Number of players
9. Web site: ARGENTINA - TROFEO DE CAMPEONES 2022 - COMPARATIVA . 6 November 2022 . AFA . Spanish.