Boca Juniors drew 2-2 against Argentinos Juniors on Saturday in a lively match, winning the first ticket to the Diego Maradona Cup final of Argentine football, while River Plate was dropped from the title fight by dropping 2. 0 with Independent.
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Boca, who set up a multiple-substitution formation, recovered from an unfavorable start, as Argentinos started better and took the lead with a goal from Diego Sosa (9).
The ‘Xeneize’ team turned the score around with goals from Mauro Zárate (24), after a brilliant assist from Colombian Edwin Cardona, and Ramón Wanchope Abila (60), who missed a penalty in the first half (42), which he raised. above the crossbar.
Boca seemed to be heading for the final, but Fausto Vera (87) was a draw for Argentinos, who had to win to become a finalist.
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For example, Boca finished at the top of group A of the championship phase with 9 points, followed by River (8 and goal difference +1) and Argentinos Juniors (8 and 0), and in the final of the Maradona Cup they will compete against the winner of the group. B, to be announced on Sunday, with Banfield, Talleres de Córdoba and Gimnasia La Plata as candidates to get the other ticket for the definition.
In addition to playing the Maradona Cup final next week, Boca has the Copa Libertadores as its main target, which is why it reserved most of its starters for the semi-final revenge against Brazilian Santos, who will play in Vila next Wednesday. Belmiro after equaling 0-0 in the first match.
On the other hand, River had a good chance of fighting for a place in the final against the already eliminated Independiente, but the ‘Rojo’, who even had no technical director for the last few hours due to the resignation of Lucas Pusineri, surprised him. with a double from the skilled Alan Velasco (24 and 40), in a duel that showed the ‘Millionaires’ in bad shape.
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Like Boca, River will play all or nothing in the other Copa Libertadores semi-finals next Tuesday, when it visits Palmeiras in Sao Paulo. Those led by Marcelo Gallardo have to overcome three goals as visitors, after a 3-0 fall in the first match.
– Vélez is making progress in the complement phase –
For the Complement phase, Vélez took over Group B and went to the definition of this round by beating Godoy Cruz 3-2.
In the group B table, Vélez moved Newell’s from first place, who retired from the tournament with a 3-1 defeat on their visit to Racing, a team last led by coach Sebastián Beccacece, who previously announced his departure . a couple of weeks.
In addition to the defeat, Racing regretted that Chilean goalkeeper Gabriel Arias was injured before the end of the game.
For Complement Phase Group A, Rosario Central finished first, despite a 2-0 loss in their visit to Lanús.
Despite this defeat, Central, who has 10 points and a goal difference of +6, is close to qualifying for the final, although he must hope that Defensa y Justicia (7 points and 0 difference) will not beat him with 6 or more goals. Aldosivi, in a match postponed to Thursday due to the cases of Covid-19 in the ‘Falcon’ aurivered.
The winner of the first final of the Champion Phase will qualify for the next Copa Libertadores, while the duel between the best of the Complementation Phase and the loser of the first final will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana-2022.