Boca and River matched 2-2 in the Argentine Super Classic for the Diego Maradona Cup. The millionaires had come back with goals from Girotti and Borré, but the Colombian Villa arrived to sign the match as it neared its end.
It was a duel worthy of a classic, with strong tackles, blows the referee didn’t look at and controversial decisions. It should be noted that both teams have saved several headlines as they play the Copa Libertadores semi-finals in the middle of the other week.
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The locals started to win early in the game with a goal scored by forward Wanchope Ábila in the 9th minute. An inattention on the part of the defense when he failed to cut a long cross from defender Emanuel Más reached the shooter who was swept to deploy it.
This is how the first half ended, the second was different. River made changes, Gallardo sent the headlines he had saved and the level he had shown was shown. Within minutes they were on the scoreboard.
With only two minutes left on the court, young Federico Girotti appeared to balance the game with a header on a cross sent from the right by Gonzalo Montiel. Gallardo celebrated with everything as Boca had shaken him well in the beginning.
But at 31 minutes from complement, River went from less to more and the game turned around. The Colombian Santos Borré turned the millionaires who played with an extra man by the expulsion of Campuzano. He came to the center of the power plants to run a center of Mathías Suárez and was thought to be the band’s classic.
You cannot close your eyes in these duels. Midfielder Enzo Pérez lost his head at the end of the game, leaving his team in danger and this was taken advantage of by the Xeneizes as Villa’s equalizer appeared at 41 after a phenomenal pass from Carlitos Tévez.
The meeting was held behind closed doors due to the pandemic coronavirus And with that, football is launched this new year in Argentina, one of the countries hardest hit by Covid-19.
ALIGNMENTS
River Plate: Franco Armani, Montiel, Rojas, Pinola, Diaz; Zucchini, Enzo Pérez, De la Cruz, Carrascal, Borré and Beltrán. DT Marcelo Gallardo
Boca Juniors: Esteban Andrada, Buffarini, Zambrano, Izquierdoz, Más, Campuzano, Capaldo, Cardona, Zárate, Villa and Wanchope Ábila. DT Miguel Ángel Russo