2024-04-21 20:41:00
River Plate y Boca Juniorsthe two giants of soccer in Argentina, faced each other in the playoffs of the League Cup, at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in Córdoba, in what was an early final. Xeneize beat Millonario by 3 to 2 in an attractive superclassic with controversies and qualified for the semifinals.
Miguel Merentiel with a double46 minutes into the first half and 21 minutes into the complement, y Edinson Cavani, at 17 of the second half, They gave the victory to the cast of La Ribera.
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The front Miguel Borja, 9 minutes into the first stage, He had overtaken Núñez’s team, while Paulo Díaz, at 51 minutes into the second half, scored.
With this result, Boca extended its undefeated streak in superclásicos through national cups and will face Estudiantes de La Plata in the semifinals.
The meeting began with an intense role of River, in which he resorted to a suffocating game, with the last line advanced, which allowed him to cut off Boca’s intentions and be able to hurt the unbalancing footballers from midfield onwards.
This was the key for those led by Martín Demichelis to quickly open the scoring, since Paulo Díaz cut off the rival advance and from there, a lethal counterattack was born that had the assistance of Claudio Echeverri so that Borja with a subtle finish made it 1-0.
As the minutes pass, River lost the intensity that characterized it during the match and Boca took advantage of this to corner him and little by little be more sharp in the offensive advances. Although he was dominated, the Millionaire seemed to have the situation under control. However, before the break Merentiel achieved equality following a great run by Luis Advínculawho beat Aliendro in the race and launched a cross behind.
Already in the complement, the match had a captivating back and forth, but The controversy took over the scene: Cristian Lema converted once morest his own fence. Although the ball seemed to enter from different angles, the VAR determined that it did not enter and the goal was annulled.
This meant lethality for Núñez’s team, because minutes later, in a flurry of goals, Boca settled the dispute with Cavani, who headed in an exquisite center from Kevin Zenón, and then with a Merentiel counterblow who put history 3 to 1 with his personal double.
The two blows ended up breaking the illusions of a River whose papers were burned and although it forced the attacks, He barely managed to score in the last minute with Díaz. However, it was not enough for the Millionaire to twist the result to get into the top four of the tournament.
River and Boca fans filled the stands of the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium and they starred in a shocking welcome upon the return of both audiences in a Superclásico. With the departure of both teams together, the stadium erupted and the weather reached its peak in Córdoba territory, where a duel between Millonario and Xeneize once once more has supporters from both teams.
Martin Demicheliscoach of the Núñez team, had two doubts in the formation of the team, they were regarding the figures of the defender Paulo Diaz and the forward Miguel Borja. The first suffered a knee discomfort in the 3-1 visit once morest Instituto, while the second suffered from muscle overload in the hamstring of his left leg.
Finally, River’s coaching staff demanded them once more, as in the last three days, and considered that they are ready to start the new edition of the Superclásico. Therefore, The team will be practically the same that defeated Gloriaonly the modification of the Colombian scorer will be given instead of Pablo Solari.
For its part, Boca will have two modifications with respect to the victory once morest Godoy Cruz: the first has to do with the return of Lautaro Blancowho met a suspension date, for Marcelo Saracchi. The second entry will be mandatory, since Christian Medina (scorer of the goal in the last Superclásico) was sent off and his place will be replaced by the youth team Jabes Saraleguiwho already has a start once morest River.
The history of River and Boca facing the Superclásico
In it record By AFA tournaments, “Xeneize” surpasses “Millonario” in the total number of matches but, by national cups, those from Núñez dominate over those from La Ribera.
After almost two months since the last match that ended tied at the Monumental stadium, River and Boca meet once more in the 263rd edition of the Argentine soccer Superclásico since its first record on August 24, 1913 on the Racing Club field. Avellaneda.
As for the national cups recognized by the AFARiver and Boca faced each other 15 times with a statistic in favor of the River Plate team: 5 wins, 8 draws and only two Boca victories that occurred in the 1946 British Competition and, the most recent, in the 2022 League Cup.
Discriminating the national cups between amauterism and professionalismthe “Millonario” has a minimal advantage of one match over the already mentioned two victories of the “Xeneize”.
As for Professional League Cup Concerning, there were only five confrontations with one win for each side and three draws. The last meeting dates back to February 26 of this year when Demichelis’ River and Diego Martínez’s Boca tied 1 to 1.
For its part, at the general levelthe history speaks of 262 matches with a difference in favor of Boca: 91 victories, 86 for River and 85 draws but, going to the matches played under the orbit of the Argentine Football Association, riverplatenses and boquenses faced each other 229 times with 80 victories for those from La Ribera, 74 equalities and 76 triumphs for those from Núñez.
In the event of a tie in the Superclásico, as in the rest of the League Cup quarterfinal matches, the definition will be from the penalty spot; That is to say, there is no extension. River and Boca starred in five official penalty shootoutsof which four were hand in hand.
- 02/05/1989: Tournament. Boca 0 (3) – (4) 0 River
- 10/13/1994: Boca Super Cup 1 (5) – (4) 1 River
- 06/17/2004: Copa Libertadores. River 2 (4) – (5) 1 Mouth
- 16/05/2021: League Cup. Boca 1 (4) – (2) 1 River
- 08/04/2021: Argentine Cup River 0 (4) – (1) 0 Boca
Since the beginning of professionalism in 1930, the two most popular clubs in Argentina They saw each other 217 times with 77 wins for Boca, 70 draws and 70 victories for River.
Before the match: the Police seized alcoholic beverages and knives from Boca fans
Today, the Police of the province of Córdoba seized alcoholic beverages, flares and sharp objects at the entrance of Boca fans who will witness the Superclásico this followingnoon at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium.
The Córdoba Ministry of Security carries out a series of operations to avoid incidents in the match being held for the quarterfinals of the League Cup between River and Boca.
In one of the controls on the buses of the “Xeneize” fans, who left from La Bombonera, the officers seized alcoholic beverages, scissors, knives of different sizes, pliers, cutters, forks and a chainin addition to pyrotechnic elements such as flares and smoke cans.
The operation was carried out on National Route 8, hours before the duel that will determine which team will enter the semifinals of the contest.
Team formations
River: Franco Armani; Andrew Herrera, Leandro Gonzalez, Paulo Diaz, Enzo Diaz; Rodrigo Aliendro, Rodrigo Villagra; Ignatius Fernandez, Claudio Echeverri; Michael Borja and Facundo Collidio. DT: Martin Demichelis.
Boca: Sergio Romero; Luis Advíncula, Cristian Lema, Marcos Rojo, Lautaro Blanco; Jabes Saralegui, Guillermo Fernández, Ezequiel Fernández, Kevin Zenón; Miguel Merentiel and Edinson Cavani. DT: Diego Martínez.
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