At 90+8', Gonzalo Piovi scored the 2-1 to give the title to the Academy in Abu Dhabi. Luis Advíncula played the entire match.
Boca Juniors, with Luis Advíncula throughout the match, lost 2-1 to Racing Club, who won the International Super Cup, played at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).
The defender Facundo Roncaglia (17') opened the scoring for Xeneize, but the Colombian Johan Carbonero (20') quickly equalized for Racing, and Gonzalo Piovi (90+8') scored the penalty for the 2-1 for the Academy.
Thus, Racing, led by Fernando Gago, celebrated again against Boca in a final, as they had also overcome the 'xeneizes' in the Trofeo de Campeones played last November in a scandalous match that had 10 expulsions between both teams.
Racing starts the season better, which will continue with the start of the Argentine Professional League, which will begin next week, and in which Boca defends the title.
PREMATCH
Boca Juniors and Racing Club, the two best-performing teams in the 2022 season in Argentina, will face each other at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi to play the first edition of the International Super Cup.
Last year Boca won the local League Cup and then the Professional League, while Racing missed an incredible opportunity by missing a penalty and losing 2-1 to River Plate in injury time.
But the Academy found consolation by beating Xeneize 2-1 in the Trophy of Champions played shortly afterwards, in a scandalous match that ended with ten expulsions and with Boca at a disadvantage.
Still with the fresh memory of that controversial final played on November 6 last year in San Luis, Boca and Racing will meet again, now thousands of kilometers away from Argentina in a match with a scent of revenge.
On Boca's side, the doubts are in the goal as the usual goalkeeper, Agustín Rossi, will leave the club in July to go to Flamengo and there is already talk of his replacement in a position that has candidates such as former World Cup player Sergio Romero, runner-up in Brazil 2014, and Javier García.
With several injured defenders, coach Hugo Ibarra will trust Boca's central defense to experienced Facundo Roncaglia and young Agustín Sández. The rest of the team will have their usual names, including Colombians Sebastián Villa and Frank Fabbra and Peruvian Luis Advíncula.
"The goal is to win titles, the same as always. What this shirt requires is winning titles, leaving a mark, being one hundred percent football-wise. We arrive well even though we only had two friendlies, we had a great preseason, we prepared for this and we hope to achieve a great result," said forward Darío Benedetto.
As a preparation, the xeneizes played two matches but with two scoreless draws against Argentine Independiente and Chilean Everton.
"Separate match"
On the white and blue side, the doubts in the lineup are in the participation of midfielder Matías Rojas and in the right-back position, after a preseason that included a friendly against Racing from Uruguay, which also ended in a 0-0 draw.
"The final with Boca is a separate match. The other (the previous match with incidents) has already happened. It's a new final, a new match. There are similar things, but also changes. We have to try to play our game. It's very important that in the first match of the year we already have the possibility of being champions," highlighted Gabriel Arias, Chilean goalkeeper of the 'Academy'.
The match may mark the debut of Chilean defender Óscar Opazo in the Argentine club, recently arrived from Colo-Colo, while Colombian Johan Carbonero remains strong in the attack. AFP