Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors won 2-1 on Sunday against Union de Santa Fe in the 31st and final round of the Argentine Tournament. Guillermo Barros Schelotto's team achieved a victory in front of their fans to say goodbye as champions.
Dario Benedetto was the standout player. He scored a brace (12' and 49') to lead his team to victory against the team from Santa Fe.
The visitors pulled one back through Dario Benedetto in the 59th minute. Boca faced some dangers at the end, but managed to hold on to the result in their favor.
With the final score, Boca finished in first place with 63 points. Meanwhile, the visitors finished in 23rd place with 32 points.
COUNTRY | TIME |
Mexico | 02:15 p.m. |
Peru | 02:15 p.m. |
Ecuador | 02:15 p.m. |
Colombia | 02:15 p.m. |
Chile | 03:15 p.m. |
Argentina | 04:15 p.m. |
PRE-MATCH
The team from Buenos Aires secured the title in the penultimate round after Banfield's stumble, their only pursuer who had a chance to catch up, against San Lorenzo (1-0), and then drew 2-2 away to Olimpo de Bahia Blanca.
However, despite having everything prepared, Boca couldn't celebrate the conquest as visitors, so the lap of honor and trophy presentation will take place on Sunday at the Bombonera, a 'temple' of football that will have 50,000 fans ready to celebrate Boca's 32nd local title, the 26th in the professional era.
At the same time, four spots for qualification to next year's Copa Libertadores will be decided, a tournament for which Boca has secured first place, while runner-up River only needs one point to qualify for the main continental competition.