A few hours after announcing the signing of Edinson Cavani, Boca closed this Saturday its participation in the Professional League of Argentine soccer with a 2-0 victory over Independiente, in the last match of the championship that crowned River Plate as champion.
In Avellaneda (southern suburb), Boca achieved a victory that allows them to climb to sixth place in the tournament with 44 points and extended the bad campaign of Independiente, which finished 24th out of 28 teams with only six victories throughout the championship.
Boca didn't impress, they were surpassed in the game for a long time by Independiente, but the Rojo wasted all their chances and the Xeneize team was clinical and precise in their few favorable situations. In the 71st minute, Exequiel Zeballos opened the scoring for Boca after a remarkable play by the Colombian Frank Fabra.
Independiente had an unbeatable opportunity to equalize with a penalty awarded for a handball by Darío Benedetto, but the goalkeeper Sergio 'Chiquito' Romero (74) saved the shot from Uruguayan Martín Cauteruccio.
Boca finished off the match with a header from Nicolás Valentini (76), who won the duel on the far post and finished over the goalkeeper Rey.
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WHAT TIME DOES BOCA VS. INDEPENDIENTE PLAY
The Boca - Independiente match is scheduled for this Saturday, July 29, starting at 5:00 p.m. Argentina time (3:00 p.m. Peru time), at the Libertadores de América - Ricardo Enrique Bochini Stadium, located in Avellaneda. Check the schedules by country:
2:00 p.m. - Mexico
3:00 p.m. - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
4:00 p.m. - Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile
5:00 p.m. - Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil
10:00 p.m. - Spain, Germany, Italy, France
TV CHANNEL | WHERE TO WATCH BOCA - INDEPENDIENTE
TNT Sports broadcasts the match on TV in Argentina, while DirecTV Sports will broadcast it internationally on cable (DSports) and streaming (DirecTV GO - DGO), through ESPN 2.
Independiente seeks to say goodbye to the championship with a victory after losing to Atlético Tucumán by the minimum, while Boca Juniors faces the match motivated after defeating Newell's 2-1, but will present variations thinking about the start of their knockout stage against Nacional in the Copa Libertadores 2023.
As for the current standings, Independiente is in twenty-third position with 28 points, with six wins, ten draws, and ten defeats. Meanwhile, Boca Juniors is in eighth place with 41 points, with twelve wins, five draws, and nine defeats.
The Xeneize have won four consecutive matches after beating La Lepra and have seven unbeaten games. Will Independiente be able to end that streak?
INDEPENDIENTE - BOCA: LINEUPS
Independiente: Rodrigo Rey; Baltasar Barcia, Cristian Báez, Edgar Elizalde, Damián Pérez; Sergio Ortiz, Iván Marcone, Martín Sarrafiore; Nicolás Vallejo, Martín Cauteruccio, Braian Martínez. (To be confirmed)
Boca: Sergio Romero, Marcelo Weigandt, Nicolás Figal, Nicolás Valentini, Valentín Barco; Ezequiel Fernández, Alan Varela, Cristian Medina; Norberto Briasco, Darío Benedetto, and Exequiel Zeballos.