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Boca Junior players lift the trophy of champion after beating Tigre in the League Cup final at the Mario Alberto Kempe Stadium.
With the contribution of a great goal from Colombian Frank Fabra, a timely Boca Juniors was consecrated. champion of the 2022 League Cup of Argentine soccer by beating Tigre 3-0 in the final.
A headed goal by Marcos Rojo facilitated by a serious error by goalkeeper Gonzalo Marinelli in The last play of the first half and a left-footed bombshell by Fabra when Tigre was accumulating merits to tie in the second half, tipped the balance in favor of Boca, who sentenced the loss. the match with a header from substitute Luis Vázquez.
Boca and Tigre played in front of 52,000 fans —supporters of both teams were able to attend— at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in Córdoba, a city in central Argentina.
Thus, Xeneize —the most successful club in Argentine soccer— reached his 72nd star in global history. It was also his 16th national cup.
Also, Sebastián Battaglia, who was harshly questioned during some passages of the contest due to the low performance of his team, obtained his second title as coach of Boca, after the Argentine Cup won in December.
“We had many merits to get here. We beat all the rivals that qualified in our group… We won the classic. Today we hit at the right moments of the game & rdquo ;, he declared. Battaglia, the winningest man in the history of Boca, with 17 stars as a footballer and two as a strategist.
In a few days, Boca will dispute another decisive game: Thursday will have to beat Deportivo Cali at its La Bombonera stadium to advance to the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores, his obsession and main goal of the season.
Tigre, promoted to the highest category a After six months, he couldn’t fulfill his dream of being champion in the first division for the second time. He had done it against the same rival and in the same scenario, in the 2019 Super League Cup.
Boca, which in the semi-finals had accounted for Racing Club in a penalty shootout after a goalless draw in which they had not kicked on goal, was slightly superior to Tigre in the first stage and generated a loss. three clear chances.
The first, a free kick by Sebastián Villa destined for a goal, avoided by Marinelli, and the second, a goal by Darío Benedetto correctly annulled for offside.< /p>
The third ended in celebration of Rojo, after his powerful header at the exit of a corner. It looked like a simple ball for Tigre’s goalkeeper, but it slipped away. from between the hands above his head, in the third minute of stoppage.
The advantage is not better & oacute; to Xeneize. On the contrary, when he returned from the interval, Tigre, who had eliminated River Plate at the Monumental and Argentinos Juniors on penalties, ran over him.
Mateo Retegui had three clear chances, but in two of them grew bigger. the figure of goalkeeper Agustín Rossi to prevent equality.
And then, at 67 minutes, Fabra’s great left-footed shot from outside the area neutralized the goal. Marinelli’s fly ball made it 2-0.
here in Boca, and for this shirt, which requires winning titles” the Colombian winger, who has seven wins at the club and is the oldest player on the squad.