Patronage of Paraná won on penalties 3-2 Boca Juniors and qualified for the final of the Argentine Cupwho will play against Talleres next Sunday after the victory of the Cordovans by 1-0 against Banfield.
After eliminating River Plate in the quarterfinals, Patronato beat Boca Juniors on penalties at the Bicentennial Stadium in San Juan, equalizing 1-1 in regular time after goals by Marcelo Estigarribia for the winner and Colombian Sebastián Villa. for the loser.
Boca Juniors, who came from being two-time champion of the Professional League Cup and the LPF Tournamentmissed the chance to add his third crown this season.
Board of Trustees, with a star goalkeeper like Facundo Altamirano who stopped three penalties in the definition, will play the first final of the tournament after having consummated their relegation to the second category of Argentine football.
Earlier this Wednesday, Talleres had defeated Banfield 1-0 in Rosario with a solitary goal from Uruguayan Michael Santos, which allowed the Cordoba team to get a passport to their second final of the tournament, after having played in the last edition where he fell to Boca in the penalty shootout.
The team led by Javier Gandolfi won just enough in a match played at the Coloso Marcelo Bielsa stadium in the city of Rosario.
The final duel of the Copa Argentina will be played next Sunday in Mendoza, and the winner between Talleres and Patronato will keep the last place available for the 2023 edition of the Copa Libertadores.
This is the eleventh edition of this tournament that has four titles for Boca Juniors (1969, 2011/12, 2014/15 and 2019/20), three for River Plate (2015/16, 2016/17 and 2018/19 ) and one for Rosario Central (2017/18), Arsenal (2012/13) and Huracán (2013/14).
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