Alcaraz’s goal led to a pitched battle on the pitch
In the general history, Boca has 22 more wins than Racing
In a controversial game that had seven expulsions on the field of play, Racing Club defeated Boca Juniors 1-2 this Sunday with an agonizing goal in extra time by Carlos Alcaraz and won the Champions Trophy, the last title of the Argentine soccer season.
The match ended two minutes before the end because Boca was left with six players in extra time after the expulsion of Darío Benedetto for an unsportsmanlike gesture against referee Facundo Tello.
By Boca they were expelled Alan Varela, the Colombians Sebastián Villa and Frank Fabra, the Peruvian Luis Advíncula and Benedetto. In addition, in the xeneize bench, referee Tello expelled coach Hugo Ibarra, Diego González and Peruvian Carlos Zambrano.
While the also Colombian Johan Carbonero and Carlos Alcaraz saw the red card in Racingin a match played at the ‘La Pedrera’ Stadium in Villa Mercedes, in the province of San Luis.
Xeneize took the lead with a goal from Norberto Briasco in the 18th minute, but four minutes later Matías Rojas equalized for the Academy that ended up winning the title with a goal from Carlos Alcaraz in the 118th minute.
The match between the two best teams of the year ended in scandal, as Alcaraz’s goal led to a pitched battle on the pitch.
Boca, directed by Hugo Ibarra, reached this instance for having won the two 2022 titles: first the Cup and then the league tournamentboth organized by the Professional Football League (LPF).
This was the second consecutive setback at the end of the year for Boca after the elimination of the Argentine Cup after losing in the semifinals against Patronato de Paraná.
Racing Club, meanwhile, which had lost in the semifinals of the League Cup with Boca and came second in the tournament behind Xeneize had agreed to this final after defeating Tigre 3-2.
The Argentine football season left then, in addition to this Trophy of Champions for Racing Club, the two titles for Boca Juniors, the crowning of Patronato de Paraná in the Argentine Cupwhich had the same team from Entre Ríos and Aldosivi from Mar del Plata relegated to the second division.
After this result, the history of hand in hand history between Boca and Racing remained with 17 crosses with nine wins for Xeneize and now eight for the Avellaneda Academy.
The last record of direct elimination between the two had been on May 14 in the semifinal of this year’s Professional League Cupwhen Boca, then directed by Sebastián Battaglia, prevailed after the definition by penalties against the team led by Fernando Gago to access the final of that competition.
Beyond the direct crossings by elimination, in the general history Boca has 22 wins more than Racing with 92 wins for Xeneize, 70 for the Academy and 50 draws in a total of 211 official matches.
After this Champions Trophy, Argentine soccer began a World Cup recess which will run until the start of the 2023 season scheduled for January 27 with a new edition of the Professional League Tournament, with 28 participants. EFE
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