Boca won the Argentine Super Cup this Wednesday night by beating Patronato, from Paraná, from the First National, 3-0, with a triplet from the reappeared as starter Dario Benedettoin a match played at the Único-Madre de Ciudades stadium, in Santiago del Estero.
The obligation of this party loaded absolutely on the backs of Boca, since this Board that came to this instance for having won the Argentine Cup last year and with it the right to face the champion of the Professional League, has absolutely nothing to do with that one.
Dismembered, in the broadest sense of the word, the team from Entre Ríos led by Facundo Sava (now in Cerro Porteño, Paraguay) and now led by Walter Otta, still has not won in any of its four appearances in the First National (in at that time he was still in the Professional League).
But also the red and black did not have the players who represented them so well in that contest in which they ended up winning the final against Talleres, from Córdoba (17 of that squad left).
That is why Boca had full responsibility, especially after losing the last finals that he played one-on-one with Racing (2022 Champions Trophy and 2023 International Super Cup).
And precisely this last match played in Abu Dhabi was the one that should have played with Patronato, but For reasons of “pedigree” the International Super Cup was invented leading to that commitment a bigger rival to face Boca, as was the case of the “Academy”.
It was because of all these condiments that Boca could not fail this Wednesday night, and since the commitment “a priori” seemed more accessible then, even the vice president “xeneize” Juan Román Riquelme got on the plane heading to Santiago del Estero, because after witnessing some previous failure (president Jorge Ameal’s second travels little with the squad), he “sniffed” that this time he could share a victory.
The Madre de Ciudades stadium full, some previous capsizing due to a blackout that affected almost half the country, among other provinces to Santiago del Estero itself, a penalty considered by referee Andrés Merlos before Benedetto’s first goal, later annulled due to Luca Langoni’s advanced position at the behest of the VAR, and Benedetto’s second hat-trick with the auriazul shirt ( the first was against Quilmes in 2016). It was all.
For Boca there was the good taste of those “Pipa” conquests (one in the first half and the remaining two in the second) that implied an acceptable performance of the team, although this time the adversary was not measured.
But For the technical director, Hugo Ibarra, who added his second title as Boca’s coach, at least he had more tools on the work table to assemble the teamespecially forward, where the Uruguayan Miguel Merentiel threatens to fight Benedetto hand in hand for a place in the center of the attack.
Now, next Monday at 9:00 p.m., he will have a commitment in the Bombonera against a rival of level like Defensa y Justicia, leader of the Professional League. There it will have to be seen if, given an adequate measure, what was recorded tonight is a leap forward in performance, or just one more summer night against an opponent who, due to the above, was far from making the grade in a match. there was nothing “final” about it.
For the Patronato, who will fight to return to the first division, nothing less than the group stage of the Copa Libertadores is coming up next month. A balance that today seems quite uneven.
Boca conquered its 74th star tonight and with 52 titles it is the most winning Argentine soccer
Boca conquered tonight the 74th star in his record, by beating Patronato 3-0 for the Argentine Super Cup, with 3 goals from Darío Benedetto, at the Madres de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero, and He is the most winner at the national level with 52 achievements between local Cups and Leagues.
In the celebration at the end of the match, the players wore the traditional blue shirt with a yellow stripe and it said “Siempre Boca” with the star 74 on the chest.
With the trophy won this Wednesday that the president of AFA, Claudio Tapia, gave him, the “xeneize” has 35 Leagues and 17 Cups and surpasses River by one, which has 51 achievements, of which 37 are Leagues and 14 Cups
Of the 74 stars on the Boquense shield, apart from the 52 tournaments in Argentina, there are 22 international cups.
The most relevant are the six Copa Libertadores that he won in 1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2007. In addition, there are three Intercontinental Cups: the one in 1977 against Borussia Monchengladbach, the one in 2000 that he took from Real Madrid in Japan and the one from 2003 that he obtained after beating Milan, also in Tokyo, on penalties.
This is the sixth crown (2 leagues and 4 Cups) obtained by the leadership chaired by Jorge Ameal and which has the idol Juan Román Riquelme as second vice president and the one who has “commanded” the institution’s football since they took office in December 2019 .
It is also the second achievement for Hugo Ibarra, the once storied defender from Carlos Bianchi’s glorious era, since he took over as coach at the end of July last year. The other is the Professional League of 2022.
