Epic day for Boca and forgettable for River just before the ‘Superclásico’

Boca Juniors defeated by 1-2 to Students in La Plata and River Plate suffered an unexpected defeat by 0-1 against Gimnasia on the day before the superclásico that Xeneize and Millonario will star in.

The fourteenth day of the Clausura Tournament of Argentine football marked a victory away from Boca with the goals by Exequiel Zeballos and the Uruguayan Miguel Ángel Merentiel, penalty. Estudiantes closed the gap, also with a penalty, through Colombian Edwin Cetré.

during the match Exequiel Zeballos crashed a penalty into the post and the Spanish Ander Herrera was key in managing the decisive penalty. Boca leads Group A with 23 points along with Unión de Santa Fe.

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River Plate suffered an unexpected defeat against Gimnasia with a penalty converted by Marcelo Torresin a match where the Colombian Miguel Ángel Borja stopped another penalty from the goalkeeper Nelson Insfran at the last minute of game.

River Plate fell to sixth place in Group B with 21 points and will arrive at La Bombonera next Sunday urgently to achieve a good result in the superclásico so as not to lose qualification for next year’s Copa Libertadores.