In an opaque first half, the Millionaire was superior: he dominated possession of the ball and generated approaches from Julián Álvarez and Ezequiel Barco, his most dangerous players. However, they were unable to break the zero. The Spider had the clearest chance: he left several rivals on the way and shot at the goal, but Agustín Rossi covered that hand in hand.
For its part, Xeneize -which once again had Guillermo “Pol” Fernández as the only five- never made a foothold in the midfield: they did not set foot in the area or finish off the goal in the first 45 minutes. Sebastián Villa and Darío Benedetto practically did not touch the ball. In turn, Pipa came out at halftime because he had a fever: Battaglia sent the youthful Luis Vázquez to the field.
Xeneize reacted at the start of the second half. First, he warned with a shot from Luis Vázquez, who created his own chance. And the match was broken after 8 minutes. Leandro González Pirez and Franco Armani did not understand each other inside the area, Sebastián Villa took advantage of the distraction, stole the ball and pushed it into the back of the net: blooper, goal and 1-0 for Boca.
Marcelo Gallardo responded quickly: he sent Braian Romero and Juanfer Quintero to the field, who was the protagonist with some opportunities. The local team tried mid-distance, with shots from the Colombian midfielder and one from Enzo Fernández (which hit the crossbar). In addition, the goalkeeper Xeneize -hero of the night- cleared a header by Agustín Palavecino towards the end.
For its part, Boca was close to increasing the advantage: it almost converted the second with a shot by Juan Ramírez that Franco Armani covered and a shot by Paraguayan Oscar Romero in reply (which González Pirez saved almost on the line).
Finally, the match ended in victory for Xeneize, who won again at the Monumental after almost five years: the last time was in November 2017 (2-1).
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