The Xeneize got rid of Quilmes 3-2, while the Millionaire lost on penalties with Patronato de Paraná
Banfield and Talleres de Córdoba will play the other semifinal after eliminating Godoy Cruz and Independiente
The Boca Juniors qualified this Wednesday to the semifinals of the Argentine Cup after defeating by 3-2 a Quilmes in Mendoza, instance where there will be no superclásico because River Plate suffered an unexpected elimination after falling by penalties 4-3 in view of Patronage of Parana after matching 2-2 in regulation time, in La Rioja. Darius Benedetto and the youth Gonzalo Morales Y Luca Langoni scored for Boca in a 3-2 win against Quilmes, who scored through Julian Bonetto Y Mariano Pavone.
After this victory for ‘Xeneize’ against a rival from the second division of Argentine soccer at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza, the team led by Hugo Ibarra was two wins away from adding a new title. The auriazul squad wore a black bracelet in mourning after the death of a supporter after an accident involving a bus that was transporting more than 30 fans from Buenos Aires to Mendoza.
Boca’s rival in the semifinals will be Patronato de Paraná, which surprised River Plate and eliminated it in a match played at the Carlos Augusto Mercado Luna stadium in La Rioja after the tie in two with goals from Jonathan Herrera Y Marcelo Estigarribia for the winner, while Bruno Zuculini and the Colombian Juan Fernando Quintero scored for the ‘Millionaire’. In the definition by penalties, goalkeeper Facundo Altamirano’s performance was key, who stopped Matías Suárez’s last shot so that later Jorge Valdéz Chamorro sealed the classification of the entrerrianos to the semifinals. This elimination of River from the Copa Argentina condemns the “Millionaire” to a very adverse year that will end, almost certainly, without titles and still with the uncertainty of whether he will be able to seal his participation in the next edition of the Copa Libertadores.
The other semifinal of this edition of the Argentine Cup will be played by Banfield and Talleres de Córdoba, the latter who eliminated this Wednesday the Independent after winning 4-2 in the penalty shootout after equalizing goalless in a match held at the Centenario de Chaco stadium. Banfield had stamped their passport to this instance on Tuesday after beating 3-1 also on penalties at Godoy Cruz after equalizing 1-1 in regulation time.
