River He amazed with an interesting general production, but above all with an overflowing scoring fury, marked by Julián Álvarez, that “9” that Manchester City has already bought and will take on June 30. Boca did it with some good collective signs and with a couple of resolutions from Darío Benedetto, the scorer that he recovered for this championship. Thus, with their ways, with various nuances, millionaires and xeneizes sentenced the passage to the League Cup playoffs to a date of the end of the qualifying phase.
All the positive that the date 13 had thrown was minimized by the flood that was River in Junín. He razed the place, with that Sarmiento who had been a sweet revelation and complicating all his rivals. It was a soccer concert, with an attack through all the variants imagined, with a rival who could not leave his area.
It took River 34 minutes to convert its first goal, through a beautiful right foot by Tomás Pochettino from outside the area. It was just a matter of breaking the tie to unleash a fabulous win. There were three celebrations for Julián Álvarez, who had gone 9 games without converting. He had not scored since March 13. Until in Junín he cut the drought scoring the second, the third and the sixth. Enzo Fernández, Esequiel Barco and Santiago Simón hit the three remaining shouts.
In the end, River, who had been exhibiting some ups and downs in his game, built 90 perfect minutes and again puts fear in Argentine football. It eclipsed what Boca had done a while before, which in the end managed to win in the Bombonera.
The team of the questioned Sebastián Battaglia, this time with Pol Fernández as the looser midfielder and stepping on the rival area, worked better. He won with two nice goals from Benedetto, the first after a good collective action precisely with the assistance of Pol and the second with an explosive scissors.
Benedetto scored a ‘double’ for Boca Juniors
The triumphs of River and Boca, beyond being united by the influence of their scorers, are also linked because both with those victories qualified for the League Cup quarterfinals.
It all happened on a Saturday with several games. The two Avellaneda teams saw how their stories were defined at the end, in the 91st minute. Racing tied Banfield over the hour: Nery Domínguez sealed the 1-1 at the last breath. Independiente, very close to the epilogue, was defeated by Lanús, who broke it in the 92nd minute through a goal by Angel González. The Academy was already classified and the Red, eliminated.
The other three crosses of the day: Atlético Tucumán 3-Talleres 0, Vélez 3-Tigre 2 and Arsenal 2-Colón 0. On Wednesday, San Lorenzo had beaten Newell’s 2-1 in Rosario. On Friday, Gimnasia had beaten Patronato 6-0 in Paraná and Estudiantes had beaten Aldosivi 2-1. On Monday, the day will be closed by Union – Defense and Justice, Platense – Argentinos, Godoy Cruz – Central Córdoba and Huracán – Central.
In Group A Racing with 29 points and River with 26 are already classified. For the other two places, Newell’s (23), Argentinos (21), Gimnasia (21), Sarmiento (21) and Defense (19) will fight on the last date. ). In Group B, Students have already obtained their passage to the eighth with 28 units and Boca with 24. Tigre (20) and Aldosivi (20) will fight for the other two places, plus Huracán (15) if they win tomorrow.
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