Boca showed no mercy to the Board and became champion of the Argentine Super Cup after beating 3-0 with a superlative Darío Benedetto, in an attractive match played in Santiago del Estero. The striker scored all three goals and gave victory to the “Xeneize” team.
Hugo Ibarra’s team added its second Argentine Super Cup, and became the most winning club in Argentine soccer in local tournaments with 52 victories (35 leagues and 17 cups), leaving its eternal rival, River, in second place.
In addition, he stretched the advantage between national and international harvests with 74 achievements (52 local and 22 foreign) compared to the 69 (51 and 18) that River has.
The match had a clear start with the positions of both teams: Boca took the lead and managed the most concrete actions, while Patronato appealed to a compact and frictional game.
Sebastián Villa, Luca Langoni and Benedetto were in charge of leading the attack and the greatest exponents of the team led by Ibarra. When the Board of Trustees insinuated to hurt with some timid advances, and showed signs of not being able to be subdued, the great controversy of the night arrived: Langoni sent a cross, the ball passed to everyone, but it hit the defender Matías Ruiz Díaz’s hand, therefore that Andrés Merlos sanctioned the penalty, but later the maximum penalty was annulled since from the VAR they warned of a controversial offside.
Far from affecting the team emotionally, in the following action, after a good triangulation, Figal produced a spectacular assist for Benedetto, who with a sudden shot made it 1-0 and ended his five-month scoring drought.
In the supplement, Benedetto did not miss the opportunity to wreak havoc, and he only needed fifteen minutes to score two goals and thus seal his hat-trick: a bad start by goalkeeper Salvá allowed the header to make it 2-0, and then sealed the result after a pass from Colombian Frank Fabra.
The game continued its course until the end with a monologue from Boca, since he did not suffer, he generated endless occasions that failed to materialize on the scoreboard due to the work of the Patronato goalkeeper, and he pulled the strings until he consummated the victory and a new title for your story.
