Buenos Aires, Jan 17 (EFE) .- Boca Juniors defeated Banfield by penalties (5-3) by drawing 1-1 in regulation time and was crowned champion of the Diego Maradona Cup to add the title number 70 in his record.
The most successful team in Argentina took the lead with a goal from Colombian Edwin Cardona, but Luciano Lollo in the sixth minute of addition equalized the score and forced the definition by shots from the penalty spot, in a match played at the Del stadium. Bicentennial of the city of San Juan.
In this way, the ‘Xeneize’ repeated the title achieved last year prior to the coronavirus pandemic and regained the smile after the hard defeat suffered last Wednesday as a visitor to Santos for the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores.
This meeting marked the end of the season in Argentine football, which yesterday had the victory of Vélez Sarsfield 3-1 against Rosario Central to win the Complementation Zone of this Diego Maradona Cup.
Argentine football suffered more than six months of standstill since March last year due to the coronavirus pandemic and it was decided to end the season.
In the resumption, the Argentine Soccer Association and the Professional Soccer League decided to organize this tournament that, after the death of Diego Maradona on November 25, took his name.
The next season of gaucho football will begin on Friday, February 12 with the same 24 teams that played this contest plus Sarmiento de Junín that rose last Saturday and a second team that will emerge from the winner of the Reduced tournament of the First National that is being played.
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