The yellow-blue part of Buenos Aires is celebrating. Boca won the Superclassico on the field of their bitter rival River Plate (1:0) in the seventh round of the Argentine League Cup. The Millionaires were the favorites, and had more success than their counterparts in recent years, but they did not manage to break down the ’wall’ in front of the goalkeeper Agustin Rossi.A big mistake by the stopper of the home team, Leandro Gonzalez in the 54th minute decided the derby of the greats from Buenos Aires. After one harmless ball, the Rivera defender wanted to block himself, he did not get along with the goalkeeper Franco Armani, who was undecided, and Sebastian Villa did not miss that gift. He took the ball from Gonzalez, routinely passed Armani and threw the ball into the undefended net, for the silence in the stands of Monumental and despair on the faces of the home team fans.¡GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLAZO DE #BOCA, LO HIZO SEBASTIÁN VILLA!👊🏼🤩🔥#VamosBoca pic.twitter.com/SYAeSvog7T— Boca Jrs. Gol (@BocaJrsGol) March 20, 2022 River was better, had a field initiative, a lot more shots, but this time, the ball was not the friend of Julian Alvarez and his teammates. To make matters worse for the Millionaires, Villa’s goal was the first shot within Rivera’s goal, but enough for Boca’s three points and sharing the first place with Estudiantes in Group A. The guests only threatened Rivera’s goal twice, against eight home teams. After the second defeat in the League Cup, River fell from the lead to the third position in Group A. Ahead are Racing Club and Union from Santa Fe.(1.60) DEFENSA JUSTICIA (3.70) ARSENAL DE SARANDI (5.40)After two and a half years, Boca finally defeated a great rival, if we don’t count the match in the Argentine Cup last summer, when they knocked out River after a penalty. Interestingly, before the game, at the press conference, the coach of the champion Marcelo Gallardo gave away his first 11 to the journalists. Generally speaking, Boca was poor, but coach Sebastian Battaglia’s tactic to sit deep and defend payed it’s dividends. Boca did nothing in the attack except Villa’s goal. The hero of the yellow-blue part of Buenos Aires had a lot of problems last season. He was not on the field for a long time due to injury, he was in conflict with the club’s management, he wanted to leave the club, but he stayed and this season he is one of the best football players. He scored his third goal in the Argentine League Cup.##EDITORS_CHOICE##This Superclassico could not do without the incident. Dissatisfied with the defeat of their team, Rivera fans turned on the guests who were escorted by the police to the tunnel and the locker room. Everything was thrown on the field of the Monumental stadium. This weekend was a round of derbies in Argentina. Teams from different groups play against the biggest rivals. Boca and River could also meet in the playoffs.
