Boca Juniors defeated Banfield 2-0 in La Bombonerain a duel corresponding to the sixth date of the Clausura 2025 tournament.
After this overwhelming triumph in a local condition, the “Xeneize” was left with the third place of group A, with 9 units. A step below Hurricane, who has 10 points.
The two goals of “blue and gold” were made by the Uruguayan strikers Miguel Merentiel and Edinson Cavani.
During the course of the first half of the match, Boca made an important effort in the offensive aspect, with collective plays that generated various clear goal opportunities.
However, the failures in the different definitions sealed a frustrating 0-0 in the scorer.
In the complement of the meeting, the “Xeneize” led by technical director Miguel Ángel Russo returned to the pitch with a different mentality that was observed reflected in the final result.
In the 9th minute, Boca Juniors opened the La Bombonera score. The Uruguayan front center Miguel Merentiel took advantage of Banfield’s defensive error and sent the ball to the bottom of the network.
At 36 minutes, the cast of the riverbank made the 2-0 on the scoreboard and sealed its victory. The Uruguayan front center Edinson Cavani took advantage of a rebound inside the small area and with a header sent the ball to the bottom of the banfileño arch.
Meeting synthesis
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina.
VAR: Silvio Trucco
Stadium: Alberto J. Armando
Mouth: Agustín Marchesín; Juan Barinaga, Lautaro Di Lollo, Marco Pellegrino, Lautaro Blanco; Brian Aguirre, Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo Battaglia, Carlos Palacios; Miguel Merentiel, Edinson Cavani. DT: Miguel Ángel Russo.
Banfield: Facundo Sanguinetti; Ignacio Abraham, Juan Luis Alfaro, Alexis Maldonado, Sergio Vittor; Martín Río, Lautaro Ríos; Rodrigo Auzmendi, Frank Castañeda, Gonzalo Rios; Mauro Méndez. DT: Pedro Troglio.
Goals in the second half: 9m. Miguel Merentiel (BO); 36m. Edinson Cavani (BO).
Changes in the second half: 23m. Santiago Esquivel by Lautaro Ríos (BA); 23m. Tomás adoryán for Frank Castañeda (BA); 30m.williams Alarcón by Carlos Palacios (BO); 30m. Exequiel Zeballos by Brian Aguirre (BO); 34m. Santiago García by Juan Alfaro (BA); 34m. Agustín Alaniz by Gonzalo Ríos (BA); 39m. Alan Velasco by Miguel Merentiel (BO); 43m. Milton Delgado by Leandro Paredes (BO); 43m. Luis Advíncula by Juan Barinaga (BO).
Source: Ambito
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