Boca and River do their homework and go to the final four

05/01/2022 at 05:26

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Boca Juniors and River Plate they won their respective matches against Barracas Central (2-0) and Sarmiento de Junín (0-7) to seal their classifications to the quarterfinals of the Argentine Professional Football League Cupinstance to which Racing Club and Estudiantes de La Plata had already agreed.

Boca Juniors beat Sarmiento de Junín 2-0 at the Bombonera with a double by Darío Benedetto to reach 24 points and stay four behind leader Students of La Platawho on Friday had beaten Aldosivi 2-1 in Group 2.

In other results of this 13th day in this same area Velez Sarsfield beat Tigre 3-2who remained third, while Aldosivi was fourth despite his setback against Estudiantes.

In Zone 1, meanwhile, River Plate thrashed Sarmiento 0-7 at homein Junín, to finish second with 26 points, three behind the leader Racing Club, which equaled 1-1 with Banfield.

Julian Alvarez (3), Tomas Pochettino, Enzo Fernández, Esequiel Barco and Santiago Simón converted the goals of the ‘Millionaire’, which closed a great week after his victory on Wednesday as a visitor against Colo Colo in Santiago de Chile (1-2) for the Copa Libertadores.

Newell’s Old Boys fell 1-2 to San Lorenzo, while Argentinos Juniors on Monday will visit Platense in search of third place.

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