Racing defeats Boca and crowns Al Ain as the "Super Argentina" champion for the first time

The Racing Club team was crowned today with the Argentine Super Cup title at the expense of its rival, Boca Juniors, with two goals to one in the match that was held at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain, for the first time outside Argentine territory, as part of the strategic partnership agreement signed between the Abu Dhabi Sports Council and the Argentine Federation, which It extends for four years.

The title is Racing’s first in the Super Championship, after he had lost the title in 2021, raising his tally of titles to 39, and on the other hand, Boca lost the title for the fourth time in its history after 2012, 2015 and 2017.

The two teams presented wonderful technical and skill levels that were enjoyed by the large masses who gathered in the stands to follow Boca, the Argentine league champion last season, and Racing, who appeared in the meeting as the cup champion, and it was remarkable the state of competition between the players, as the enthusiastic performance dominated the players, as it witnessed some times The confrontation is strong physical contacts.

The match did not pass through the stage of feeling the pulse at all, as the two teams entered the match directly by exchanging attacks between them, and Boca advanced with the first goal in the 11th minute by Facundo Roncaglia with a powerful shot inside the penalty area.

The Racing players held fast, as they did not take long to return to the atmosphere of the match by scoring the equalizing goal in the 20th minute by Johan Carbonero, after a skillful and physical effort, who found himself facing the goal, penetrated into the penalty area, and hit a ball that settled to the right of the opposing team's goalkeeper.

And while the equalizing goal brought the match back to zero again, the Racing players benefited a lot from it, as they then became the best party in the rest of the first half until its end, as they imposed a complete siege on Boca’s goal, which players found themselves required to retreat to its back areas to counter the continuous attacks.

And the match pattern continued to rise upward during the second half, at a time when it was clear that the players of both teams maintained good physical fitness despite it being the opening match of the new football season, and with the passage of time, the players of the two teams exchanged attacks on the two goals equally.

The second half of the match was on its way to a positive draw 1-1, when Racing got a penalty kick, from which Gonzalo Piovi scored the winning goal for his team in the 7 + 90 minute, to lead him to crown the precious title, thus opening the new season with a title after he had concluded last season by winning the Argentine Cup on Boca account too.

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