Luis Advíncula, his three left-footed goals and the statistics that excite all of Boca Juniors

After the 0-0 draw in Montevideo, everything was resolved at La Bombonera and the series seemed to be set for the xeneizes when just after 12 minutes Merentiel opened the scoring after a great cross from Advíncula’s right, but at 16′ it was equalized by Uruguayan box via Trezza.

But once again, the Peruvian excited all the fans with a left-footed shot to make it 2-1 as soon as the second half began. It is the Peruvian’s third goal in the Libertadores, with which he became the scorer for the Argentine team in the cup edition, with the curiosity that all the goals were scored with his left foot being right-handed.

With the 2-1 in favor, Boca was on track to qualify, but a counterattack surprised them for the tie at 75′ by Ramírez, after a bad clearance by goalkeeper Sergio Romero. Thus, everything was defined from the twelve steps.

In the meantime it was the turn to claim for ‘Chiquito’ Romero. The goalkeeper saved two penalties to give the Argentines a 4-2 victory, who thus advanced to the quarterfinals, where they await their rival between Racing and Atlético Nacional, who tonight define the series that is 4-2 in favor of the Colombians.

Advíncula case

There is a statistic that surrounds what Luis Advíncula has done. According to the Opta portal, every time a Boca Juniors defender scored three or more goals in the Copa Libertadores, the Xeneize team won the tournament title.

The Peruvian scored against Pereira and Colo Colo in the group stage, and repeated yesterday against Nacional in the round of 16. With his three goals, he is the team’s top scorer above Weigant and Vázquez (2). The times that a defender scored three or more goals was via Rolando Schiavi in ​​2003, Rodolfo Arruabarrena in 2000 and Roberto Mouzo in 1977. In each of those years, Boca Juniors ended up lifting the Copa Libertadores.

Boca Juniors hasn’t won the Copa Libertadores since 2007. Fifteen years without celebrating their seventh crown that would allow them to equal Independiente as the most winning team in the South American tournament. He was able to do it in 2012, but lost the final against Corinthians, while in 2018 he fell in the famous Madrid final against River Plate.

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