River vs. Boca: Carlos Zambrano’s agonizing goal that could not save ‘Xeneize’ | VIDEO

Carlos Zambrano scored agonizingly for Boca Juniors this Sunday against River Plate in the superclassic on date 14 of the Argentine Professional League. The Peruvian central scored a header at the end of the match, but failed to prevent the fall of ‘Xeneize’ 2-1 at the Monumental.

Julián Álvarez, recently summoned to the Argentine team for the triple round of Qualifiers, had a brilliant performance and scored both goals for the ‘Millionaire’ who, thanks to this victory, was the only leader of the tournament with 30 units, one more than Talleres From Cordoba.

The event that conditioned the match was the early expulsion of visiting defender Marcos Rojo in the 15th minute of play after receiving two yellow cards in one minute.

In the last play of the commitment, Carlos Zambrano rose after a corner and scored the goal of honor for Boca Juniors.

This 2-1 victory marked the fourth victory in a row for Marcelo Gallardo’s team and the ninth of the championship, while for Sebastián Battaglia this was the first setback in nine presentations where he accumulated five victories, two draws and a joy for penalties in the Argentina Cup.

For Boca Juniors, this defeat means being relegated by 21 points in the fight for the championship in the absence of eleven days to go to the end of the tournament.

Without the guaranteed classification for the Copa Libertadores, Boca’s big bet in the final stretch of the year will be to achieve the Copa Argentina, which has him in the semifinals two steps away from obtaining that title and the passport to the maximum international competition next year.

With this victory River also cut a series of four superclassics without victories against Boca, which had included the eliminations in the Diego Maradona and Argentina Cups, both on penalties, for a general record that remained with 77 victories for the ‘Xeneize’, 70 for the ‘Millionaire’ and 65 draws in 212 matches.