2017 Supercopa Argentina Explained

2017 Supercopa Argentina
Team1:Boca Juniors
Team1score:0
Team2:River Plate
Team2score:2
Date:14 March 2018
Stadium:Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
City:Mendoza
Man Of The Match1a:Franco Armani[1]
Referee:Patricio Loustau
Attendance:40,000
Previous:2016
Next:2018

The 2017 Supercopa Argentina Final was the 6th edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Argentine Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions.[2] The match was played at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in the city of Mendoza on 14 March 2018.

Boca Juniors and River Plate qualified after winning the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División tournament and the 2016–17 Copa Argentina, respectively.[3] It was the second time in history and first since 1976 that the two most important Argentine clubs faced each other in a final match.[4]

River Plate defeated Boca Juniors 2–0 to win their first Supercopa Argentina title.[5]

Qualified teams

TeamQualificationPrevious appearances (bold indicates winners)
Boca Juniors2016–17 Primera División champions2 (2012, 2015)
River Plate2016–17 Copa Argentina champions2 (2014, 2016)

Match

Details

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GK 1 Agustín Rossi
DF 29
DF 2 Paolo Goltz
DF 6 Lisandro Magallán
DF 18
MF 15
MF 16
MF 8 Pablo Pérez (c)
FW 7 Cristian Pavón
FW 32
FW 10 Edwin Cardona
Substitutes:
GK 1 Guillermo Sara
DF 3 Emmanuel Mas
DF 24 Julio Buffarini
DF 27 Santiago Vergini
MF 30 Emanuel Reynoso
FW 17
FW 22 Óscar Benítez
Manager:
Guillermo Barros Schelotto
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GK 1 Franco Armani
DF 29
DF 2 Jonatan Maidana
DF 22
DF 3 Marcelo Saracchi
MF 24
MF 23 Leonardo Ponzio (c)
MF 26
MF 10 Gonzalo Martínez
FW 7 Rodrigo Mora
FW 27
Substitutes:
GK 25 Enrique Bologna
DF 28 Lucas Martínez Quarta
MF 5
MF 8 Juan Fernando Quintero
MF 18
FW 19 Rafael Santos Borré
FW 32
Manager:
Marcelo Gallardo
Assistant referees


Yamil Bonfá
Gustavo Rossi
Fourth official


Fernando Rapallini
Additional assistant referees:
Facundo Tello
Ariel Penel

Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Overall[6]
scope=rowGoals scored02
scope=rowTotal shots157
scope=rowShots on target44
scope=rowBall possession66%34%
scope=rowCorner kicks52
scope=rowFouls committed1720
scope=rowOffsides21
scope=rowYellow cards53
scope=rowRed cards00

Notes and References

  1. Web site: River Plate keeper Franco Armani wears Burger King crown after Super Cup win . 15 March 2018 . ESPN.
  2. Web site: Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2016–17 . 18 August 2016 . AFA . Spanish.
  3. Web site: River y Boca disputarán la Supercopa Argentina 2017 . 9 December 2017 . Copa Argentina . Spanish . 10 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171210123811/http://www.copaargentina.org/es/noticias/7556_River-y-Boca-disputaran-la-Supercopa-Argentina-2017.html . 10 December 2017 . dead .
  4. Web site: Superclásico final 42 años después . 9 December 2017 . Olé . Spanish . 11 December 2017 . 11 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171211213540/https://www.ole.com.ar/copa-argentina/supercopa-final-boca-river-42-anos-despues_0_1921007979.html . dead .
  5. Web site: River venció a Boca y se consagró en la Supercopa Argentina . 15 March 2018 . Copa Argentina . Spanish.
  6. Web site: Argentina Supercopa . Spanish . ESPN . 14 March 2018.