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River Plate beat rivals Boca Juniors to win Copa Libertadores
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 10 - 12 - 2018

River Plate won the Copa Libertadores by beating arch-rivals Boca Juniors 3-1 after extra-time (5-3 on aggregate) in Madrid in the second leg of the final Sunday.
The game between the two Argentine sides was controversially moved to the Spanish capital after being twice-postponed a fortnight ago in Buenos Aires when River Plate fans attacked Boca's team bus and injured two players.
Boca took the lead just before half-time through Dario Benedetto, but River won the trophy for a fourth time by mounting an impressive comeback.
Lucas Pratto sent the game into extra-time and Wilmar Barrios was sent off for Boca, allowing River substitute Juan Quintero to score from the edge of the area and Piti Martinez to grab a late third with Boca goalkeeper Esteban Andrada in the opposition's half.
The first leg at Boca's Bombonera stadium finished 2-2 on November 11 and with no away goals rule in the final everything was left to play for Sunday at the Santiago Bernabeu.
After the trouble that stopped the second leg being played at River's Monumental, a heavy Spanish police presence ensured there was no violence before the game in the Spanish capital.
Benedetto sent Boca ahead at the end of a brilliant counter-attack, reaching Nahitan Nandez's sublime through-ball and finishing well.
River should have had a penalty when goalkeeper Andrada fouled Pratto in the second half, but the forward scored anyway a few minutes later after good work from Nacho Fernandez.
Two minutes into extra-time Barrios was dismissed for his second yellow card after an ugly challenge on Exequiel Palacios, which handed River a huge advantage.
Substitute Quintero took advantage with a brilliant goal from distance after 109 minutes to send River ahead and force Boca into desperation mode.
Goalkeeper Andrada was in the River half for a corner in stoppage time when Martinez broke downfield to run the ball into an empty net with the final kick of the game to spark wild celebrations.


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