Octavos de Final (Round of Sixteen) Results:- Rosario Central 2 - 1 Belgrano- Boca 1 (11) - 1 (10) Olimpo- Deportivo Merlo 2 - 1 Sarmiento (J)- Tigre 1 - 0 Argentinos Jrs.- River 2 - 1 Quilmes- San Lorenzo 1 (5) - 1 (4) Barracas Central- Racing 2 - 0 Sarmiento (R)- Atletico Tucuman o (4) - 0 (3) Atletico RafaelaUp next..Cuartos de Final (Quarter Finals) Schedule:- Rosario Central vs. Boca- Deportivo Merlo vs. Tigre- River vs. San Lorenzo- Racing vs. Atletico Tucuman
Quarter Finals scores: Racing 1 - 0 Atletico Tucuman River 2 - 0 San Lorenzo Tigre will face Deportivo Merlo next week, while the Boca-Central game has been pushed back to May 30th due to the Xeneizes' participation in the Copa Libertadores. The first semifinal has been confirmed, however: River will face Racing on June 3rd.
I would not mind seeing the canallas and Tigre play in the semis(sorry bosteros). Father's club side is Central and I have a lot of cousins who support Central, can shut them up(minus my dad of course). But probably will be Boca-Tigre. Have had some good games in recent times against each other.
Well Deportivo Merlo defeated Tigre today and became the third semifinalist (along with River and Racing). They await the result of Rosario Central-Boca next week to determine who they will face. Although Tigre used an alternative team today, I think there is no doubt that Deportivo Merlo is the surprise of the tournament. Not only did they make it this far, but they eliminated strong teams like Estudiantes and Tigre in the process. Not bad.
Quarter Finals Results:- Rosario Central 1 (2) - 1 (4) Boca- Deportivo Merlo 2 - 1 Tigre- River 2 - 0 San Lorenzo- Racing 1 - 0 Atletico TucumanSemifinals (to be played this Sunday):- In Salta: River - Racing- In Catamarca: Boca - Deportivo Merlo
No disrespect to Racing or Deportivo Merlo, but it would be cool if Boca played River in the final. I miss the superclasico. Beating them in the summer with subs is not quite the same.
No superclasico.. Semifinals Results:- River: 0 (4) - 0 (5) Racing- Boca 1 (5) - 1 (4) Deportivo Merlo Final:- Boca - Racing
Gio Moreno sold to a Chinese club and will miss the final vs. Boca: http://www.ole.com.ar/racing/cuento-Gio_0_719328472.html Incredible.. you might as well hand the trophy to Boca already, he was the only decent player Racing had.
I don't care about this one anymore. I guess I'll be watching when the time comes, but if Boca wins the Libertadores or the Clausura -or both- it's going to be just an afterthought, and if they don't win them then it's going to be small consolation. At least if it was River it would have been more fun. Damn gayinas can't make their penalties!
Well the bosteros were cagones and asked to postpone the Copa Argentina final due to their participation in the Libertadores. What for? The Argentine season is practically over, so they won't have anything to play but (possibly) a couple games in the Libertadores. They could easily play an additional game in between, or at least use subs if they don't want injuries. http://www.ole.com.ar/copa-argentina/final-fecha-sede_0_722328117.html Anyway, the final between Racing and Boca will be played on August 8th. Who knows, maybe we'll see completely different teams by then with new reinforcements.
The 2012 final between Boca and Racing has been scheduled many times due to fixture congestion. The latest date (as of June 23) is (according to the official copaargentina website) August 8, 2012, at the Bicentennial Stadium in San Juan, no kickoff time set yet. http://www.copaargentina.org/es/fixture/fase-final Hopefully, it will grow into something worthwhile, the potential romance of small community clubs potentially making it to the national cup final is wonderful, tho it would never match the English FA Cup for that (tho in Germany and France there have been instances of amateur sides making it to the final in the last decde). As for now, it elicits confused faces from most Argentines, even futbol fans. Anything new takes time, especially in Argentina. Living in Mendoza, I was hoping to pop over to that new stadium in SJ (nice and intimate, was there twice for the Copa America) for the final, but no way on a Wednesday, as I work to 10 pm Wednesdays Dale Boca!
You live in Mendoza and you're a boca fan? At least you didn't jump on the bandwagon or anything Support your local club
I do support the local clubs, going and cheering for Tomba, Independiente Rivadavia and Gimnasio y E (de mendoza) when I can, but have been a Boca fan even before Maradona was born. 80% of Cuyos are gallinas, I have had a fun year of it so far. Yesterday was like a huge party in the streets, snake-bit River fans finally letting off steam everywhere. I will KEEP A LOW PROFILE UNTIL the Copa Libertadores final matches.
Well, my dear Boca suffered a few problems on this days, but I have good expectations about ithis final match, I won't be easy, Racing is creating a good team and Boca is hurt (mostly because of Riquelme's exit), but Boca is Boca, I hope we will make a good match. Let's make again like in the '69, Make Angel Rojas & company be proud of the team!
