2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional final

2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional final

Copa Diego Armando Maradona final
Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, venue
Event	2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional
Boca Juniors Banfield 1 1
Boca Juniors won 5–3 on penalties
Date	17 January 2021
Venue	San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan
Man of the Match	Edwin Cardona (Boca Juniors)
Referee	Facundo Tello
Attendance	0
2021 →

The Copa Diego Armando Maradona final was the final match to decide the champions of the 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional (renamed "Copa Diego Armando Maradona"), the 1st edition of this national cup. It was played on 17 January 2021 at the Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario in San Juan between Boca Juniors and Banfield. ^[1]

Boca Juniors won the match via a penalty shoot-out after the game had finished 1–1 and were crowned as champions of the cup. ^[2] As Boca Juniors had already qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores, San Lorenzo (best team of the 2019–20 Superliga Argentina and 2020 Copa de la Superliga aggregate table not yet qualified) gained the 2021 Copa Libertadores berth (Regulations Article 4.2). ^[3]

The runners-up Banfield won a qualifying play-off against Vélez Sarsfield, winners of the Fase Complementación, to decide which one would participate in the 2022 Copa Sudamericana (Regulations Article 4.7). ^[3]

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Boca Juniors	None
Banfield	None

Road to the final

Further information: 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Boca Juniors				Round	Banfield
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Lanús	2–1 (A)			Matchday 1	River Plate	3–1 (A)
Newell's Old Boys	2–0 (A)			Matchday 2	Godoy Cruz	1–0 (H)
Talleres (C)	0–1 (H)			Matchday 3	Rosario Central	4–2 (A)
Lanús	1–2 (H)			Matchday 4	River Plate	0–2 (H)
Newell's Old Boys	2–0 (H)			Matchday 5	Godoy Cruz	0–0 (A)
Talleres (C)	0–0 (A)			Matchday 6	Rosario Central	1–1 (H)
Zone 4 winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Boca Juniors 6 10 2 Talleres (C) 6 9 3 Newell's Old Boys 6 7 4 Lanús 6 7 Source: AFA				Final standings	Zone 3 runners-up Pos Team Pld Pts 1 River Plate 6 15 2 Banfield 6 11 3 Rosario Central 6 7 4 Godoy Cruz 6 1 Source: AFA
Opponent	Result			Fase Campeón	Opponent	Result
Arsenal	1–1 (H)			Matchday 1	Atlético Tucumán	2–0 (A)
Independiente	2–1 (A)			Matchday 2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	2–1 (H)
Huracán	3–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Colón	2–1 (A)
River Plate	2–2 (H)			Matchday 4	Talleres (C)	2–3 (A)
Argentinos Juniors	2–2 (A)			Matchday 5	San Lorenzo	4–1 (H)
Group A winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Boca Juniors 5 9 2 River Plate 5 8 3 Argentinos Juniors 5 8 4 Arsenal 5 7 5 Independiente 5 6 6 Huracán 5 3 Source: AFA				Final standings	Group B winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Banfield 5 12 2 Talleres (C) 5 11 3 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 5 7 4 Colón 5 4 5 San Lorenzo 5 4 6 Atlético Tucumán 5 4 Source: AFA

Match

Details

17 January 2021

22:10

Boca Juniors	1–1	Banfield
Cardona 63'	Report	Lollo 90+5'
Penalties
Tevez Villa Salvio Izquierdoz Buffarini	5–3	Lollo Fontana Rodríguez Álvarez

Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario , San Juan

Attendance: 0 ^[4]

Referee: Facundo Tello ^[5]

Boca Juniors

Banfield

GK 1 Esteban Andrada RB 4 Julio Buffarini  39' CB 5 Carlos Zambrano CB 24 Carlos Izquierdoz (c) LB 3 Emmanuel Mas  71'  86' CM 14 Nicolás Capaldo CM 21 Jorman Campuzano  60' RW 22 Sebastián Villa  87' AM 19 Mauro Zárate  84' LW 8 Edwin Cardona  66' CF 9 Ramón Ábila  83' Substitutes: GK 17 Agustín Rossi DF 2 Lisandro López DF 18 Frank Fabra DF 20 Gastón Ávila DF 29 Leonardo Jara MF 11 Eduardo Salvio  90+5'  66' MF 23 Diego González  60' MF 33 Alan Varela  84' FW 10 Carlos Tevez  83' FW 27 Franco Soldano FW 30 Exequiel Zeballos FW 34 Agustín Obando Manager: Miguel Ángel Russo

GK 1 Mauricio Arboleda RB 32 Emanuel Coronel CB 2 Alexis Maldonado CB 6 Luciano Lollo LB 3 Claudio Bravo  57'  90+3' CM 30 Jorge Rodríguez (c) CM 18 Giuliano Galoppo  78' AM 21 Martín Payero RW 17 Mauricio Cuero  78' CF 9 Agustín Fontana LW 7 Fabián Bordagaray  64' Substitutes: GK 27 Facundo Altamirano DF 4 Rodrigo Arciero DF 19 Alexis Sosa DF 24 Luciano Gómez MF 5 Nicolás Linares MF 10 Jesús Dátolo MF 22 Juan Pablo Álvarez  64' MF 23 Jonás Gutiérrez MF 25 Alejandro Cabrera FW 11 Agustín Urzi  78' FW 29 Luciano Pons  78' FW 31 Mauricio Asenjo  90+3' Manager: Javier Sanguinetti

Man of the Match: Edwin Cardona (Boca Juniors) [6] Assistant referees: Juan Pablo Belatti Hernán Maidana Fourth official: Nicolás Lamolina Reserve assistant referee: Cristian Navarro

Match rules [3] 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions

Statistics

Overall

Statistic	Boca Juniors	Banfield
Goals scored	1	1
Total shots	11	12
Shots on target	7	5
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corner kicks	2	4
Fouls committed	21	16
Offsides	1	0
Yellow cards	5	1
Red cards	1	0

References

1. "Banfield y Boca, finalistas" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 11 January 2021. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
2. "Boca es el campeón" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 17 January 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
3. "REGLAMENTO DE LA COPA DE LA LIGA PROFESIONAL DE FUTBOL DE AFA 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA. 26 October 2020.
4. "Conferencia de Seguridad por las finales" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 14 January 2021. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
5. "Árbitros para las finales" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 12 January 2021. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
6. "Cardona, el jugador de Boca que no quiso ver los penales" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 18 January 2021.