Fifth-choice GK can't save COVID-hit River in loss to Boca

Boca Juniors overcame arch-rivals River Plate on Sunday, despite the heroics of River's fifth-choice goalkeeper who made his debut.

5/19/2021 Reuters

Penalty Shootout

Boca Juniors CABJ

River Plate CARP

Carlos Tevez	Pen 1	Gonzalo Montiel
Sebastián Villa	Pen 2	Fabrizio Angileri
Edwin Cardona	Pen 3	Julián Álvarez
Carlos Izquierdoz	Pen 4	Leonardo Ponzio
Julio Buffarini	Pen 5	null

KO
- First Half begins.
11
- Carlos Tevez Goal - Header
13
- Enzo Pérez Yellow Card
38
- Frank Fabra Yellow Card
43
- Alan Varela Yellow Card
HT
- Halftime
45
- On: José Paradela|Off: Enzo Pérez
58
- Jonathan Maidana Yellow Card
65
- On: Lucas Beltran|Off: Jorge Carrascal
66
- On: Tomás Galván|Off: Milton Casco
68
- Julián Álvarez Goal - Header
72
- Sebastián Villa Yellow Card
73
- On: Emmanuel Más|Off: Frank Fabra
74
- On: Jorman Campuzano|Off: Alan Varela
74
- On: Edwin Cardona|Off: Agustín Almendra
81
- On: Daniel Lucero|Off: Agustín Fontana
88
- Edwin Cardona Yellow Card
90+3
- Héctor Martínez Yellow Card
FT
- End Regular Time

Boca Juniors CABJ River Plate CARP

Rossi
Fabra
On: Emmanuel Más | Off: Frank Fabra
Rojo
Izquierdoz
Buffarini
Almendra
On: Edwin Cardona | Off: Agustín Almendra
Varela
On: Jorman Campuzano | Off: Alan Varela
Medina
Villa
Tevez
Pavón

	No.	Name
17 Agustín Rossi Saves 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
6 Marcos Rojo Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
24 Carlos Izquierdoz Goals 0 Shots 2 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 3 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
18 Frank Fabra 38' Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red 73' 3 Emmanuel Más Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
4 Julio Buffarini Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 3 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 1 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
33 Alan Varela 43' Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 4 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red 74' 21 Jorman Campuzano Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
32 Agustín Almendra Goals 0 Shots 1 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 74' 8 Edwin Cardona 88' Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red
36 Cristian Medina Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 2 Fouls Against Assist 1 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
10 Carlos Tevez 11' Goals 1 Shots 6 4 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 2 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
22 Sebastián Villa 72' Goals 0 Shots 3 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red
31 Cristian Pavón Goals 0 Shots 2 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 2 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
Substitutes
14 Nicolás Capaldo Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
13 Javier García Saves 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
29 Leonardo Jara Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
38 Luis Vázquez Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
2 Lisandro López Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
20 Gonzalo Maroni Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
27 Franco Soldano Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
35 Renzo Giampaoli Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
34 Agustín Obando Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red

	No.	Name
32 Alan Díaz Saves 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
6 Héctor Martínez 90'+3' Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red
4 Jonathan Maidana 58' Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red
3 Fabrizio Angileri Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assist 1 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
29 Gonzalo Montiel Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
23 Leonardo Ponzio Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
24 Enzo Pérez 13' Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 3 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red 45' 26 José Paradela Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
20 Milton Casco Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 66' 33 Tomás Galván Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
9 Julián Álvarez 68' Goals 1 Shots 4 2 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
27 Agustín Fontana Goals 0 Shots 3 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 4 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 81' 34 Daniel Lucero Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
10 Jorge Carrascal Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 3 4 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 65' 18 Lucas Beltran Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
21 Tomas Lecanda Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
28 Felipe Peña Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
16 Alex Vigo Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
35 Agustín Gómez Saves 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red

Game Information

VENUE: Alberto José Armando (La Bombonera)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Match Commentary

-		Match ends, Boca Juniors 1(4), River Plate 1(2).
98'		Penalty Shootout ends, Boca Juniors 1(4), River Plate 1(2).
97'		Goal! Boca Juniors 1(4), River Plate 1(2). Julio Buffarini (Boca Juniors) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.