Final in Argentina

The Argentine Apertura tournament has seen the season end, but there is still no winner. In what has been a heated race, Boca Juniors, Tigre and San Lorenzo will have to play a playoff in order to decide the league winner after all three teams finished tied with 39 points (19 games).

Boca Juniors came out firing on all cylinders, as they stormed to a 3-0 lead after a little less than 25 minutes of play. Juan Roman Riquelme scored a goal, sandwiched between two by Lucho Figueroa. Midfielders Jesus Datolo, Sebastian Battaglia and Fabian Vargas were playing incredible well and everything seemed to be going fine, even after a late Colon goal sent the teams into the locker room tied 3-1.

Elsewhere, San Lorenzo got to an early start capitalizing on a defensive error from Argentinos Juniors that saw Bergessio scored in the 8th minute. Tigre were having a tough time at home against Banfield, but hero Martin Morel scored his 13th goal of the tournament to give Tigre a 1-0 lead.

In the second half, San Lorenzo and Tigre were able to hold off their opponents and win 1-0. However, Boca Juniors had some problems as Colon made it 3-2 early in the second half. After many missed chances from both sides though, the game finished 3-2, meaning a mini tournament will be played between the three teams in neutral stadiums to decide who will take home the title.

The draw was done later and the following fixture has been set:

Wednesday Dec. 17th:
Tigre v. San Lorenzo

Saturday Dec. 20th
San Lorenzo v. Boca Juniors

Tuesday Dec. 23rd
Boca Juniors v. Tigre