2018 Supercopa Argentina

The 2018 Supercopa Argentina Final was the 7th edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Argentine Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions.[2] Initially the match was scheduled for 4 April 2019 at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza but it was rescheduled for 2 May 2019.[3]

2018 Supercopa Argentina

Boca Juniors Rosario Central 0 0
Boca Juniors won 6–5 on penalties
Date	2 May 2019
Venue	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
Man of the Match	Sebastián Villa[1]
Referee	Fernando Rapallini

Boca Juniors and Rosario Central qualified after winning the 2017–18 Argentine Primera División tournament and the 2017–18 Copa Argentina, respectively.[4][5][6]

Boca Juniors won the match via a penalty shoot-out after the game had finished 0–0. It was their first Supercopa Argentina title.[7]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Boca Juniors	2017–18 Primera División champions	3 (2012, 2015, 2017)
Rosario Central	2017–18 Copa Argentina champions	None

Match

Details

2 May 2019

21:10 UTC–3

Boca Juniors	0–0	Rosario Central
	Report
Penalties
Benedetto Tevez Pavón Villa Buffarini Izquierdoz	6–5	Ortigoza Gil Parot Zampedri Caruzzo Rinaudo

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Referee: Fernando Rapallini[8]

Boca Juniors

Rosario Central

GK 31 Esteban Andrada DF 4 Julio Buffarini  18' DF 20 Lisandro López DF 24 Carlos Izquierdoz  45' DF 3 Emmanuel Mas MF 22 Sebastián Villa  90' MF 15 Nahitan Nández MF 23 Iván Marcone MF 30 Emanuel Reynoso  41'  61' FW 19 Mauro Zárate  78' FW 9 Darío Benedetto (c) Substitutes: GK 12 Marcos Díaz DF 6 Júnior Alonso MF 27 Jorman Campuzano MF 39 Agustín Almendra FW 7 Cristian Pavón  78' FW 10 Carlos Tevez  61' FW 17 Ramón Ábila Manager: Gustavo Alfaro

GK 1 Jeremías Ledesma DF 12 Nahuel Molina DF 32 Facundo Almada  66' DF 2 Matías Caruzzo (c) DF 19 Miguel Barbieri  69' DF 24 Alfonso Parot  88' MF 13 Rodrigo Villagra  80' MF 21 Fabián Rinaudo MF 5 Leonardo Gil FW 34 Maximiliano Lovera  84' FW 9 Claudio Riaño  64' Substitutes: GK 31 Josué Ayala DF 4 Gonzalo Bettini DF 6 Marcelo Ortiz MF 7 Joaquín Pereyra  81'  80' MF 10 Néstor Ortigoza  84' FW 17 Germán Herrera FW 20 Fernando Zampedri  64' Manager: Diego Cocca

Assistant referees:[8] Gabriel Chade Pablo González Fourth official:[8] Jorge Baliño

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Overall[9] Boca Juniors Rosario Central Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 19 6 Shots on target 7 4 Ball possession 60% 40% Corner kicks 10 3 Fouls committed 12 23 Offsides 1 2 Yellow cards 4 4 Red cards 0 0

2018 Supercopa Argentina winners
Boca Juniors 1st Title

References

1. "Alfaro: "Lo quiero compartir con Guillermo"" (in Spanish). Fox Sports. 2 May 2019.
2. "REGLAMENTO DEL CAMPEONATO DE PRIMERA DIVISIÓN 2017/2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA. 17 August 2017.
3. "La Supercopa Argentina 2018 se disputará el 2 de mayo en Mendoza" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 14 March 2019.
4. "Boca jugará la Supercopa Argentina 2019" (in Spanish). Diario Xeneize. 9 May 2018.
5. "Rosario Central es el campeón de la Copa Total Argentina 2018" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
6. "Boca ya tiene rival para la Supercopa Argentina" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
7. "Boca venció a Rosario Central en los penales y ganó la Supercopa Argentina" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 2 May 2019.
8. "Supercopa Argentina: Rapallini, el árbitro de Boca-Central" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 25 April 2019.
9. "Argentina - Supercopa Argentina 2019 - COMPARATIVA" (in Spanish). AFA. 2 May 2019.