2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional Final

The 2020 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]

2020 Copa Diego A. Maradona Final
Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, venue
Event2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional
Boca Juniors Banfield
1 1
Boca Juniors won 5–3 on penalties
Date17 January 2021
VenueSan Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan
Man of the MatchEdwin Cardona (Boca Juniors)
RefereeFacundo Tello
Attendance0

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]

Banfield will play a match against Vélez Sarsfield, winners of the Fase Complementación, to decide which one will participate in the 2022 Copa Sudamericana (Regulations Article 4.7). As Boca Juniors won the 2019–20 Superliga, they also qualified for the 2022 Copa Sudamericana (Regulations Article 4.6)[3]

Qualified teams
Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Boca JuniorsNone
BanfieldNone

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
Boca Juniors 1–1 Banfield
Cardona  63' Report Lollo  90+5'
Penalties
Tevez
Villa
Salvio
Izquierdoz
Buffarini 		5–3 Lollo
Fontana
Rodríguez
Álvarez
Attendance: 0[4]
Referee: Facundo Tello[5]
Boca Juniors
Banfield
GK1 Esteban Andrada
DF4 Julio Buffarini 39'
DF5 Carlos Zambrano
DF24 Carlos Izquierdoz (c)
DF3 Emmanuel Mas 71'  86'
MF14 Nicolás Capaldo
MF21 Jorman Campuzano 60'
RW22 Sebastián Villa 87'
AM19 Mauro Zárate 84'
LW8 Edwin Cardona 66'
CF9 Ramón Ábila 83'
Substitutes:
GK17 Agustín Rossi
DF2 Lisandro López
DF18 Frank Fabra
DF20 Gastón Ávila
DF29 Leonardo Jara
MF11 Eduardo Salvio 90+5' 66'
MF23 Diego González 60'
MF33 Alan Varela 84'
FW10 Carlos Tevez 83'
FW27 Franco Soldano
FW30 Exequiel Zeballos
FW34 Agustín Obando
Manager:
Miguel Ángel Russo
GK1 Mauricio Arboleda
DF32 Emanuel Coronel
DF2 Alexis Maldonado
DF6 Luciano Lollo
DF3 Claudio Bravo 57' 90+3'
MF30 Jorge Rodríguez (c)
MF18 Giuliano Galoppo 78'
AM21 Martín Payero
FW17 Mauricio Cuero 78'
FW9 Agustín Fontana
FW7 Fabián Bordagaray 64'
Substitutes:
GK27 Facundo Altamirano
DF4 Rodrigo Arciero
DF19 Alexis Sosa
DF24 Luciano Gómez
MF5 Nicolás Linares
MF10 Jesús Dátolo
MF22 Juan Pablo Álvarez 64'
MF23 Jonás Gutiérrez
MF25 Alejandro Cabrera
FW11 Agustín Urzi 78'
FW29 Luciano Pons 78'
FW31 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
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