Estudiantes celebrate as Alario’s brace wins Troféu de Campeões | OneFootball

With two goals from Lucas Alario, at 78 and 90+1 minutes, Estudiantes de La Plata defeated Platense 2-1 this Saturday and won the 2025 Champions Trophy.

The Pincha, who had won the Argentine Clausura Tournament a week ago, added another trophy in a match that pitted the Clausura champion against the winner of the Apertura Tournament, a title Platense claimed in the first half of the year.

With the result, Estudiantes now has 13 national titles and six international ones, including four Copa Libertadores (1968, 1969, 1970, and 2009) and the 1968 Intercontinental Cup, won against Manchester United.

The match was played at the Estadio Único de San Nicolás, in the city of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, 240 km northwest of Buenos Aires.

Among the approximately 25,000 fans present was the president of Estudiantes, Juan Sebastián Verón, suspended by the AFA for his opposition to the management of Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association.

“Pipa” Alario, former River Plate and Bayer Leverkusen player, among other clubs, entered in the second half when Estudiantes was losing 1-0, after a goal by Franco Zapiola at 49 minutes.

He tied the game at 78 minutes and secured another national title for Estudiantes de La Plata by appearing free at the far post to capitalize on a corner kick from the left and score the winning goal.

“Character and Personality”

According to Alario, the “character and personality” of Estudiantes “to stay strong and overcome everything necessary, winning two titles” explain the great moment the club is experiencing.

The forward stated that Estudiantes “deserves all this” and dedicated his goals to his Paraguayan teammate Santiago Arzamendia, who suffered a serious injury last week against Racing, in the Clausura final, and this Saturday, on crutches, received the trophy and medal.

Platense's goal at the start of the second half opened the scoring, but Estudiantes, worn out by the intense sequence of matches in recent weeks, took time to react.

Coach Eduardo Domínguez made four changes, including the entry of Alario, who tied the match five minutes after entering the field.

It was Domínguez's fifth title as coach of the Pincha, following the victories in the 2023 Copa Argentina, the League Cup, and the 2024 Champions Trophy, as well as the 2025 Clausura.

In stoppage time, Pipa Alario appeared again free at the far post to complete the corner kick taken by Colombian Edwin Cetré and secure the victory for León de La Plata.

“We won in the Estudiantes way, fighting and seeking the result from behind,” explained Uruguayan goalkeeper Fernando Muslera, who after 18 years in European football — with stints at Lazio and Galatasaray — returned to South America in the middle of this year to take over the goal for the Pincha.

“Happy to win another title with Estudiantes and to end the year in the best way,” concluded the experienced Muslera, 39 years old.

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