Another home embarrassment: Boca knocked out of the Apertura | OneFootball

An embarrassment for Boca at La Bombonera, as they were knocked out by Huracán 3-2 in a match corresponding to the round of 16 of the 2026 Torneo Apertura playoffs. Claudio Úbeda’s team played poorly, made glaring mistakes, and paid dearly for them.

The Xeneize could not have started worse, as a rushed move by Leandro Brey and a mistake by Milton Delgado left Leandro Gil one-on-one with the goal. The former Rosario Central man finished despite Ayrton Costa’s attempt to block it and opened the scoring.

From then on, Boca controlled the game and pushed forward, with more determination than football, but ran into a wall that spoiled every attempt to level the match: Hernán Galíndez. The goalkeeper denied five clear chances in the first half and went into the break as the standout player of the match.

In the second half, with Milton Giménez up front after Adam Bareiro’s injury, Xeneize looked for the equalizer by every possible means, and only near the end did they find it with a goal from the former Banfield man.

In extra time, just like at the start of the match, Boca suffered: two mistakes by Lautaro Di Lollo ended in penalties for Huracán. On both occasions, Óscar Romero converted them and seemed to put the game to bed.

Xeneize bowed out of the Apertura early. Photo: Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images

Xeneize never took advantage of the openings the opponent gave them with two red cards in just a few minutes: Erik Ramírez’s, for a brutal kick on Tomás Aranda, and Fabio Pereyra’s, for a second yellow after protesting. They only found a late goal through an unmarked shot by Ángel Romero, but they never played with the clarity they had shown four matches earlier.

Thus ended their run in the first part of the domestic campaign, with an early elimination at La Bombonera and the pressure that everything must go right in the Copa Libertadores so the year is not effectively lost before June.

Boca’s next match

There will not be much time to dwell on it, even though there are still ten days until the next game. Boca are now under pressure to turn things around, and that chance comes in none other than the Copa Libertadores. A win against Cruzeiro at La Bombonera would leave them well placed to face the final matchday without so many worries about qualifying for the round of 16.

The clash against the Brazilians will be on Tuesday, June 19, at home, starting at 9:30 p.m. A negative result would leave them needing a result in the match against Universidad Católica, so it will become a hugely important game after the elimination against Huracán in the domestic competition.

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