Boca failed to kill it off, Gimnasia hit back for a late leveller | OneFootball

Boca drew 2-2 with Gimnasia de Mendoza in a match played at the Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie Stadium, corresponding to the eighth round of the 2026 Torneo Clausura. Rodolfo Arruabarrena’s side took the lead twice, but could not contain the home team’s strong attack.

The first half featured a huge intervention from Álvaro Montero just a few minutes in, as he once again delivered a great performance between the posts for the Xeneize. Until the opening goal, El Lobo was clearly the better side. Only once the blue-and-gold team settled into the match were they able to start troubling the Mendoza side.

Alan Velasco scored the first of the afternoon with a superb finish that left César Rigamonti with no chance. But to Boca’s misfortune, Gimnasia responded quickly and found the equalizer through a good run by Ignacio Sabatini.

Velasco was one of Boca’s best players and scored the first of the afternoon. Photo: Ramiro Gómez

Another good move from a Xeneize side that was improving toward the end of the first half proved key to restoring the lead, with a great backheel from the former Independiente and Dallas player to set up Dylan Gorosito, who found Kevin Zenón in the six-yard box. The 2-1 scoreline seemed deserved at that point.

But everything changed for the worse in the second half. Vasco’s substitutions did not work, Boca dropped back and looked to kill the game on the counterattack, without success and with major mistakes from their forwards when it came to decision-making. El Lobo took advantage of that lack of intelligence and kept pushing for the match. Sabatini could have equalized if not for being offside, but that warning meant little to a team that never found the answer.

Zenón scored again and had a rather unusual celebration. Photo: Ramiro Gómez

Just before the end, Esteban Fernández did justice to the way the match had unfolded and made it 2-2 for good. Once again, the blue-and-gold side let the chance slip to climb the overall table and put pressure on Argentinos Juniors and Independiente Rivadavia, while also complicating their situation in the Torneo Clausura and qualification for next year’s Copa Libertadores.

Boca and a key clash in just a few days

Boca has no time to dwell on it and will have to quickly shift gears. Although the draw against Gimnasia de Mendoza gives the feeling that two important points were lost, they will have the chance to put all this behind them in just a few days.

On Tuesday, September 8, at 9:30 p.m. at La Bombonera, Xeneize will play the first leg of the 2026 Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals against São Paulo. The return leg will be a week later, on the 15th, at the same time but at the Morumbí.

In between, on Friday the 11th, also at the Alberto J. Armando, they will host Central Córdoba for the ninth round of the 2026 Torneo Clausura, also at 9:30 p.m.

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