In the final of the Libertadores, Boca Juniors prevailed on penalties against Palmeiras of Ferreira

Boca Juniors qualified for the final of the Copa Libertadores for the 12th time in its history, which in the early hours prevailed on penalties (4-2, 1-1 in regular time) against Abel Ferreira’s Palmeira.

The Buenos Aires side were fortunate enough to be reduced to 10 men due to Marcos Rojo’s dismissal in the 66th minute of the second semi-final against the Brazilians and Sergio Romero’s superb save on Rooney’s reverse scissors kick three minutes from time. of the race.

Now the Argentines will have the chance to equal Independiente’s record of seven wins to Boca’s six, who have also lost five finals, the last of which came in 2018 in the “civil war” with River Plate, which was held due to incidents in “Santiago Bernabeu” of Real Madrid.

Boca Juniors took the lead in the 23rd minute with a fine display from Edinson Cavani and the hosts, taking advantage of the fact that they were playing with one man more, managed to draw level at 1-1 with Joaquin Piqueres’ thunderbolt.

In the penalty shoot-out, however, Romero made two saves, Rafael Vega and Gustavo Gomes, with Guillermo Fernandez hitting the crucial penalty for Boca to send them through to the final on November 4, where they will face Marcelo’s Fluminense, which reached the Copa Libertadores final for the first time in its history.