Boca Juniors fired off Alfio Basile with a finals trophy on his last match as manager for the club, before he tries to translate his club-winning-formula into victories and trophies for Argentina, taking over as manager for the Argentine National Team.

In a pulsating match in Brazil, Boca Juniors stayed off Sao Paolo 2-2 to reclaim the South American equivalent to the European Super Cup.

Sao Paolo took the initiative and opened up the scoring as Junior anticipated, got in behind the defender, and toe-poked the ball into the corner net, as Boca’s keeper tried desperately to beat Junior to the chase.

Sao Paolo’s slight lead in aggregate (2-2 [winning on away goals]) was short lived though as Boca responded with the equalizer before half-time. Boca strikers, Palermo and Palacio combined on headers to even the match—Palermo rising highest at the back post to head the ball across goal for Palacio to redirect past the frozen keeper.

With the overall advantage, Boca Juniors scored a second in the 2nd half as Palermo single-handedly ripped a right-footed-blast just inside the right post.

In the build-up to the goal, Sao Paolo failed to clear their defensive line. Boca’s pressure paid off, as Palermo showed both his strength and his deft touch as he held off a few defenders and absolutely gutted the last one as he cut the ball on to his right and finished off in champion style.

Sao Paolo leveled the scores late, but time was not on their side, and Boca celebrated as ReCopa Champions [(4-3) on aggregate] on foreign soil.

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