Estudiantes did the ultimate on Wednesday when they dethroned repeat holders, Boca Juniors (2-1) to take themselves to the heights of Argentina’s 2006 Apertura. With a chance to take the Gold away from La Volpe and Boca Juniors, Diego Simeoni and Veron and Co. made sure that the La Plata steel would see them through (winning off or drawing many of their last games in dramatic fashion). 

Maradona’s boys failed to pull even a point in the last two games, losing to Belgrano and Lanus in the dying days of Argentine football. Questions and frustrations of what should have been will plague La Volpe and the Buenas Aires club in the interm, before the Clausura tournament begins after the short break in Argentina.

Boca actually went ahead first in the playoff in the 5th min. behind striker, Martin Palermo’s strike, but in the 2nd half, Estudiantes stormed back and leveled the score with a direct free kick that curled over the wall and into the right corner, beating the Boca keeper.

Estudiantes striker, Pabone then performed man-of-the-match heroics as it was his superb hussle play, nipping in to pull a jack-knife sombrero (in between a boca defender and the keeper) over the keeper and heading home with a head-but finish, that claimed the throne. 

The celebrations that then ensued were incredulous as the young Estudiantes players ran ecstatically about in there skimmies while Veron and Simeoni waxed philosophical around the grounds to the faithfulls who rained down tears.

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