The dramatic penalties that consecrated Boca and Estudiantes de Buenos Aires champions of the Futsal Super Cup

Defending champions and world runners-up Futsal AFA kicked off the season with the usual celebration Super cup which brings together the winners of each tournament and division from the previous year, in both branches. After a week of intense competition, Boca retained the men’s title AND Estudiantes de Buenos Aires had its first time in the women’s fieldafter sensational definitions from penalties to beat Strong soul AND Saint Lawrencerespectively.

The ‘Xeneize’ won their fourth title in this competition organized by the AFA Futsal Commission and were champions twice (as in 2018/19), to be celebrated with their fans at the micro-stadium in Lomas de Zamora. Those led by Hernan Garciaswho had just beaten SECLA and Nueva Chicago, had the goalie Guido Mosenson and the wing Santiago Basile its high points.

It was in fact the ‘Brain’, member of the Argentine national team, world champion in 2016 and vice-champion in 2021, who converted the initial score. However, Almafuerte, who had caused a surprise by eliminating San Lorenzo (Primera A 2022 champions) and Franja de Oro (Argentine Cup runners-up), equalized with a double penalty of Leandro Gimenez at the end of the meeting.

With morale high, the team from San Martín, who were First C champions last year to move up to the Second Division, were keen to strike, but on penalties they missed two shots and allowed “Xeneize” to get the his 28th title in the discipline , being the most successful in history and extending its good vibes to the current management of Jorge Ameal and Juan Román Riquelme. In Boca, futsal is part of the amateur sports structure led by Martín Mendiguren.

A similar result had the women’s tournament, which was for the first time in the hands of Estudiantes de Buenos Aires. Caseros’ Pincha came from behind two goals in the final stretch of the game against San Lorenzo, current runners-up in America and winners of the 2022 First Division tournament, to draw 4-4 and go to penalties.

the former sanctity nicole you have was the great figure of Buenos Aires, scoring a hat-trick, while galliotes he scored the remaining goal. They scored for San Lorenzo Tamara Arario, Florentine colonel, Juan Fonseca –criminal- and the Uruguayan Federica Silvera.

The controversy was present in the second half when a very clear goal was not validated at the San Lorenzo after a shot by Rocío Vázquez, with the score 4-3 in his favor, which could have changed the outcome of the match.

On penalties, the Estudiantes goalkeeper Sabrina Artin She was the heroine of her team, stopping the last penalty that gave the scudetto to the Caseros institute, which in 2021 was promoted to the First Division.