The Federal Women’s Cup will have an unprecedented champion: the comebacks of Boca and San Lorenzo to define the title

The third edition of the Women’s Federal Cup will have an unprecedented champion. Boca Juniors AND Saint Lawrence they will be the protagonist teams of the definition next Sunday, after having achieved two comebacks this Thursday to beat in the semi-final Racing AND Riverrespectively.

El Ciclón, directed by Livio Prieto, comfortably reaches the last match. They beat Atlético de Tucumán 4-0 in the round of 16 and in the quarterfinals they beat UAI Urquiza, the first champion of the Federal Cup in 2021, 1-0.

Even the duel in the semi-final was not easy, because they lost against River, the last champion in 2022, but the historic Eliana Medina – from prison – and young people Juana Fonseca They were the ones who turned the situation around (2-1).

In the case of Boca, the great absolute champion of 2023, they want to win this title that eluded them in 2021 against UAI. Their passage to the final was a little tighter: they advanced directly to the quarterfinals because their first rival, San Luis FC, could not appear due to the San Luis League’s disqualification by the AFA; in that case they beat Platense on penalties (7-6) after having drawn 1 to 1; and in the semi-final they won the classic again against Racing Club on maximum penalties, after a 1-1 draw.

There was a similarity in the two semi-finals: both River and Racing started to win the match and took the lead at half-time, but the teams of Prieto and Florencia Quiñones were able to recover and change the conditions in the second half.

On Sunday 11 February, starting at 5pm, the two finalist teams will try to start the season with a smile in this tournament organized by the AFA Desarrollo and the Federal Council.