Boca vs UAI Urquiza, for the women’s football final: in the Bombonera and with a record audience

The women’s first division championship will be defined at the Bombonera. As if a forecast of the appointmentthe last date corresponded to undefeated tournament teams: UAI Urquiza, leader with 55 points, and Boca Juniors, his escort with 53 and who will look for the victory in the Xeneize Temple that will give them the bi-championship and also the ranking of the 2023 Conmebol Libertadores women. In addition, the quota will be up for grabs for the 2022 Women’s Super Cup, which will face the winner with the Federal Cup champion.

The duel will take place on Sunday at 3pm and will be broadcast on public TV, with the stories of Lola del Carril and Carla Mileo, the comments of Claudia Villapun and the work on the playing field by Romina Sacher and Gabriela Previtera. The stadium won’t look full just because it’s been decided partially enable La Bombonera, where tickets sold out in record time.

Shortly before, at 11, the third and last descent will be defined: Excursionistas will play simultaneously – against Gimnasia in Bajo Belgrano – and Comunicaciones, against Independiente at the Alfredo Ramos stadium (for the first time in 2022), to seal who will accompany Español and Villa San Carlos in B.

a winding road

In 20 games, UAI Urquiza has won 18 and arrives beating Ferro 7-0, while the Gladiators accumulate 17 consecutive victories and in their most recent duel they also scored seven goals: 7-1 against the Defensores de Belgrano in Núñez.

After the two-point difference, The Warriors will be enough with a draw to be champions and take revenge for the latest definition of the main women’s soccer tournament that has been organized since 1991. It is that Clausura 2021 has been left in the hands of the Xeneizes. However, earlier this year, the first Federal Cup final brought them together and UAI Urquiza won 2-1 there.

What two of the dominatrixes of women’s footballalthough UAI Urquiza only joined Clausura 2010 (in 2008 it participated as Ferrocarril General Urquiza), they are two well-known rivals in definitions.

The number of titles, on the other hand, distances them: the Van has five (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017/18 and the aforementioned Federal Cup), while Boca is the most successful club in the history of women’s football with 27including that last tournament against UAI Urquiza and the Superfinal with San Lorenzo.

A mythical place but little frequented by women’s football

Although the Bombonera was able to host the first Superclásico of the “professional” era, on 24 September 2019, the Gladiators played their last game there almost a year ago against Deportivo Espanol. And only this week it was confirmed that they would receive UAI Urquiza there, for the last date of the tournament.

“It’s official! Boca will define the women’s championship against UAI Urquiza at the Templethis Sunday 25/9 from 3 pm “, the club management reported via Twitter. However, it will not be full because,” for security reasons “, it will be enabled to about 25 thousand people.

The host club will only have a quota of guests who will enter the Bombonera per list. The tickets made available to Boca members, meanwhile, will be in the first and second tray, but not in the third.

Record of ticket sales and attendance

It shouldn’t attract attention, but in Argentine football with an air of professionalism – even if it still has players who have to do other jobs – the sale of tickets to the Bombonera was a novelty for many. But not for the fans who sold them out in record time.

On Thursday, members quickly sold out their ticket booking in SoySocio, free and subject to availabilityand a day later in a matter of minutes the tickets from popular to 600 pesos which was for sale.

In this way the presence of about 25,000 people – a figure that will be confirmed on Sunday – will set a record for Argentine women’s football, after the 16,000 that were in the Argentina-Chile duel in April at the Kempes stadium and the 11,500 of the playoffs against Panama in 2018 at Arsenal. In the local tournament, meanwhile, the record was held by the previous final between these same rivals, in December last year, when there were about 10,000 spectators in Quilmes.

the third descent

After the expected drop Spanish and Villa San Carlosthat count before the last day with only 3 and 4 points, the third and last team that will fall into First B. will leave Excursionistas (14) and Communications (11).

To avoid speculation, both matches will be played on Sunday at 11 and if they are tied – if Comunicaciones wins their game and Excursionistas loses – they will have to play a playoff match to keep the category.

If those led by Ignacio Lacan, on the other hand, add points against Gymnastics, Communications will decrease despite what they do against Independiente.