Soccer Football - Boca Juniors v River Plate - Argentine Supercopa - Malvinas Argentinas stadium, Mendoza, Argentina - March 14, 2018 - River Plate's players celebrate with the trophy. REUTERS/Gustavo Garello NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - River Plate scored a goal in each half to secure a 2-0 Argentine Supercup win over Boca Juniors in a showdown between the Buenos Aires rivals on Wednesday.
Gonzalo Martinez opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 17 minutes following a foul on Ignacio Fernandez and while Boca had several chances to equalize, Franco Armani simply refused to be beaten in the River goal.
River withstood the assault before their forwards took advantage with 20 minutes remaining when Ignacio Scocco finished off a fine move that once again involved Fernandez and Martinez.
Soccer Football - Boca Juniors v River Plate - Argentine Supercopa - Malvinas Argentinas stadium, Mendoza, Argentina - March 14, 2018 - River Plate's Gonzalo Martinez celebrates at the end of the match. REUTERS/Gustavo Garello NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
The Supercup pits the winner of the Argentine Cup against the league champions but this was only the second time the country's biggest clubs have met in a domestic final as River avenged a 1976 top-flight title showdown defeat to Boca.
(Reporting by Ramiro Scandolo; Writing by Andrew Downie; Editing by John O'Brien)
Soccer Football - Boca Juniors v River Plate - Argentine Supercopa - Malvinas Argentinas stadium, Mendoza, Argentina - March 14, 2018 - Boca Juniors' Cristian Pavon and River Plate's Gonzalo Montiel in action. REUTERS/Gustavo Garello Soccer Football - Boca Juniors v River Plate - Argentine Supercopa - Malvinas Argentinas stadium, Mendoza, Argentina - March 14, 2018 - Boca Juniors' Carlos Tevez and River Plate's Enzo Perez in action. REUTERS/Gustavo Garello Soccer Football - Boca Juniors v River Plate - Argentine Supercopa - Malvinas Argentinas stadium, Mendoza, Argentina - March 14, 2018 - Boca Juniors' Paolo Goltz in action against River Plate's Javier Pinola and Enzo Perez in action. REUTERS/Gustavo Garello Soccer Football - Boca Juniors v River Plate - Argentine Supercopa - Malvinas Argentinas stadium, Mendoza, Argentina - March 14, 2018 - Boca Juniors' Cristian Pavon reacts after missing a chance to score. REUTERS/Gustavo Garello Soccer Football - Boca Juniors v River Plate - Argentine Supercopa - Malvinas Argentinas stadium, Mendoza, Argentina - March 14, 2018 - River Plate's Gonzalo Martinez celebrates his goal. REUTERS/Gustavo Garello .Soccer Football - Boca Juniors v River Plate - Argentine Supercopa - Malvinas Argentinas stadium, Mendoza, Argentina - March 14, 2018 - River Plate's Ignacio Fernandez is fouled by Boca Juniors' Edwin Cardona (10) and a penalty is awarded. REUTERS/Gustavo Garello Soccer Football - Boca Juniors v River Plate - Argentine Supercopa - Malvinas Argentinas stadium, Mendoza, Argentina - March 14, 2018 - Boca Juniors' Carlos Tevez and River Plate's Javier Pinola in action. REUTERS/Gustavo Garello Soccer Football - Boca Juniors v River Plate - Argentine Supercopa - Malvinas Argentinas stadium, Mendoza, Argentina - March 14, 2018 - Boca Juniors' Cristian Pavon and River Plate's Ignacio Fernandez in action. REUTERS/Gustavo Garello
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