With a goal from Edinson Cavani, Boca beat Platense at the start of the Professional League Cup

In the prelude to the first crossing against Racing for the quarterfinal series of the Copa Libertadores, Boca beat Platense 3-1 on Friday, for the opening date of zone B of the Professional League Cup (LPF). The winger Exequiel Zeballos opened the scoring of the match with a great definition in the 28th minute, the Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, brand new reinforcement of Xeneize, scored his first goal in the club with a precise header at 12 of the second half and midfielder Cristian Medina sealed the result at the end with an exquisite shot from outside the area. For his part, the marker Nicolás Morgantini controlled the ball in the area, took a shot impossible to stop for the goalkeeper Javier García and achieved the discount of the set of Vicente López in the first minutes of the second stage. In the local, played for the first time in the starting team the reinforcements Lucas Blondel, Lucas Janson and Marcelo Saracchi. In addition, after two months of inactivity due to an injury, the young striker Luca Langoni returned to add minutes, but in the course of the commitment he suffered a discomfort that made it impossible for him to play normally. In fact, after the game, the attacker could not stand the frustration, broke into tears and his teammates came to console him. Boca, which has in mind Wednesday’s match with Racing Club for Copa Libertadores, will play for the second date of the contest against Sarmiento de Junín, as a visitor. On the other hand, Platense will receive Defense and Justice in group B, at the Ciudad de Vicente López stadium.

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