2012 Copa Argentina Final

The 2012 Copa Argentina Final was the 185th and final match of the 2011–12 Copa Argentina, the first edition of the national cup relaunched by AFA in 2011.^[1][2] It was played in single match between Boca Juniors and Racing Club, on August 8, 2012 at the Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario. The winner qualified to play the 2012 Copa Sudamericana.

2012 Copa Argentina Final

Estadio del Bicentenario, venue
Event	2011–12 Copa Argentina
Boca Juniors Racing Club 2 1
Date	August 8, 2012
Venue	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan
Referee	Pablo Lunati
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Boca Juniors won the match 2–1 with goals by strikers Santiago Silva and Lucas Viatri, achieving their 2nd. Copa Argentina title.^[3][4][5]

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals app.
Boca Juniors	1 (1969)
Racing Club	None

Bold indicates winning years

Road to the final

Further information: 2011–12 Copa Argentina

Boca Juniors			Round	Racing
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
			Final Round
Santamarina	Salta	1–1 (4–3 p)	Round of 64	El Porvenir	San Juan	2–0
Central Córdoba (R)	San Juan	2–0	Round of 32	Patronato	Salta	3–1
Olimpo	Catamarca	1–1 (11–10 p)	Round of 16	Sarmiento (R)	Resistencia	2–0
Rosario Central	San Juan	1–1 (4–2 p)	Quarterfinals	Atlético Tucumán	Catamarca	1–0
Deportivo Merlo	Catamarca	1–1 (5–4 p)	Semifinals	River Plate	Salta	0–0 (5–4 p)

Match

Details

2011–12 Copa Argentina Final

August 8, 2012

20:30 (UTC−03:00)

Boca Juniors	2–1	Racing
Silva 21' Viatri 62'	Report (1) Report (2)	Viola 68'

Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan

Referee: Pablo Lunati

Boca Juniors

Racing

GK 23 Oscar Ustari DF 4 Franco Sosa DF 2 Rolando Schiavi (c) DF 6 Matías Caruzzo DF 3 Clemente Rodríguez  6' MF 16 Pablo Ledesma MF 18 Leandro Somoza MF 11 Walter Erviti  53' MF 21 Cristian Chávez  77'  89' FW 9 Lucas Viatri  90+4' FW 19 Santiago Silva Substitutes: GK 12 Sebastián D'Angelo DF 14 Christian Cellay  90+4' MF 28 Juan Sánchez Miño  53' MF 22 Cristian Erbes MF 26 Cristian Álvarez  89' MF 27 Orlando Gaona Lugo FW 17 Nicolás Blandi Manager: Julio César Falcioni

GK 1 Sebastián Saja (c) DF 2 Matías Martínez DF 19 Fernando Ortiz DF 6 Matías Cahais DF 32 Claudio Corvalán  27'  67' MF 8 Diego Villar  38'  81' MF 16 Mauro Camoranessi MF 5 Agustín Pelletieri  74' MF 26 Ricardo Centurión FW 20 Valentín Viola FW 9 José Sand Substitutes: GK 21 Jorge De Olivera DF 4 Iván Pillud MF 15 Bruno Zuculini MF 11 Luis Fariña  67' DF 17 Leonardo Migliónico FW 7 Gabriel Hauche  81' FW 18 Javier Cámpora  74' Manager: Luis Zubeldía

Assistant referees: Hernán Maidana Sergio Viola Fourth official: Fernando Rapallini

Match rules 90 minutes No extra time Penalty shoot-out if scores are level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

Statistics

First half Boca Juniors Racing Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 6 3 Shots on target 2 2 Ball possession 40% 60% Fouls committed 8 5 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0

Second half Boca Juniors Racing Goals scored 1 1 Total shots 3 2 Shots on target 6 3 Ball possession 44% 56% Fouls committed 6 5 Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0 0

Overall Boca Juniors Racing Goals scored 2 1 Total shots 9 5 Shots on target 8 5 Ball possession 42% 58% Fouls committed 14 10 Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 0 0