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2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional final
Copa Diego Armando Maradona final
	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, venue
Event	2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional
	Boca Juniors won 5–3 on penalties
Date	17 January 2021
Venue	San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan
Man of the Match	Edwin Cardona (Boca Juniors)
Referee	Facundo Tello
Attendance	0
	2021 →

The Copa Diego Armando Maradona final was the final match to decide the champions of the 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional (renamed "Copa Diego Armando Maradona"), the 1st edition of this national cup. It was played on 17 January 2021 at the Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario in San Juan between Boca Juniors and Banfield.^[1]

Boca Juniors won the match via a penalty shoot-out after the game had finished 1–1 and were crowned as champions of the cup.^[2] As Boca Juniors had already qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores, San Lorenzo (best team of the 2019–20 Superliga Argentina and 2020 Copa de la Superliga aggregate table not yet qualified) gained the 2021 Copa Libertadores berth (Regulations Article 4.2).^[3]

The runners-up Banfield won a qualifying play-off against Vélez Sarsfield, winners of the Fase Complementación, to decide which one would participate in the 2022 Copa Sudamericana (Regulations Article 4.7).^[3]

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Boca Juniors	None
Banfield	None

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Boca Juniors

Round

Banfield

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Lanús

2–1 (A)

Matchday 1

River Plate

3–1 (A)

Newell's Old Boys

2–0 (A)

Matchday 2

Godoy Cruz

1–0 (H)

Talleres (C)

0–1 (H)

Matchday 3

Rosario Central

4–2 (A)

Lanús

1–2 (H)

Matchday 4

River Plate

0–2 (H)

Newell's Old Boys

2–0 (H)

Matchday 5

Godoy Cruz

0–0 (A)

Talleres (C)

0–0 (A)

Matchday 6

Rosario Central

1–1 (H)

Zone 4 winners

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	6	10
2	Talleres (C)	6	9
3	Newell's Old Boys	6	7
4	Lanús	6	7

Source: AFA

Final standings

Zone 3 runners-up

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	River Plate	6	15
2	Banfield	6	11
3	Rosario Central	6	7
4	Godoy Cruz	6	1

Source: AFA

Opponent

Result

Fase Campeón

Opponent

Result

Arsenal

1–1 (H)

Matchday 1

Atlético Tucumán

2–0 (A)

Independiente

2–1 (A)

Matchday 2

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

2–1 (H)

Huracán

3–0 (H)

Matchday 3

Colón

2–1 (A)

River Plate

2–2 (H)

Matchday 4

Talleres (C)

2–3 (A)

Argentinos Juniors

2–2 (A)

Matchday 5

San Lorenzo

4–1 (H)

Group A winners

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	5	9
2	River Plate	5	8
3	Argentinos Juniors	5	8
4	Arsenal	5	7
5	Independiente	5	6
6	Huracán	5	3

Source: AFA

Final standings

Group B winners

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Banfield	5	12
2	Talleres (C)	5	11
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	5	7
4	Colón	5	4
5	San Lorenzo	5	4
6	Atlético Tucumán	5	4

Source: AFA

Match

Details

17 January 2021

22:10

Boca Juniors	1–1	Banfield
Cardona 63'	Report	Lollo 90+5'
Penalties
Tevez Villa Salvio Izquierdoz Buffarini	5–3	Lollo Fontana Rodríguez Álvarez

Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan

Attendance: 0^[4]

Referee: Facundo Tello^[5]

Boca Juniors

Banfield


GK	1	Esteban Andrada
RB	4	Julio Buffarini	39'
CB	5	Carlos Zambrano
CB	24	Carlos Izquierdoz (c)
LB	3	Emmanuel Mas	71' 86'
CM	14	Nicolás Capaldo
CM	21	Jorman Campuzano		60'
RW	22	Sebastián Villa	87'
AM	19	Mauro Zárate		84'
LW	8	Edwin Cardona		66'
CF	9	Ramón Ábila		83'
Substitutes:
GK	17	Agustín Rossi
DF	2	Lisandro López
DF	18	Frank Fabra
DF	20	Gastón Ávila
DF	29	Leonardo Jara
MF	11	Eduardo Salvio	90+5'	66'
MF	23	Diego González		60'
MF	33	Alan Varela		84'
FW	10	Carlos Tevez		83'
FW	27	Franco Soldano
FW	30	Exequiel Zeballos
FW	34	Agustín Obando
Manager:
Miguel Ángel Russo


GK	1	Mauricio Arboleda
RB	32	Emanuel Coronel
CB	2	Alexis Maldonado
CB	6	Luciano Lollo
LB	3	Claudio Bravo	57'	90+3'
CM	30	Jorge Rodríguez (c)
CM	18	Giuliano Galoppo		78'
AM	21	Martín Payero
RW	17	Mauricio Cuero		78'
CF	9	Agustín Fontana
LW	7	Fabián Bordagaray		64'
Substitutes:
GK	27	Facundo Altamirano
DF	4	Rodrigo Arciero
DF	19	Alexis Sosa
DF	24	Luciano Gómez
MF	5	Nicolás Linares
MF	10	Jesús Dátolo
MF	22	Juan Pablo Álvarez		64'
MF	23	Jonás Gutiérrez
MF	25	Alejandro Cabrera
FW	11	Agustín Urzi		78'
FW	29	Luciano Pons		78'
FW	31	Mauricio Asenjo		90+3'
Manager:
Javier Sanguinetti

Man of the Match:
Edwin Cardona (Boca Juniors)^[6]

Assistant referees:
Juan Pablo Belatti
Hernán Maidana
Fourth official:
Nicolás Lamolina
Reserve assistant referee:
Cristian Navarro

Match rules^[3]

90 minutes
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Twelve named substitutes
Maximum of five substitutions

Statistics

Overall
Statistic	Boca Juniors	Banfield
Goals scored	1	1
Total shots	11	12
Shots on target	7	5
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corner kicks	2	4
Fouls committed	21	16
Offsides	1	0
Yellow cards	5	1
Red cards	1	0

References

^ "Banfield y Boca, finalistas" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 11 January 2021. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "Boca es el campeón" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 17 January 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "REGLAMENTO DE LA COPA DE LA LIGA PROFESIONAL DE FUTBOL DE AFA 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA. 26 October 2020.
^ "Conferencia de Seguridad por las finales" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 14 January 2021. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ "Árbitros para las finales" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 12 January 2021. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ "Cardona, el jugador de Boca que no quiso ver los penales" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 18 January 2021.