Boca Juniors vs Vasco DA Gama 0-1

Vasco da Gama beat Boca Juniors 1-0 in Buenos Aires, with Adson’s first-half goal settling it before Andrés Gómez was sent off for the visitors in the 64th minute.

Adson opened the scoring in the 25th minute, finishing Andrés Gómez’s assist for 1-0. That remained the score at half-time, with Boca Juniors 0-1 Vasco da Gama at the break.

Boca Juniors pressed after the restart and made three changes, sending on Sebastián Villa for Williams Alarcón on 58 minutes, Miguel Merentiel for Carlos Palacios on 67 minutes and Ángel Romero for Santiago Ascacibar on 86 minutes. Vasco da Gama’s lead was protected after Gómez was booked in the 63rd minute and dismissed on 64 minutes, then the visitors made a double change on 68 minutes and two more double changes on 78 and 82 minutes.

Boca Juniors had 60% possession, 530 passes and 17 shots to Vasco da Gama’s 40%, 366 passes and 9 shots. Boca Juniors also had 9 corners to 1, but Vasco da Gama had 2 shots on target and Boca Juniors had 2 as well, while the xG figures were 1.12 and 0.49. The saves count was 1 to 2, and the fouls finished 8-11.

Milton Delgado was booked for Boca Juniors in the 8th minute. Vasco da Gama had Adson booked in the 44th minute, Santiago Sosa booked in the 51st minute, and Andrés Gómez booked in the 63rd minute before his red card on 64 minutes.