Boca, just Boca (daily newspaper Junge Welt)

A beautiful good morning! Club Atlético Boca Juniors won the final of the Torneo Feminino Clausura of the Primera División Argentina with a 5-2 win against UAI Urquiza at the Estadio Centenario in Quilmes on Sunday. The outstanding kicker at the final meeting was clearly Yamila Rodríguez, who alone scored four goals for the »Gladiadoras«.

While the Xeneizes had put the final of the Torneo Apertura against Papal Club San Lorenzo de Almagro in the proverbial sand, this time they already led to the break mate 4-0, the choice was over. Fabiana Vallejos had already opened the scoring after twelve minutes, and in the last minutes of the first section Yamila Rodríguez had managed a flawless hat trick that already put the Blau-Güldenen 4-0. Romina Núñez and Daiana Falfán had in the meantime shortened to 4-2 for the UAI, which last won the championship in 2019. After defending champion San Lorenzo de Almagro had been eliminated on penalties in the semifinals, the sixth star should now come after the team won the title for the first time in 2012. It failed. Boca’s goalkeeper Laurina Oliveros was instrumental with numerous brilliant parades to ensure that the success afterwards looked easy on paper. The champions of the Torneo de Transición 2020 (7-0 in the final against River Plate) let the final defeat of the previous tournament (after penalties against San Lorenzo) be forgotten. At that time, the Azulgranas only equalized in the last minute of regular time with a goal from Sindy Ramírez and thus forced extra time.

For Yamila Rodríguez, Argentina’s exceptional player from the northeastern province of Misiones (the Mesopotamus between Paraguay and Brazil), the penny had not yet fallen after the recent triumph and her world-class performance. “I still can’t believe it. My sisters and my mother are specially from Posadas (the provincial capital, jW) come to see me. I think they gave me the strength to clean the four things, “Yamila said shortly after the final whistle, visibly euphoric, into the microphones of the numerous television companies.

Since semi-professional women’s football was recently introduced in Argentina, the Gladiadoras have reached the final for the third time and have now won it for the second time. The 25th title secured the Ribera club, who had outclassed River Plate 3-0 in the semi-finals, and a place in the Copa Libertadores next year. When the festivities in La Boca end, the players around Yamila, Laurina and Fabiana can prepare for the next challenge: The 2021 superfinal against the “Santitas”, the Apertura champions, is just around the corner for the best team of the season to crown in Argentina.