Sports · Argentine footballBoca Valencia title goal: Last-gasp winner seals the annual championshipWritten November 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:07Ener Valencia's last Gasp goal turned Boca Juniors into champions.0:11Boca beat Defensa Ejusticia I, nil and finished one point ahead of Rosario Central,0:16whose supporters were already celebrating.0:18How did Boca turn its final attack into the goal that took the trophy away from0:22Central?0:22Boca won at La Bombanera on November seventh,20206 .0:27Rodolfo Aruobarina's team entered the final regular season round, needing a result0:31that would settle the annual championship.0:33By the closing minutes, Central had already completed its part.0:36The match belonged to round sixteen of Zona A, with a listed kickoff of five thirty0:40and Sebasti, Zunino refereeing.0:42But the pressure on Boca came from another stadium.0:44Central's match had finished, leaving Boca with only the time still running on its0:49own clock.0:49Rosario Central beat Estudiantes de Ar o quarto tun El at home through Julian0:54Fernandez and Emmanuel Coronel.0:56Boca eventually beat Defensa Igastitia I, nil with Valencia scoring six minutes into1:00stoppage time.1:01Central's supporters had begun celebrating before that winner arrived.1:05Argentino's juniors had also entered the day level on points with Boca.1:08They lost two, Nell to Harak and Ella Paternal.1:11That removed another contender, but Boca still had to win its own game.1:15A goalless draw would leave the trophy with central.1:18Matt S.1:18Borgadio kept Boca out through much of the second half.1:21Five minutes after halftime, he stopped Lautaro Di Lolo's header.1:25Shortly afterward, he blocked Sebasti and Villa's low shot.1:28Boca kept creating chances, and Defense's goalkeeper kept answering them.1:32In the thirty-third minute of the second half, Borgadio saved from Tom's Aranda.1:36Facundo Jagger Herrera then had two late chances inside the six-yard area.1:41He couldn't put enough force behind the first, and he sent the second over the bar.1:44Lotaro Blanco's long cross from the left finally opened the way through.1:48Borgaggio couldn't hold it, and Lautaro Di Lolo intervened with a header.1:51The loose ball reached Ener Valencia, who struck it first time to score the winner.1:56Dami and Fernandez stretched out a foot to stop the shot.1:59The ball touched him on its way in, and the home supporters erupted.2:02About a minute later, Zunino blew the final whistle.2:05The goalkeeper who had repeatedly frustrated Boca had lost the cross that decided2:09the championship.2:10Boca finished one point ahead with sixty-three points to central sixty two.2:14A draw would have left Boca on sixty-one.2:17Valencia's goal added two points compared with that draw, moving Boca from one point2:21behind central to one point ahead.2:23The annual table combines points from the regular phases of the Apertura and2:26Clauzera competitions.2:27Boca's accumulation across those two campaigns delivered this championship.2:31The victory also secured a place in the2027 Copa Libertadores group stage.2:35Boca's previous trophy came in March2023 when it beat Patronato3 in the Supercopa2:40Argentina.2:41Dar O'Benedetto scored all three goals.2:44This annual table championship gave Boca's supporters their first title in more than2:48three years.2:48Valencia had already delivered another decisive performance for Boca.2:52His hat trick against racing sent the club into the Copa Argentina semi-final.2:56Against Defensa, the Ecuadorian forward needed one late rebound to finish a title3:00race that remained open until the final attacking chance.3:03Boca also secured second place behind Instituto in its Clauzera group.3:06The Clauzera knockout competition continues, with Independiente Rivadavia next in3:11the round of sixteen.3:12A date for that fixture hasn't been confirmed.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
