Boca beat Central Córdoba 2-1 in Santiago del Estero and, with the win, moved to the top of Zona A while it waited for the result of Estudiantes. The night belonged to the substitutes. Alan Velasco opened the scoring after a shot that deflected off Quiroga, and Milton Giménez added the second after a cross from Exequiel Zeballos.
Central Córdoba pulled one back through Michael Santos, but Boca had already done enough to take control of the table. Leandro Brey started in goal for Boca, while Alan Aguerre was in net for Central Córdoba. The result also extended Boca’s response after a 1-0 loss to Cruzeiro in the Copa Libertadores, which ended a 14-match unbeaten run.
Giménez might have had more. He had a goal ruled out after VAR drew the lines and found a small but evident offside, the kind of decision that leaves little room for argument once the screen has spoken. It was still a productive night for a Boca side that found its answers from the bench and not from the group that had carried the unbeaten run.
That rotation fit Claudio Úbeda’s decision to give substitutes playing time at a moment when Boca is trying to secure its place in the playoffs and steady itself after the defeat in Brazil. The win left it in 2° position with only Estudiantes able to catch it, and Boca was almost assured of second place unless Vélez produced a historic goleada against Newell’s on Monday.
For Boca, the math now runs its way. The next result that matters is Estudiantes’, and after that the bracket will take shape. For Central Córdoba, the loss at home was costly, but the bigger picture belongs to a Boca side that answered its latest setback with a league win and a deeper bench proving useful when it counted.
