Boca Juniors win 3–1 at the Maracanã to reach the Copa Sudamericana final
Boca overturned a 1–0 first-leg defeat to Vasco da Gama, with substitute Leandro Paredes scoring the winner on aggregate two minutes from time.
By GoalPost · Reporting from La Nación
Boca Juniors beat Vasco da Gama 3–1 at the Maracanã on Tuesday to win their Copa Sudamericana semifinal 3–2 on aggregate. Vasco had won the first leg 1–0 at La Bombonera.
Lautaro Di Lollo headed Boca ahead inside the first five minutes from Lautaro Blanco's cross, and Miguel Merentiel added a second in the 34th. José Luis Rodríguez pulled one back for Vasco in the 66th minute, leveling the tie on aggregate. Leandro Paredes, on as a second-half substitute, won it with a long-range shot in the 88th.
La Nación reports the final is on November 21 in Barranquilla, against the winner of Atlético Mineiro and Montevideo City Torque.
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