Boca Juniors beats River Plate in the Argentine Superclásico, but Leo Díaz wins the respect of the fans. Here the memes

(CNN Spanish) – Boca Juniors won the Argentine Superclásico on penalties after drawing 1-1 against River Plate in regular time on Sunday.

The match, which corresponded to the quarterfinals of the Professional Soccer League Cup, began with a goal at minute 11 by Carlos Tevez. There was controversy in this play for what apparently was a push from the Argentine player before scoring; however, no fault was called.

At minute 68, River’s response came in La Bombonera with a header from Julián Álvarez.

The tie was maintained until the end of the 90 minutes of the match, so the penalty shoot-out had to come to decide the winner. In this instance, Boca won with a score of 4-2.

Despite the defeat, one of the players most applauded by the fans was Alan Leonardo Díaz, a 21-year-old goalkeeper who made his debut in the first division tonight due to the multiple cases of covid-19 that the team reported on Saturday.

The starting and substitute goalkeepers were involved in the team’s covid-19 cases, and for this reason Leo Díaz had the opportunity.

Díaz saved Tevez three shots and even in the final shootout saved a penalty from Edwin Cardona, who tried to score the Panenka-style goal.

These are some social media memes after the meeting:

River’s archer leo diaz yesterday had 5k followers on instagram TODAY he HAS 45K pic.twitter.com/TB0DZIoegF

– LC (@ Ezequiel1901) May 16, 2021

Armani watching the performance of Díaz el arquerito River #Super classic pic.twitter.com/rCOk0AxHZI

– ???????? ????????? (@iamferro) May 16, 2021

Give the damn contract to Diaz #Super classic pic.twitter.com/KNIaDLNYaY

– Μeru ♔ (@meritoranzo) May 16, 2021

Alan Díaz’s house right now #Super classic pic.twitter.com/kC4wO4g4j9

– Valentina Etulain ? (@ValentinaEtu) May 16, 2021

the reserve goalkeeper: * missing one day of training *

alan diaz: pic.twitter.com/xDaDLP23Dh

– Facho Nernández (@FachoNernandez) May 16, 2021

Leo Díaz stopping the Cardona penalty: pic.twitter.com/UNoqTewvVe

– Dexter Scarlexter (@Hildadexter) May 16, 2021

Leo Díaz and Gallardo have my heart ?❤️ pic.twitter.com/KoOfTW4cWu

– sun (@httpIuci) May 16, 2021

the hug of leo diaz and gallardo pic.twitter.com/XQcmOanjPw

– sun (@httpIuci) May 16, 2021

Leo Diaz last night pic.twitter.com/vTHzYfGXoZ

– #AndateDamico (@EncuestasNOB) May 16, 2021

It was always Diaz pic.twitter.com/ZrVbRky6EW

– Montielista✈️ (@UnFalcon) May 16, 2021