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River Plate beat Boca Juniors to win Argentine Super Cup

IANS  |  Mendoza (Argentina) 

River Plate defeated rivals 2-0 to secure their first here on Thursday.

opened the scoring at the in the western city of by converting a penalty after was tripped by Edwin Cardona, reports

Martinez then turned provider by laying off a slide-rule pass for Nacho Scocco to tap in from close range.

River qualified for the annual match by winning last year's Copa Argentina while Boca earned a berth as the reigning first division champions.

It was just the sixth edition of the tournament, which has also been won by Arsenal de Sarandi, Velez Sarsfield, Huracan, and Lanus since its inception in 2012.

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First Published: Thu, March 15 2018. 13:00 IST
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