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Article: Boca Juniors Whitewashes River Plate 3-0
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 9, 2001
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Juan Roman Riquelme inspired champions Boca Juniors to a 3-0 win
over league-leaders River Plate on Sunday in a match between the two
Buenos Aires archrivals.
Riquelme orchestrated his team's victory with one goal and a
dazzling display of exquisite soccer.
Boca had collected 15 points from their first ten matches, while
River topped the league standings with 22 points.
Boca scored the opening goal in the 66th minute when Boca
defender Hugo Ibarra brought the ball down and sent a swerving shot
through a bundle of players into the left hand side of the River
net.
In the 71st minute, Riquelme followed up his own penalty shot -
which had been saved by ...