🎥 This own goal is painfully unfortunate...but also quite funny

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Alex Mott·28 November 2024

🎥 This own goal is painfully unfortunate...but also quite funny

It was heartbreak for Boca Juniors on Wednesday evening as they were knocked out of the Copa Argentina semi-finals by Vélez Sársfield.

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Vélez netted twice in the dying minutes to secure a 4-3 win over Boca but it was Jorge Figal's first half own goal that set the template for their defeat.

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A cross from Matias Pellegrini down the left-hand side should have been cleared by Figal.

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Instead the veteran defender mishit his clearance and saw an effort crash off the bar and into the back of the net.

It put Vélez 2-0 up in the first half and despite a comeback to 3-2 for Boca, those two injury time strikes put their fellow Buenos Aires side into the final against Central Cordoba.

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