Boca Juniors 3- 1

Madrid: River Plate won the Copa Libertadores by beating their fiercest rivals Boca Juniors 3- 1 after extra time on Sunday, bringing an end to a final tainted by violence and moved more than six thousand miles away from Argentina. Boca took the lead through Dario Benedetto but Lucas Pratto equalised before Juan Quintero and Gonzalo Martinez scored in extra time, aided by Wilmar Barrios being sent off, to win a fittingly dramatic contest for River. It means River prevailed 5- 3 on aggregate after the first leg finished 2- 2 and reclaim the trophy they had last won in 2015, lifting it for the fourth time in their history. “We have shown we are superior,” River’s Leonardo Ponzio said. “After trying to stay quiet about everything that happened, we showed on the pitch we were better.” “The only thing I feel is sadness for not winning the cup and giving it to the people of Boca,” Boca coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto said.