The 2021 Maradona Cup was the friendly club football cup organized to honour the late Argentine footballer Diego Armando Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.Maradona, ¿el más grande entre los grandes? - RTVE.es, RTVE, 20 Nov 2020Maradona: muere el genio imperfecto on the BBCDiego Maradona: por qué fue el mejor futbolista de la historia on El TiempoMaradona: el mejor de todos los tiempos on La Voz de Galicia The match was played at Mrsool Park in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, on 14 December 2021, and was contested by FC Barcelona from Spain and Boca Juniors from Argentina, two clubs that Maradona played for during his career.Oficial: Boca y Barcelona jugarán la Maradona Cup, Olé by Leandro Contento, 25 Oct 2021
Maradona played for Boca Juniors after being traded from Argentinos Juniors in 1981,A 30 años del pase de Maradona a Boca | Fútbol - La Voz, 20 Feb 2011Maradona a Boca: 40 años de un pase, Página/12, 22 Feb 2021 winning the 1981 Metropolitano championship and leaving the next season to then return in 1995 until his official retirement in 1997. On the other hand, Barcelona were the first European club Maradona played for after his first period at Boca Juniors. During his two seasons with Barcelona, Maradona won the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España and the Copa de la Liga.Boca-Barcelona confirmado: jugarán la Maradona Cup en Arabia Saudita on TyC Sports, 25 Oct 2021
Venue + Riyadh Mrsool Park Capacity: 25,000
Match Summary After the match ended in a 1–1 draw with goals from Ferran Jutglà and Exequiel Zeballos, Boca Juniors defeated Barcelona 4–2 on penalties to win the cup.Boca venció por penales al Barcelona en Arabia Saudita y se quedó con la Copa Maradona, ClarínBoca venció a Barcelona en los penales y se alzó con la Copa Maradona on Télam
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GK 13 NetoRB 8 Dani AlvesCB 24 Eric García (2)CB 15 Clément Lenglet (c) (2)LB 2 Sergiño Dest CM 27 Álvaro Sanz (1)CM 6 Riqui PuigRW 11 Yusuf Demir (1)AM 14 Philippe Coutinho LW 18 Alejandro BaldeCF 23 Ferran JutglàSubstitutes:FW 37 Ilias Akhomach (1)DF 22 Óscar Mingueza (2)MF 20 Matheus Pereira (1)DF 5 Mika Màrmol (2)DF 35 Arnau Comas DF 16 Guillem Jaime Manager: Xavi
GK 1 Agustín RossiRB 17 Luis Advíncula (3)CB 24 Carlos Izquierdoz (c)CB 6 Marcos RojoLB 18 Frank FabraDM 21 Jorman Campuzano (2)CM 32 Agustín Almendra (1)CM 20 Juan Ramírez (2)RF 8 Edwin Cardona (1)CF 38 Luis Vázquez (1)LF 22 Sebastián Villa (2)Substitutes:FW 30 Exequiel Zeballos (1)MF 16 Aaron Molinas (2)MF 23 Diego González (1)MF 33 Alan Varela (2)FW 11 Eduardo Salvio (1)FW 31 Cristian Pavón (2)DF 5 Carlos Zambrano (3)Manager: Sebastián Battaglia
Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Unlimited substitutions allowed.
Statistics +Overall BarcelonaBoca JuniorsGoals scored 1 1 Total shots 14 13Shots on target 3 4Ball possession 65% 35%Passing accuracy 89% 77%Corner kicks 2 2 12 9Offsides 3 1Yellow cards 1 1Red cards 0 0
2021 Maradona Cup winners Boca Juniors1st title
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