Defensa y Justicia beat Boca Juniors 2-1 at the Estadio Norberto Tomaghello, and Abiel Osorio decided it at 90'. All three goals came after the 84th minute in a match that stayed tight until the final whistle.
Boca had arrived after beating River at El Monumental and needed a win by more than two goals of difference to take the lead in Zona A, though even that would have left it depending on results from Estudiantes and Vélez over the weekend. Instead, the night ended with Boca leaving Florencio Varela without the margin it needed and Defensa taking the three points in front of both fan bases at the Estadio Norberto Tomaghello.
Andrés Gariano officiated the match, with Aarón Molinas captaining Defensa y Justicia and Nicolás Figal leading Boca Juniors. TyC Sports opened its live coverage with the call, “¡Comenzó el partido!”
The result carries added weight because Defensa had been the only team in the championship without a defeat until three matches before this report. Since then, it has fallen to Instituto, then Talleres and Independiente, and had not picked up a point before meeting Boca. That made Osorio’s late finish more than a winning goal; it stopped the slide and gave Defensa a result that had eluded it for weeks.
For Boca, the defeat leaves the race for Zona A unfinished and out of its hands. For Defensa, it was a reminder that a match can turn in a single minute, even after a run that had already stripped away its unbeaten start.