Independiente beat Boca 1-0 to reach Apertura semi-finals

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF BOCA JUNIORS PLAYING INDEPENDIENTE IN THE ARGENTINE PRIMERA DIVISION QUARTER-FINAL PLAY-OFFS

RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT

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BOCA JUNIORS (BLUE) V INDEPENDIENTE (RED)

1. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS WALKING OUT

2. AERIAL OF STADIUM

FIRST HALF

3. BOCA FORWARD MIGUEL MERENTIEL SCORES A GOAL, BUT IT IS DISALLOWED FOR OFFSIDE

4. REPLAY SHOWING OFFSIDE

5. MERENTIEL SENDS A GREAT PASS TO BOCA MIDFIELDER, CARLOS PALACIOS, BUT PALACIOS BUNGLES THE SHOT

SECOND HALF

6. GOAL! (64’) INDEPENDIENTE TAKE A CORNER, INDEPENDIENTE DEFENDER, ALVARO ANGULO, IS THERE ON THE REBOUND AND DRIVES TO THE NET – INDEPENDIENTE LEAD 1-0

7. REPLAY OF GOAL

8. INDEPENDIENTE HAVE A GOAL DISALLOWED FOR OFFSIDE

9. REPLAY SHOWING OFFSIDE

10. INDEPENDIENTE COACH, JULIO VACCARI, CELEBRATING AS FINAL WHISTLE BLOWN

11. BOCA COACH, MARIANO HERRON, WALKING ONTO PITCH AT END OF MATCH

STORY: Independiente beat hosts Boca Juniors 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the Argentine Apertura tournament on Monday (May 19), thanks to a second-half strike by defender Alvaro Angulo.

Independiente, who will play Huracan for a spot in the final, struggled in the first half but came alive in the second with Angulo sealing the victory with a superb finish just after the hour-mark at La Bombonera.

As Boca looked to make a quick break from an Independiente corner, the Colombian intercepted the ball and raced back into the box before slipping inside defender Ayrton Costa and firing high over the goalkeeper's head.

Boca had a goal ruled out for offside in the 15th minute and squandered a golden opportunity towards the end of the first half when Miguel Merentiel's whipped cross found Carlos Palacios all alone in front of goal but he somehow missed the tap-in.

Boca next face Atletico Tucuman in the Copa Argentina before starting their Club World Cup campaign in the United States.

(Production: Kurt Michael Hall)