The American champion took advantage of Boca Juniors pale present and beat the xeneixe team 2 to 1 in Quilmes. It is the only leader of the Apertura. Calderon and Enzo Perez for “Pincha” Palermo had tied for Boca.

Estudiantes in the first half dominated thegame through Juan Sebastián Verón playing  as the leader of a scheme that worked perfectly and with the company of Braña. Salgueiro created dangers but missed the definition.

Boca, meanwhile, lost in the middle of court, without finding the ball and  spaces. Their hopes were limited to striker Martin Palermo or some isolated play by Federico Insua and Guillermo Marino, who never knew how to play  together to generate football.

Soon, at 11 minutes Calderon hit a ball center stop and put the game 1 to 0. Again, the bottom of Boca misunderstandings and clear errors of  Abbondazieri, who never managed to get out and let Calderon define in the small area, where the goalkeeper should always rule.

Calderon, thus reaches his 300th goal in first league, stripped off his shirt in celebration and euphoria. It did not matter earlier he had been booked by  an infringement earlier.

Salgueiro could not score due to failures in the definition of the front. Everything was for Estudiantes in the first half, who put pressure on all sectors and took possession of the ball.

A great goal by Martin Palermo at the beginning of the second half seemed to give hope to the xeneizes. “The Titan” took advantage of a dead ball after a pitch from Abbondanzieri, and without dropping it, he scored.

But before Boca could gain any confidence and courage, Estudiantes took another stab three minutes later. With a goal by Enzo Perez, who was yelling at Boca fans due to previous insults. An definite error as these actions are those that encourage violence.

Calderon was cheered and continued to manage the game. In fact, had some chances to stretch the advantage.

Gaitan gave fresh air to Boca. In the last actions game he complicated the “Pincha”.

But this brief and stingy Boca team coached by Alfio Basile, a man who could win everything but that long ago,  lost the compass.

Match Details

Stadium: Estadio Centenario José Luis Meiszner, Quilmes (local Estudiantes).

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta.

Estudiantes: Damian Albilad, Clemente Rodriguez, Germain Ré, Leandro Desabato and Juan Manuel Diaz Enzo Pérez, Rodrigo Brana, Juan Sebastián Verón and Leandro Benitez, Juan Manuel Salgueiro, José Luis Calderón. Coach: Alejandro Sabella.

Boca Juniors: Roberto Abbondanzieri, Hugo Ibarra, Julio César Cáceres, Gabriel Paletta and John Krupoviesa, Gary Medel, Sebastian Battaglia, Ariel Pink, and Guillermo Marino, Federico Insua, Martin Palermo. Coach: Alfio Basile.

Goals: PT 11 ‘José L. Calderón (E) ST 2 ‘Martin Palermo (BJ), 5′ Enzo Pérez (E)

Changes: ST: 0 ‘Nicolas Gaitan by Marino (BJ), 28′ Jerónimo Morales Neumann Calderón (E); 29 ‘Lucas Viatri by Rosada (BJ); 38′Maximiliano Nunez Salgueiro (E)

Booked: J.L. Calderon (E), S. Battaglia (BJ), G. Medel (BJ), G. Paletta (BJ), C. Rodriguez (E)