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Boca eye Copa number seven

n three consecutive shootouts keeper Sergio Romero faced 11 penalties and saved six of them. The 36-year-old, who was a reserve for most of his time in Europe and still a reserve last year when he moved back to Argentina, has done more than anyone else to get Boca Juniors through to the Libertadores final. With two saves each against Nacional of Uruguay, compatriots Racing and Palmeiras of Brazil, he has been the king of the shootout,

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