With this equality, the team led by coach Sebastián Battaglia, questioned for a lack of collective functioning that does not make up for obtaining results, reached the top of the group B classification, together with Tigre, both with 16 units.
The cast of Liniers, under the interim of Julio Vaccari (after the departure of Mauricio Pellegrino), has 10 points and is still far from the qualifying zone towards the quarterfinals.
In the first period, the two teams undressed part of their game limitations, by planting two alternative teams on the field.
In that context of parity, neither of them resigned themselves to attacking and they gave their attacks vertigo, but -at the same time- they lacked depth in the final meters. Therefore, it was difficult for both teams to translate that judicious handling of the ball into risky situations.
Julio Vaccari’s interim team showed more possession, while the xeneize cast suffered for the lack of gravitation of “Pol” Fernández, who on his return to ownership exhibited that lack of rhythm advisable for this type of commitment.
Battaglia’s team managed to “take their feet off the plate”, when the kid Medina dared to unbalance and tried to break the siege of the local defense. Also the Colombian Villa, in some other run, threatened to prevail in the last meters of the field. But they were hints, not facts.
At the closing of the 45m. Vélez had the clearest chance, with a header from Uruguayan Sosa Sánchez that went just outside, after a good projection by Francisco Ortega on the right.
The second half showed a completely different face. And within that scenario and, especially for the 15m. finals, Boca looked more daring, turned goalkeeper Hoyos into a figure and could even have deserved the victory.
The income of Oscar Romero and Juan Ramírez gave greater vivacity to a visiting attack, which began to glimpse that the “business” was in attacking on the right wing defended by Leonardo Jara, overwhelmed by whoever crossed that lane.
In this way, the Colombian Villa often ventured there, demanded and became one of the most valuable pieces of Boca.
Goal situations followed one another with a shot from Villa (suspended for the Copa Libertadores) that covered Hoyos, who also kept a header from Vázquez.
From the other side, Rossi was fine to conjure a header from Garayalde. In the final stretch, the boy Perrone saved on the line, after a shot by Villa.
The scoreboard did not change and the 0-0 did not translate, on this occasion, into a mere description of what they offered on the field of play. Moreover, the plate without celebrations was, in this case, a punishment.
Boca will play this Tuesday against Always Ready from Bolivia to try to redeem themselves from the 0-2 defeat against Deportivo Cali. Vélez, for his part, will face Bragantino from Brazil this Thursday at the Amalfitani, also for the Cup, to seek to wash away the 1-4 debut with Estudiantes de La Plata.
Perhaps for this reason and for a four-month period that appears like a grimace of disgust (largely due to the expectations that were at the start), the Fortín fans did not spare shouts or chants to insult President Sergio Rapisarda and his entire Board of Directors.
Source: Ambito
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