With a convincing performance and against a limited rival, those led by Sebastián Battaglia returned to their “fueros” in group E of the Copa Libertadores and now they wait for the Brazilians and Colombians to close the group.
The “Toto”, author of the penalty badly given by the Peruvian judge, because there was no foul by the goalkeeper Giménez against the scorer, was undoubtedly the figure of the match that was entertaining at times but did not go beyond the discreet in terms of the game.
In the consideration of the visiting team, the youthful Luis Vázquez, Guillermo “Pol” Fernández, the clarity of Óscar Romero, the solvency of Jorge Figal and the security of Agustín Rossi in the goal were also in order of merit.
This victory not only clears the way for Boca on the Cup route, although they still have two tough home games to go, but also opens the doors of tranquility to their coach, who came from “down layer” due to poor performance of the team and the two falls away in the Cup, in San Pablo with Corinthians and in Colombia with Deportivo Cali, both times 2-0.
It seemed that the presence at the Hernándo Siles stadium of Juan Román Riquelme in his capacity as second vice president of the “xeneize” (he had never traveled abroad to see his team since he became the leader), was like a lucky “talisman” for recover the validity of the blue and gold cup.
In the first half, Boca came out to handle the ball in the middle and the locals were in a waiting situation, as if they felt more comfortable playing a long counterattack than going out to look for the game.
In the scheme that coach Sebastián Battaglia stopped, AlanVarela positioned himself as a classic central midfielder with “Pol” Fernández as the starting point and Romero diving down the right flank, this time more in an offensive position.
On the other side Juan Ramírez tried to join Salvio while Vázquez, very mobile and showing signs of not feeling the problems of height, dropped a few meters back to join the flyers.
At 5 minutes a shot by the youthful center forward who played in place of the suspended Darío Benedetto was deflected with effort by Giménez.
Boca was lord and master of the game against a rival that was still waiting and Vázquez, on one occasion and Salvio on another occasion, created a risk in Giménez’s goal.
At 23 minutes Always Ready just created danger in a shot by Blanco that Rossi covered and in a center by Cristaldo that found the Argentine goalkeeper well off.
Boca’s goal could be seen coming and it was already deserved when, at 32 minutes, a great pass from Romero behind the two Bolivian defenders, which left Salvio alone against the goalkeeper and he disputed the ball when the striker threw himself and the referee Kevin Ortega “bought” and collected a penalty that “Toto” himself converted at 36 minutes.
After against Boca they had at the feet of Vázquez, Salvio and Romero they had clear chances to get more differences.
At the end of the stage and due to the “whims of the height”, a shot of more than 40 meters from Cristaldo came out in the form of a missile and Rossi barely deflected it with his fingers to avoid the tie.
In the final part, the arrivals of Alejandro Chumacero and Marcos Riquelme improved the locals, who had two clear chances, one due to a header from the centre-forward and the other due to a shot by Blanco at Rossi’s right post.
While Boca was now more stopped against with Fernández as an outlet and Salvio as the point of attack.
The last minutes passed between the impotence of the Bolivians, who were left with one less player due to the inexperience of their striker Cortez, who had entered five minutes before, and Boca, who countered, with the kid Zeballos, who entered for Salvio. , had chances to increase the score.
Boca will now receive Corinthians on Tuesday the 17th of this month and then will also face Deportivo Cali at home on Thursday the 26th, to close the Group.
While Always Ready will play in Colombia against Deportivo Cali, on Wednesday the 18th of this
While for the last date of the League Cup, Boca will visit Tigre next Saturday from 4:30 p.m., and then will play on Tuesday or Wednesday of the coming week at home, for the quarterfinals of the Cup.
Source: Ambito
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