In this way the “xeneizes” ended up falling in a “normally” winning instance for them in recent times, despite the fact that their specialist goalkeeper, Agustin Rossi contained two of them, the same amount that his scorer missed, Darius Benedettoone in the first half and the other in this definition from the 12 steps.
Corinthians will face in the quarterfinals the winner of the series between his compatriot Flamengo and Deportes Tolima, who will meet tomorrow, Wednesday, in Rio de Janeiro after the 1-0 victory obtained by the “Cariocas” in Colombia.
The main presences specified by Sebastian Battaglia and the patches made by his Portuguese colleague Victor Pereira from the numerous casualties due to injuries in the Brazilian team, the most emblematic being that of the experienced William (he was on the bench), they generated a predictable game from its roots.
Mouth was then forced to take the initiative, although that is not the main attribute that is beginning to identify the line of play that he intends Battaglia, while the Brazilians, with an atypical style for their country’s teams, tried to stand as solidly as possible near their goalkeeper Cassius to try to get out against if the circumstances allowed it.
From this it was that for all soccer logic and team structure, Mouth was forced to find loopholes on the sides, more on the right side of the skilled Exequiel Zeballos that by the left of the fast Sebastian Villa.
It is that the Colombian is more effective in the open field, and that was precisely what Corinthians did not allow with his withdrawal, because what he had to look for Mouth it was to generate spaces where there were none, and for that Zeballos was more useful in heads-up than Villa with his runs.
However, it was former Deportes Tolima who enjoyed the first scoring chance for his team with a left-footed shot to the near post from Cassius which was well deflected by the burly visiting keeper.
The following notice that Mouth was imposing conditions in his house arrived just from the other side of the field, when Zeballos unbalanced Fabio Santos and launched a precise center for the frank entrance of Benedict, that in his hundredth presentation with the auriazul shirt he connected defectively from the right, sending the ball well over the crossbar from inside the small area itself.
This was the herald of a fatal first half for the “xeneize” attacker, since after half an hour he was going to have the best possible opportunity to put his team ahead and he missed it.
The occasion was generated after an elbow in his area of Raul Gustavo on the face of William Fernandez which led to a penalty sanctioned through the VAR by the Uruguayan referee Andrés Matonte and Benedict ended up crashing against the left post of the goal of the Paulistas. Then he would send the fifth to the stands in the penalty shootout.
From then on, that half-hour fire that had been blue and yellow faded somewhat, partly because the local felt the emotional impact of a night that was coming crooked and partly because the visitors were in tune with their defensive work by see that luck was not elusive.
This was extended to the second half, but more than anything because the people from Boca were no longer able to generate the aforementioned clear arrivals of the initial stage against an appreciably inside rival.
The best of the complement then came from the left side of the local attack with the Colombian tandem Frank Fabra-Villa, since on the other side Zeballos did not have the same participation as in the first half and in fact ended up being the only change that Battaglia tried. being relieved as in the first leg by Juan Ramírez averaging the complement.
But as Boca advanced but did not attack, the Brazilians began to feel more comfortable and bet more and more chips on a tie like the 0-0 first leg that would lead them to the penalty shootout.
And this was warned by the “xeneize” fans, who began to demand greater “prodigality” from their players, fearing that the usually favorable story from the 12 steps would end up failing.
But the harangue did not manage to ignite that spark that was demanded of its soccer players and then the dry road inevitably led to the shots from the penalty spot, where the merits or demerits of the 90 minutes are filed in the drawer of excuses and regrets forever.
Battaglia had been criticized for the ways in which he had reached definitions by penalty kicks, ultimately winning against Racing Club for the Professional League Cup and Talleres, from Córdoba, for the Argentine Cup.
On those occasions Boca emerged victorious from the 12 steps playing poorly during the regular 90 minutes. This time the opposite happened.
formations
Boca Juniors: Agustin Rossi; Luis Advíncula, Carlos Izquierdoz, Marcos Rojo and Frank Fabra; Guillermo Fernández, Alan Varela and Óscar Romero; Exequiel Zeballos, Darío Benedetto and Sebastián Villa. DT: Sebastian Battaglia.
Corinthians: Cassius; Rafael Ramos, Joao Victor, Raúl Gustavo and Fabio Santos; Víctor Cantillo, Gustavo Mantuán, Lucas Pitón and Giuliano; Du Queiroz and Roger Guedes. DT: Vitor Pereira.
Change in the first half: 45m. Gil by Joao Victor (C).
Changes in the second half: 4m. Giovane by Gustavo Mantuán (C), 27m. Bruno Melo by Du Queiroz (C), Roni by Giuliano (C) and Bruno Mendes by Rafael Ramos (C), 35m. Juan Ramirez for Zeballos (B),
Admonished: Varela (B). Raul Gustavo and Gil (C).
Incidence: 30m. of the first half Benedetto (B) missed a penalty kick.
Definition by penalty kicks: Boca: Rojo (converted), Izquierdoz (converted), Villa (cut off), Fernández (converted) and Benedetto (deflected). Romero (converted), Varela (converted) and Ramírez (saved).
Corinthians: Fabio Santos (converted), Cantillo (converted), Raúl Gustavo (saved), Bruno Melo (saved) and Guedes (converted). Roni (converted), Python (converted) and Gil (converted).
Court: Camilo Cichero.
Referee: Andres Matonte (Uruguay).
Source: Ambito
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