Godoy Cruz surprised Boca at the start of the match with good pressure in the middle of the court and from the recovery, putting up to six players in attack.
And in fact it caused two risky actions for the goal defended by Agustín Rossi before the 10 minutes in which the Boca goalkeeper was finally violated by a pumped header from Tomás Badaloni, after a high recovery from the former River Plate right-back, Elías López , and a precise posterior center of Valentín Burgoa.
But the team led by the hitherto undefeated Diego Flores did not stop at that, but maintained its initial position and went for more, leaving Boca without the ball and on the razor’s edge of receiving his second goal against.
This panorama lasted until half an hour into the game, when Boca began to distribute possession in the middle of the court with a counter-recovery that allowed him to deposit the ball in the one who knew best how to handle it in that middle zone, which was Agustín Almendra.
Therefore, a raise by Frank Fabra before 40 minutes with a definition at the near post that deceived Paraguayan goalkeeper Juan Espínola, who was waiting for the center back, gave Boca the tie for which he had been working “formally” for 10 just minutes.
But that was already the best moment of the talented Almendra in the game and when the first half expired he rubbed the lamp in the middle of the court, with a hat included and a great qualification for Luis Vázquez, who advanced 15 meters with dominated ball and defined below , against the near post, to convert his fifth goal with the auriazul shirt.
The second half was different from the beginning and it was not at all like the first, because Godoy Cruz, although he remained in the game, was not all the incisive of the first half hour of play and Boca did not fight with so much substance for the game. ball in the sizzling middle zone.
Then the two began to lend each other the ball and who gave him the best use was the secret for Boca to ensure the result or Godoy Cruz would approach parity.
And in that coming and going Boca always left the feeling that it was more due to defensive solidity and the potential of some of their individualities, while from the stands came a suggestive “come on, come on, the kids.”
Until in the segment of the last 10 minutes of the game, Godoy Cruz went to burn the ships in pursuit of parity and ended up putting Boca in trouble by opening the field and attacking Boca with a more vertical game than that of the first half and trying to drill on the sides.
This gave him emotion at the end of the match and caused the celebration of the Boquenses fans to have a festive character because with Sebastián Battaglia he managed to reverse for the third time a result that started being adverse, as had happened against Lanús and Rosario Central.
And when this was confirmed Boca ended this segment on Wednesday of the 17th. Date of the Professional League in third place, surpassing Lanús by goal difference, two from Talleres and six from River, who will face tomorrow in Córdoba.
But perhaps most importantly, he reached third place in the Annual Qualifying Table for the Copa Libertadores 2022, at least until the Cordovan players play tomorrow.
And for the people of Mendoza and especially their coach, Flores from Córdoba, there was the agreement of having always been in the game at the Bombonera, but the disappointment of having lost the undefeated that he had since he took charge of the Cuyo team, last August.
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