Juan Martín Lucero, the Mendoza scorer from Fortaleza who was Boca’s executioner

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“Another great night of the Copa Sudamericana at home with our fans. Thanks for your support. Great victory,” the 32-year-old attacker expressed on his social networks.

The striker born in Junín accumulates 11 goals in 22 games so far in the 2024 season and with the two goals against Boca it adds up 7 goals in his last 7 games.

In an intense first half, the local team stood up from minute zero and pressed until Gato Lucero received a pass in which he was enabled in millimeter form and took advantage of an error at the start of “Xeneize” to make it 1 to 0, at 4′

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Then, with the partial score at 1 to 1, a flurry of goals shook the complement, first with a free kick from Tomás Pochettino, where Juan Martín Lucero connected with an impeccable header and scored the second for his team, which later had a temporary advantage of 4 to 1.

Lucero’s two goals against Boca

Lucero’s current performance is notable since in his last 5 games he scored 6 goals and added an assist, for a total in just over a year since his arrival in Fortaleza de 85 games, 35 goals and 9 assists.

Fortaleza and Boca in the Copa Sudamericana

With this result, Boca was second with 4 points with a victory, a defeat and a draw, while Fortaleza leads Group D with ideal score of 9 points.

On Wednesday, May 8, Boca will play against Sportivo Trinidense from Paraguay and Fortaleza will face Nacional Potosí.

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Lucero and his conflictive departure from Colo Colo

During the process developed in the Court of Arbitration for Sports between Colo Colo, Fortaleza and Juan Martín Lucero, The Chilean club issued an alternative proposal to the case in question and requests 2 million dollars to close the process.

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From the SAF Council of Fortaleza they analyzed this proposal and They considered it positive since, within the council there are fears of a defeat in the trial.

Everything will depend on how the court rules to move forward or not with the proposal since it isn Chile believes that there are many precedents to obtain a favorable ruling after the departure of the forward to the Brazilian team.