04/27/2024 7:55 p.m.
Santiago Ascacibar is one of several players romantically identified with Estudiantes. It would be unfair to call him the heart or soul of the team, since there are players like Enzo Pérez and José Sosa. But ifThere is no doubt that he is one of those who will experience the League Cup semi-final against Boca in a special way. It’s already palpitating and he shared his feelings about what will be a momentous match for Eduardo Domínguez’s team. “When it comes, we have to be ready. If it was Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, any day. It’s a semi-final and focus is not lost. We are prepared to play a semifinal, and beyond the physical, one is going to give everything, no one holds anything back.”said the midfielder regarding the back and forth that there was regarding when the game would be, which will be a kind of revenge for what happened recently.
The last time The one they faced was in the continuation of the match that had been suspended due to Altamirano’s health problem. It was a 1-0 victory for Pincha with a goal from Correa, which is also added to the fact that Xeneize has just lost by a landslide against Fortaleza for Sudamericana. Does this play according to Ascacibar?
The new confrontation with Boca
“We measured what Boca did in the local tournament and that is what we are going to face. We recently played and we know what they propose. They have hierarchy and lately they have been playing well, but we also have our strengths and that is what we want to demonstrate in the games,” he stated in dialogue with TyC Sports.
Finally, Ascacibar acknowledged that the match against Xeneize will have an extra peculiarity. An addition that has to do with his family… “My brother, I think until I retire, is going to ask me to go to Boca, but particularly in Estudiantes I feel good. “I constantly feel the support of the people, of my family… This is my place, I feel the tranquility, in Argentina I am only going to play for Estudiantes,” said the midfielder, who was in Boca’s portfolio before returning from Italy, where he played for Cremonese prior to his time in the Bundesliga.
A match is coming with many nuances and a single objective: to reach nothing less than the final of the League Cup, the first title of this season.
