Boca Juniors lost 1-0 against Platense for the fourth date of League Tournament 2024 and accumulated his second defeat in the championship, while the Squid won for the first time. The only goal of the match was scored by the figure, Matthew Pellegrino.
The Squid has a real strength in Vicente López City Stadiumwhere lost one of the last 16 games and has accumulated 11 unbeaten goals.
The match began with nervousness for both teams, since in just 10 minutes there were 3 yellow cards (Juan Pablo Cozzani, Ronaldo Martínez and Marcos Rojo).
Xeneize was the one that marked the game’s times the most, but the clearest ones were for Calamar in this first half and Chiquito Romero stepped up to keep the zero in his goal.
Of course, Xeneize had theirs, but they collided with a couple of good interventions by Cozzani between the three posts.
When 35 minutes had passed, Rojo unnecessarily hit Fernando Juárez when the ball had already passed him and Nicolás Ramírez had no other option but to send him off, something that could be seen coming when he was shown yellow after 4 minutes for the infraction on Pellegrino.
Minutes later the controversy broke out. Kevin Zenón elbowed Gastón Suso and although he did not seem to connect, the VAR did not call the referee to go see the action that could have ended with the red card for the talented midfielder.
The 0-0 draw at halftime marked that Boca could not score in any of the first periods of this League Tournament.
In the second half, Platense started much better and a very anxious Boca could be seen committing childish infractions near their area.
In a corner kick 4 minutes into the second half, the ball ended up in the six-yard box for Paraguayan Martínez and, unfortunately for him, the shot hit Lautaro Di Lollo and went over Romero’s crossbar, which he could do nothing about.
After 20 minutes of the complement, it was evident that The entry of Norberto Briasco instead of Equi Fernández caused Xeneize to lose control of the ball in the midfield.
On the other hand, the Colombian’s appearance on the field Luis Miguel Angulo made the Squid more sharp in attack and constantly threatening with its speed on a counterattack.
The award for Platense came at 22 minutes. Chiquito Romero took a lead, but the rebound was left to him. Pellegrino and the forward did not waste his opportunity to put the 1-0something deserved for the one who was the most decisive player in the match.
To measure the good moment that the Calamar 9 is going through, they have scored 5 goals in the last 7 they played.
Diego Martínez’s team felt the blow of being down and Romero appeared in all his dimension, who was solely responsible for the match only being 1-0.
In the remainder of the match, Boca was unable to put together any dangerous plays, so the final stretch was very calm for the local team.
This was Platense’s first championship victory. El Calamar had not added 3 against Xeneize at home since Clausura 97 (1-0 with a goal from Daniel Loyola).
On the next date, Platense will visit Talleres in Córdoba and Boca will be local in La Bombonera in front of Vélez.
