He raised his head. Boca Juniors defeated 1-0 to Golez sarsfieldfor the fifth date of League Tournament, in La Bombonera. He recovered from a bad image the previous day and did so in front of his fans, when he usually performs better. The goal was scored by Edinson Cavani, who was sent off at the end..
Boca, with irregular progress and some poor performances in the competition, barely had four points in the standings. In addition, they could not achieve the goal of finishing first in their CONMEBOL Sudamericana group, so they will have to play a playoff in July. For this reason, and after the hard fall during the visit to Platense, Juan Román Riquelme met with the squad to try to get a reaction from the players.
That’s why It was a key game for Xeneize and its coach, Diego Martínez, not only for the three points, since it needed to change the image.. Vélez arrived with one more point than Boca, but also started the tournament with an unstable pace. Gustavo Quinteros’ team wanted to make noise again, as happened in the last League Cup, when they finished runners-up after losing the final to Estudiantes de La Plata on penalties, but it was not enough.
In mouth Cavani returned, after an injury that sidelined him from the match against Platense. Once again he teamed up with his compatriot Miguel Merentiel. Both Uruguayans complement each other well and scored most of the goals of the season, since They total 24 points (13 the Matador and 11 the Beast). Meanwhile, he played with the complete starting midfield, that is, Equi and Pol Fernández, Cristian Medina and Kevin Zenón. And in the box, Chilean Gary Medel, who had recently joined, continued to pay close attention to his team.
The match started with a lot of dynamics, with both seeking to take center stage.. The 13th minute could have been negative for the local team, but they were saved. After another good free kick, Francisco Pizzini, enabled, headed badly, deflected and thus Xeneize kept Sergio Romero’s goal at zero. But At 15, Boca almost celebrated, as Lautaro Blanco threw a cross at Cavani, goalkeeper Tomás Marchiori slipped, the Uruguayan hit him with a header and the great youth centre-back Valentín Gómez, from Vélez, appeared right on the line to take it out header into the corner.
This is how the first half went, with few scoring situations, despite the good level of play. Without a doubt, Cavani’s was the clearest and could well have had a net destination. And already six minutes into the match, Vélez had to make a forced change, due to the injury suffered by his goalkeeper, Tomás Marchiori, who came out crying, to be replaced by the kid Lautaro Garzón, who emerged from the Inferiores of the Liniers club.
When 16 minutes of the second half were played, the opening of the scoring arrived. Great pass from Medina so that Cavani headed it just above Garzón, to the delirium of the Xeneizes fans in La Bombonera. And a little while later, At 27, the figure of Chiquito Romero appeared to cover a low shot by Braian Romero, which could well have been the partial tie from Velez.
Three later it was Blanco who went to block Pizzini, who came in ready to score. Immediately, Blanco himself threw a cross and hit the post, unable to increase the difference for the host. And when it seemed like everything ended like this, Cavani shook off Valentín Gómez with a slap and received the red card in the 45th minute. And in the tumult Christian Ordóñez also ended up expelled. Thus the duel ended hot, with yellow cards, between pushing and threats.
In the League Tournament, Boca had gone two games without a win and that’s why It was very good for him to add three, with a good level and to boost confidence. Meanwhile, Vélez came from four games without falls. Now comes the break of the tournament, due to the Copa América dispute in United States. Xeneize’s next match will be on Wednesday the 19th, against Almirante Brown, for the Argentine Cup, and then they will have to think about the Sudamericana playoff against Independiente del Valle. That is why the celebration of his supporters was felt, with great enthusiasm for what follows.
