Everything happened in between. The draw for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores. The last two dates of the Qualifiers. The presentation of VAR in Argentine football. The World Cup draw. It happened so much that it seems incredible the way that Agustín Rossi went from being Boca’s absolute hero in the 1-0 win against River at the Monumental to being largely responsible for this 2-2 draw against Arsenal.
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The decisive play for the result occurred 31 minutes into the second half, when Arsenal took the ball out of the middle after Marcos Rojo’s penalty equalizer (charged at the request of the VAR), Lomónaco hit a long ball into the xeneize area and Cristian Colmán scored the scoring header against a false start by Rossi, one of those in which the goalkeepers end up payingpawing the air, almost ridiculous.
“I don’t hear or see Agustín, and he anticipates both of us. It is a collective error in that play ”Rojo took responsibility, who also appeared in the photo of the final equality play.
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Before that, 17 minutes into the same stage, Boca’s number 1 suffered an unfortunate move that ended in 1-1, when a free kick in the form of a low cross crossed the entire area, hit the post and traveled the line behind him so that Lomónaco pushed it with all the arc at his disposal. Responsibility? In part, although it seemed more responsibility of those who defended him and could not reject that low shipment.
before the mistake
Apart from those two plays that were decisive, the Boca goalkeeper he had been very confident in several shots from outside the area and in other crosses from Leonardo Madelón’s team.
Even before the game against Arsenal, when he went out to do the pre-competitive work of the goalkeepers, Rossi was applauded throughout the Bomboneraclearly in recognition of the great match he had had in the Monumental, hero of the victory in the superclásico with decisive saves that even led to the following days several club history and members of the xeneize coaching staff requested it for the National Teamcase the goalkeeper coach Fernando Gayoso.
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Non-stop, changing, very opposite performances from one game to another. This is how Rossi’s last two presentations took place. From River to Arsenal. Despite a great general level in recent times in the arc of Boca…
