Boca is still immersed in his problems. What happens outside cannot be disguised with soccer tranquility. He is obliged to have woken up directly in the visiting dressing room of the Julio Humberto Grondona stadium, once the equality is consummated (1-1) against Arsenal, the last in the standings. Because he has no time: Now yes, the next stop is nothing less than the key final of the Argentine Cup against Talleres, from Córdoba. The classification to Libertadores 2022 has not yet been assured through the annual table, Sebastián Battaglia wore down the headlines? They played very badly and there is a tense climate that makes doubts and pessimism even greater.
Boca’s dream is to win the Copa Libertadores and cut the abstinence of more than 14 years. The classification is still pending, the objective wrapped in obligation that it has been pursuing since the beginning of the second half of the year: between an internal climate that burns, several stumbles, multiple indecisions from the bank and very low individual and collective returns, the tie in Sarandí continues to suspend the issue, a present that does not have the future assured.
And it already matters a lot if that passage ends up being through the title or the accumulation of points: if finally it only gets it through the last route, can get to enter the Cup with the need to overcome the repechage instance to get into the group stage of the subcontinental tournament.
—
The performances of the Battaglia team invert the equation. The Xeneize makes you sleepy. A heaviness in the eyes that numbs everyone. This is how he will reach the final on Wednesday. Very improvised, worn out by his problems and forced: the coach puts his ideal team on the field, but the operation is the same as that of any of the formations he used in the last half.
Except for the suspended Agustin Almendra (With five yellow cards, the youth Montes played for him), the other ten names against Arsenal were the ones that had left the former central midfielder the most in the previous 19 games: those that night against Sarmiento, from Junín (2-0) , how well it worked. Those who unusually decided to take the next game with Independiente (0-1), beginning to revolutionize everything.
The best of the game between Boca and Arsenal
Those who, four days before a final, preferred not to rest, probably because they did not know if that good performance with the Juninenses was a matter of a day or actions of a team that they can trust. And with the presence of two (Sebastián Villa and Edwin Cardona) of the three that he left out against Newell’s because of “intoxication” which, in reality, were acts of indiscipline. Errors and convenience.
Everything is confusion. Boca could not beat the last one in the standings. A team that gave Boca much more than time to do what he wanted with the ball and not because of a conservative stance difficult to break, but because they did not have a good 2021 Tournament at the Viaduct. Even against such a team, Boca does not make a difference. Even having gained the advantage through Juan Ramírez’s goal – the first by the left-handed midfielder at the club – at the end of the first period (thus damaging that), Battaglia’s team could not take advantage of it. And by chance he did not lose it.
—
Because the image at the end was very poor, after Sepúlveda’s equality. Players walking, again. Players not running for teammates. And a coach who made only one change: the entry of Eduardo Salvio, ten minutes from the end. Of course he was not satisfied, so you have to think that those chosen to sit among the substitutes do not fill it either. Even so, there is no reason to assure that almost all the names will be repeated in Santiago del Estero.
Boca reaches the final without reaching. No one guarantees that Battaglia will remain in office after December. The leaders do not want to see Villa and Cardona any more at the club, but the decisions will depend on the Football Council. The footballers divide the fight with both of them and the one they have with Battaglia for taking them into account as if nothing had happened. And that of the DT with his directed by the leaks.
What if Juan roman riquelme He would have said present on the Viaduct, surely he would have approached the changing room or the bus to gather everyone in private. This time, without efforts to congratulate, but much to demand in the face of a hinge meeting for all.
–
