The margin of error in the League Cup became minimal and during the day there are several games that will define the future of the different institutions facing the final stretch of the semester. One of the most momentous clashes takes place in The Bombonerawhere Boca Juniors tries to seal its ticket to the quarterfinals by hosting Barracas Central, who still has chances to strike. The referee is Fernando Espinoza.
As in the last match for the local tournament once morest Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero, Boca started brilliantly: on the right flank they combined Advíncula, Romero and Pol Fernández, who sent the center for the advance of Darío Benedetto following a wonderful hitch. Immediately, Barracas responded with a stopped ball that ended in a partial tie, but the VAR caught the attention of referee Espinoza and warned him that there was an advanced position of the author of the 1-1 that was not, Black Flag.
The match was a head butt show: Bruno Sepúlveda made Javi García suffer with a ball that slipped from his hands to the corner and then Benedetto shook it wide. With a header, Nicolás Ferreyra lowered it to the second post to Bandiera, who in an unbeatable position threw it wide. Immediately, Pol Fernández threw himself into a surprise popcorn in the rival area and might not beat the rival goalkeeper, while Ferreyra won once more in Boca’s area and the ball went far from the goal by the same route.
The other great controversy of the followingnoon at the Bombonera was at minute 40. Benedetto left Saracho without a chance with a crossed left-footed shot and, at first, it seemed that Pol Fernández had interfered with the goalkeeper’s vision from offside. However, the goal was not canceled by the position of the xeneize steering wheel, which was enabled, but by a Sebastián Villa’s previous infraction once morest Maximiliano Rodríguez. In the last of the initial stage, Villa ran without opposition from behind the middle of the field and faced a Saracho who came out of the large area in search of stopping him: the Colombian wanted to convert from the mouthpiece but missed the goal by several meters. He would have been the second.
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The Xeneize, although he is well positioned within Zone B, he arrives beaten to this match following losing to Corinthians in Brazil and finishing last in his zone in the Copa Libertadores, so his future at the international level will be at stake. on Wednesday in his visit to Bolivia to face Always Ready. However, Sebastián Battaglia did his best to advance to the next round in the national competition.
Those of La Ribera march in the second position of Zone 2 with 21 units, seven behind the leader and already classified Estudiantes de La Plata (yesterday they beat Aldosivi 2-1). One step behind are Tigre and the Shark, with 20. In the dispute for a place, Colón and Barracas Central are still in the race, with 16. If Boca Juniors prevails tonight, it will be one of the 8 best in the competition (and it will also make sure to define the local quarters ). It is worth noting that the blue and gold cast has not yet been able to win at home so far in the competition.
With Javier García in the goal since Agustín Rossi is not yet recovered, the technical director has the return of Carlos Izquierdoz to lead the defense following leaving behind a fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. He makes a central duo with the Peruvian Carlos Zambrano. Next to him are Luis Advíncula and Frank Fabra.
In the middle area there was another important change, because the coach He stopped testing Pol Fernández as a central midfielder. The former Rosario Central and Racing runs to one side of the field and in that position the juvenile Alan Varela entered. Also notable is the presence of Oscar Romero a few meters ahead, officiating as hitch. Upstairs, on the other hand, he put his favorite duo, with Colombian Sebastián Villa and striker Darío Benedetto as the main reference in the offense.
Although he has to go through a complex path, the Handsomewhich was put together to avoid complications with the descent, maintains hopes of passing the phase and seeks to strike a historic blow in La Bombonera.
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Estadio: Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera)
Referee: Fernando Espinoza
Television: TNT Sports
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