Boca Juniors and Independiente de Avellaneda drew 0-0 at the Bicentenario Stadium at the start of the Summer Cup that has San Juan as its epicenter. This was the first friendly of the Summer Triangular that will also have it once morest Everton from Chile. The match was stopped for a few minutes due to a fight between a group of Boca and Independiente fans. El Rojo will face Everton from Chile next Wednesday the 11th and on Friday the 13th, Xeneize will meet the Chileans at the close of the tournament.
The meeting did not offer too many emotions in Pocito. The preseason that both have been carrying out took its toll on them and influenced the level of football they showed. The first risk of the game was for Independiente. 7 minutes had gone by when Chila Márquez faced up, shot across the ball and his low shot passed close to the post. At 14, but once morest Chila Márquez commanded alone following a quick touch from Iván Marcone and took a shot that Agustín Rossi sent to the corner.
He was more independent and at 16 the man from San Juan made a great personal move, the former San Martín got rid of two Boca players with pure dribbling and left Márquez alone. The Red striker finished off over the crossbar and missed the first of the night. It was difficult for Boca to settle down, only following 35 minutes did he have the first dangerous action with a free kick from Villa from the left that went over the crossbar . Boca never found the way to bother Independiente and Red faded following a start with three clear goal options that he might not take advantage of.
In addition and as planned, Boca changed goalkeeper, Javier García replaced Agustín Rossi in the goal, a decision by Hugo Ibarra to give all his goalkeepers shooting. Although the intention of both was to generate football, the two teams realized the little filming that they drag as a result of the preseason. In Independiente, following a dream night because he made his debut in the First Division and neither more nor less than once morest Boca, Giménez was replaced by Martín Cauteruccio following 19 minutes, the departure of the man from San Juan was given to the applause of those present approving his first meeting with the Red shirt.
The match offered no emotions until Sergio Barreto was sent off at Independiente. The central defender saw the second yellow card following a foul on Villa and the referee showed him the red one.
And if not too much happened on the field of play, attention was focused on the stands due to some incidents in the stands. The crossover took place between Boca fans who were in the East Plateau and those of Independiente who were in the Popular Sur, the match was suspended for 8 minutes.
When calm returned, the game resumed but not much else happened. Boca gave entry to “Changuito” Zeballos but the talented striker did not manage to change the image of his team either.
