19/03/2023 –
The Boca Juniors coach, Hugo Ibarrasaid that he is “strong and happy to lead this team”, when he was questioned about his health after the 3-2 defeat against Instituto, at La Bombonera, the second in a row after Banfield, and acknowledged that today they were not “at the height of the game” against the Cordoba.
“I’m fine, very strong and happy to lead the squad. I had a headache and I self-medicated and that’s why I had a spike in pressure. That’s why I recommend that in the event of any discomfort they see the doctor first,” Ibarra explained after the consultation de Télam at the post-match press conference in the Bombonera.
Last week Ibarra suffered a pressure spike that caused abundant blood loss from his nostrils during training, for which he had to be hospitalized for 24 hours at the Italian Hospital in San Justo.
“And today we were not up to the game. We were very imprecise and it cost us a bit. Above all, when we were settling in, they scored the first for us. And almost immediately they made us the second and that complicates everything against an opponent who works well occupying spaces”, he later pointed out when analyzing the meeting.
“But the Boca fan encouraged us just the same because he is grateful. The Libertadores arrive in April and we will be up to the task. We are not the worst because we lost, nor are we the best when we win,” he argued.
And in the end, after pointing out that he would have liked the journalists to ask him “about the disallowed goal against Dario Benedetto at the beginning and the penalty that was not charged for Boca at the end due to the goalkeeper (Jorge Carranza) missing (Luca) Langoni”, issued a warning to the squad that he said he was “happy to direct: We all have to do self-criticism and be humble”.
Boca will train tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. in Ezeiza and on Saturday they will face Olimpo, from Bahía Blanca, from Federal A, for the 32nd. final of the Argentine Cup.