2023-10-11 03:17:08
The images moved everyone. In addition to the 4-3 defeat once morest Belgrano in Córdoba, Boca Juniors regretted the injury of one of its top figures. Exequiel Zeballos retired in tears due to an injury to his right knee that forced him to leave. Automatically, the alerts went off in the team led by Jorge Almirón, which suffered a tough defeat in the duel that closed the eighth round of the League Cup.
Once the Xeneize team players left the El Gigante de Alberdi Stadium, the cameras captured the moment in which Zeballos left the venue. The concern increased when he was seen limping when he walked and delayed his arrival at the bus door. Already in Buenos Aires, this Wednesday morning the 21-year-old youth forward will undergo studies that will allow us to know exactly his condition and to know the real picture of his injury. In Boca they hope that Zeballos has not suffered a serious injury.
El Changuito entered at 9 minutes of the complement, but the impact soon came: at 12, he launched a precise cross for Miguel Merentiel to achieve the discount. Then he played a ball with Matías Ibacache, where the Chilean put his body firmer, which caused the youth to be destabilized. When he stepped wrongly with his right leg in order to find the vertical position, his knee moved and he fell to the floor with clear signs of pain.
This led to the request of referee Nazareno Arasa so that he might soon receive medical attention. When Darío Benedetto approached, his body language was also clear: the injury might be significant. Already on the substitute bench, Zeballos received a few words from Marcos Rojo, someone who knows what it is like to go through long injuries and from his experience he tried to calm the boy down.
Apart from Zeballos’ injury, it was a difficult night for Boca Juniors since the team led by Almirón suffered four goals in 45 minutes, something that upset the coach who emphasized the defensive errors in the press conference.
This Tuesday, Boca Juniors first turned the result around by going 2-1, but then reiterated their mistakes that were capitalized by Belgrano in the first half. In the complement, the blue and gold team scored through their best player in the duel once morest the Cordoba team, Miguel Merentiel, but the Pirate ended up taking the victory.
The third victory in the contest allows Belgrano to be the only leader in Group B. There are six games left to finish the regular phase and the first four from each zone will meet those from the other in the quarterfinals.
On the next date, Belgrano will visit Defensa y Justicia on Monday, from 8 p.m. While Boca Juniors will first play on Sunday once morest Talleres de Córdoba in the quarterfinals of the Argentine Cup, on Sunday at 9:10 p.m. Malvinas Argentinas Stadium in Mendoza. Then they will resume their schedule for the League Cup when they host Unión de Santa Fe, on Friday the 20th, starting at 9:45 p.m.
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