Boca Juniors tied away with Union of Santa Fe, 1 to 1, at the April 15 stadium, in the match that opened the Professional Football League tournament tonight. The team of Russo, always with the objective of being well at the top, he addressed the initial commitment with an alternative formation because next Tuesday he will play in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, against Atletico Mineiro.
Which did not influence so that the Xeneizes soon took the leading role in the actions by dominating in the midfield, achieving possession of the ball and drowning the opponent against their area. Thus, at 6 minutes Boca warned with a violent and creeping shot by Alan Varela that demanded the intervention of goalkeeper Sebastián Moyano.
That advance came true 3 minutes later, when Colombian Jorman Campuzano gave the assist for the entrance of Obando, who defined with a cross shot to the left of Moyano, who this time could not avoid the fall of his fence. As the minutes passed and the initial shock had been overcome, Union rearmed and faced the game with more pressure in the gestation area.
Boca, who maintained the greatest predominance until averaging the stage with the outstanding youngsters Valentín Barco, with critical projections by his left back, and Aaron Molinas, with a very good performance as a right midfielder, until he was overwhelmed by the rival.
For this reason, when the actions were losing lucidity due to the untimely and abrupt attitudes of some protagonists, the local team threw a good combination with Juan Nardoni assisting the charge of Ezequiel Cañete, whose definition was thwarted by the goalkeeper Javier García (41 min).
And the end showed the Santa Fe players better standing, who had another good chance to reach the equalizer with a tremendous header from Nicolás Cordero, which the Boca goalkeeper managed to deflect to a corner over the crossbar (45 min). The complementary one showed those led by Azconzábal more advanced and determined to go for equality.
In that position, Unión had several opportunities to score his well-deserved draw, among them another incursion by Cordero that finished low between several of Boca’s legs, Garcia controlling the situation by holding the ball between his legs. The local DT reached out and with the entrants, Imanol Machuca and Fernando Márquez, he found the formula for the tie.
The first overflowed on the right and launched an excellent cross for Cuqui’s splendid header into the upper left corner of García’s fence, which this time he could do nothing (36 min). Thus the people of Santa Fe conquered the well-deserved draw, leaving a promising image for the future. On the next date, Unión will visit River Plate; and Boca will do the same against Banfield.
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