On April 24, 1999, Xeneize beat Squid 2-0 on the Velez court. After that day they did not meet again. Tomorrow they will do it again in Vicente López, with the memory of the particular Titan penalty in Liniers.
Tomorrow’s game between Platense and Boca It will be the first between the two teams after 22 years. That last confrontation was on April 24, 1999, in the Vélez court (the Squid was local) and the team of Carlos Bianchi he won 2-0 with a curiosity.
Boca’s last goals against Platense
The meeting remained in the memory for the particularity in the goal of Martin Palermo that even led to the analysis of FIFA. On that rainy Saturday night, the Titan ran to the ball to take the penalty 40 minutes into the first half, slipped and hit the ball with both feet.
Although the regulations indicate that in a similar situation a free kick must be charged for the rival team, Fabián Madorrán was given the right (he was the referee of the match) because it is an accidental event. The situation was only observed on television and on the field it did not even generate protests.
Boca’s second goal came 22 minutes into the game, with a header from Rodolfo Arruabarrena. The Viceroy’s team, which had just won the title, already on that ninth date of the Clausura Tournament was emerging as the clear candidate to achieve what was finally the two-time championship.
THE FORMATION OF THAT MOUTH BEFORE PLATENSE
With Oscar Cordoba (injured) as the only absence of that team that came out of memory, Bianchi lined up: Roberto Abbondanzieri; Hugo Ibarra, Jorge Bermúdez, Walter Samuel, Arruabarrena; Diego Caga, Mauricio Serna, José Basualdo, Juan Román Riquelme; Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Palermo.
THE HISTORY BETWEEN BOCA AND PLATENSE
Xeneize have a significant advantage over Squid in head-to-head matches for local championships. Those now directed by Sebastián Battaglia will arrive with 58 wins, 47 draws and 29 defeats in the 134 duels that are recorded (he also scored 232 goals and received 145).
THE LAST PLATENSE-BOCA IN VICENTE LÓPEZ
Another of the peculiarities that tomorrow’s game will have will be that it will be played in the Calamar court, where they have not done it since August 7, 1997. That day, the homeowner won 1-0 with a goal from Daniel loyola in front of those directed at that time by Héctor Veira.
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