The coach assured that the internal dispute between the two Xeneize center-forwards “comes very well”, after the 3-2 victory against the University of Chile.
Sebastián Battaglia, coach of Boca, touched on different topics in the press conference after the 3-2 victory in the friendly against Universidad de Chile in La Plata: the competition between Luis Vázquez and Darío Benedetto, praised Exequiel Zeballos and referred to Agustín Almendra’s injury.
Battaglia’s response when asked about the competition between Vázquez and Benedetto in Boca
Boca will once again have Darío Benedetto, the most important Xeneize scorer in recent years. But nevertheless, the youthful Luis Vázquez -author of the winning goal tonight against the University of Chile- also asks for a clue…
“The internal competition we have is very good. Luis has to continue in the same way. He continues to grow, scoring goals. We are very happy with him. The Benedetto thing, it goes without saying what kind of player he is. He comes to add everything the experience. It will be a great help for Luis and all the forwards. We are all here to try to join and form a great team. There is a lot of competition ahead.”Battaglia explained at a press conference.
Battaglia regretted Almendra’s injury
Sebastián Battaglia lamented the injury of Agustín Almendra, who came out on a stretcher and in tears after a hard tackle by Bastián Tapia. In principle, the youth would have a sprained ankle.
“We will have to see the study. Let’s hope it’s nothing serious and that he can spend a short time without training. Although one plays these games seriously, they are still preparation for what is to come. We regret that we have finished with Agustín’s injury. I hope it’s nothing serious.”, affirmed the DT.
Battaglia’s praise for Zeballos
The youthful Exequiel Zeballos is Boca’s great figure in the preseason: he scored goals both against Colo Colo and tonight against the University of Chile. “The goal was opened for him in recent games. He’s doing things very well. There are many guys that can continue to appear, that one knows them and they know what they can give. There are very good youngsters. Little by little, they have minutes. They are establishing themselves,” said the coach.
On the other hand, Battaglia made it clear that Xeneize aims to fight on all fronts, not just in the Libertadores: “We are training well, preparing ourselves. The club is making a great effort. We will see how it goes next week. The boys They are here to give us a hand. We have to think not only about the Cup, but that we have three competitions. The Libertadores seems to be the main objective, but you have to be competitive in all three. That’s why we have to form a great group.”
The stopped ball, a concern for Boca
Xeneize suffered two goals from set pieces in the match against Universidad de Chile, something that alerted Sebastián Battaglia. “These are situations in every game. You have to be focused at that moment. As I always say, you can train in different ways of scoring,” he said.
“When you lose concentration, they end up scoring the goal. We should adjust and be more concentrated”, the technician sentenced, making it clear that it is something that must work behind closed doors with his managers.
