Xeneize will face Fortín this Saturday night at José Amalfitani, a stadium that has brought good results.
After the setback in Colombian lands, Boca will try to return to the path of triumph in his visit to Velez This Saturday, starting at 9:30 p.m., for date 9 of the Professional League Cup. It will be a difficult stop at the José Amalfitani Stadium, although history marks that, in most of the opportunities that Liniers stepped on, the Xeneize brought good results.
The data that excites Boca in his visit to Vélez in Liniers
The whole of La Ribera played 188 games on the green grass of the always difficult Fortín pitch. And the balance is more than positive: won 81, matched 50 and lost 57. In their most recent history, the 7-1 beating in the last Professional League Cup, a 4-0 rout in the 2017/18 Super League and even a 3-1 victory in the 2016/17 Championship stand out.
What’s more, Boca became strong at the José Amalfitani even without facing Vélez. In the last decades, used its stadium to play as a local due to complications in La Bombonera (like the one from the recent drain change) and also reaped a couple of joys: 2-1 to Rosario Central for the third day of this championship, same result against Atlético Rafaela in the 2012 Initial Tournament and Tigre in the 2009 Opening Tournament, and also a 2-2 with Atlas de México for the 2008 Copa Libertadores and a overwhelming 7-0 to Bolívar in the 2007 edition.
The sad memory of Boca on the Vélez court
Although the numbers smile at him, the blue and gold team suffered a severe blow in Liniers. It was for the tiebreaker with Estudiantes del Apertura 2006. That afternoon in the fields of Velez, Ricardo La Volpe’s side caressed the title thanks to Martín Palermo’s goal, until José Sosa and Mariano Pavone appeared to turn the match around and embroider the star on the click.
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