Boca Juniors Faces Second Consecutive Loss in League Cup: Coach Remains Optimistic

Boca Juniors lost again. This time it was 1-0 in their visit to Defensa y Justicia and accumulated their second consecutive loss in the League Cup, after the one they had suffered against Tigre. Furthermore, of his last 9 presentations, including all competitions, he only won 1, but Jorge Almirón asked to be calm in this context and defended the game of his team.

The coach spoke in Florencio Varela and assured that the initial stage of Xeneize was very good: “In the first half it was quite clear our dominance, the goal situations, but we have to be specific in the ones we have because they with very little… The game was very controlled and in the last minutes of the first half they raised some doubts and their goal fell.” In this sense, he remarked: “The team intends to play, we dominated the first half and we created the goal situations, I can’t go crazy about the result. I can’t say that the team doesn’t try or play well, but we have to put in the ones we have. The rival did not worry us much, in the end yes, with some long balls with spaces they created a bit of danger, normal because we were attacking and with the changes we were unbalanced, but they did not generate much for us.

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Despite defending the team’s level, he acknowledged that there are “details” to improve and when delving deeper into that response he pointed out what worries him the most: “There we went backwards in some operational things because we ended up in a normal disorder. Those are the things we have to adjust as a team. In confusion is where you have to be most calm on the field and you have to understand that because a game like this can happen at any time, especially in the last minutes of a game.”

Almirón maintained that Boca got out of control in the last minutes of the game, driven by the need to tie. And, at this point, he was clear in pointing out that this cannot happen, but that it is in those sections where there should be the most clamor on the part of those he directs. Furthermore, the team only scored goals in one game (against Almagro) of their last six, but that does not seem to worry the coach: “The 9 create situations for the team. Obviously the forwards live from the goal, they are the first with the need, but we are going to continue improving.”

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At the same time, he seemed confident ahead of the Copa Libertadores semi-final: “The team will go to the Palmeiras match very well, I have no doubts, I have a team of men.” Xeneize will host the Brazilian team in La Bombonera on September 28 and then, on October 5, they will close the series as a visitor. Without a doubt, two games that will mark the coach’s cycle.

Boca Juniors will play again on Tuesday for the League Cup against Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero and, in front of their fans, will try to achieve their first victory in this competition. Above all, because the team’s objective is not only to be the protagonist in this competition, but also to qualify for the next Copa Libertadores (today it is outside that zone in the annual table by three points)

2023-09-16 02:02:33
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