Boca beat Unión de Santa Fe 2-1 this Friday in La Bombonera, for the ninth round of Zone B of the League Cup.
Marcos Rojo (who later retired injured) and Miguel Merentiel (the figure on the field) scored for Xeneize; In the first half Mauro Luna Diale had partially tied when the Santa Fe team was playing with ten due to the expulsion of Franco Calderón.
The first half was extremely attractive and Boca started winning almost from the start with a precise free kick from “Colorado” Barco that Cavani headed and burned goalkeeper Moyano’s hands, but captain Rojo appeared on the rebound who, also with a header, he decreed the opening of the scoring.
Despite the pressure exerted by the visiting team, to define, they pivoted for their teammates in great form.
Boca had a double chance and was able to expand first with a header from Cavani that hit the post and the rebound could not be taken advantage of by “Pol” Fernández. Immediately there came a direct red card from Yael Falcón Pérez for Calderón, who came in hard and at the wrong time against the very participative Cavani to leave Tatengue with ten before half an hour and unleash the wrath of his coach “Kily” González towards the referee.
However, two shots from Morales (a former Boca) and Roldán, plus another from Zenón in the corner, prevented the imminent tie and showed the excellent presence of “Chiquito” Romero, not only to save penalties. In the reply and with his formidable punch, Barco threw another cross into the area, Rojo anticipated everyone and sentenced an unimaginable double, although the goal was annulled due to offside.
But then Boca became overconfident and Unión de Santa Fe tied it before the break, after a good pass from Roldán to Luna Diale (whose pass belongs to the Ribera club) who found the Boca defense very disjointed.
In the complement, coach Jorge Almirón made changes and it was practically all Boca. Medina (another of great work), Blondel and the entered Taborda warned successively with a free kick, but it was the Uruguayan Merentiel from a half turn that put the local team back into the lead, now irrecoverable for Unión.
Boca won again, they were seven points from the top and a crazy celebration broke out in the stands with a single, insistent request: to win the Copa Libertadores against Fluminense at the Maracaná on November 4.
2023-10-21 03:01:00
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