It is a known formula. Free kick (yesterday it was from there) or corner kick, exact hit by Leandro Paredes and scoring appearance by a header, in this case Lautaro Say Lollo. It is the formula that Mouth knows best and reaffirms it at the start of this Apertura Tournament. Thus, from above, Boca beat 1-0 Deportivo Riestra in the Bombonera. The value of winning on the first day of a championship, with prominence and search but with little creativity and depth, against a tough, strong rival that knows how to defend itself.
With their forwards injured, with Lucas Janson as “9”, with 75 correct minutes from Ander Herrera (did he ask for the change due to exhaustion or some physical discomfort?), Claudio Ubeda’s Boca handled the situation. But their most disruptive men, Exequiel Zeballos and Alan Velasco, failed to prevail.
Alan Velasco (Boca) disputes a ball with Cristian Paz
Boca did not generate too many situations. In the first half, he did it with two headers from Tomás Belmonte and Di Lollo that found Ignacio Arce well saved and a shot hit the post by Lautaro Blanco. And in the second half, when little was happening, when it seemed that Boca’s energies were diluted, when Paredes’ football was fading, that free kick arrived, executed with total effectiveness. The humble Riestra only at the end remembered to attack and demanded Agustín Marchesín with a powerful shot from Mariano Bracamonte.
They expect reinforcements in the next few hours
Boca won at the start of the Apertura. And it is not little. Now they must grow as a team. The long-delayed reinforcements will surely arrive. Paraguayan striker Angel Romero would arrive today. And he expects a positive response from Estudiantes to the proposed purchase of Santiago Ascacibar. President Juan Román Riquelme delayed his actions in the transfer market and now wants to make up for lost time.
